Stopping plastic waste for everyone
One of the world's most problematic forms of plastic waste is the disposable plastic sachet. Used by the billions to sell single doses of personal care products like shampoo, they cannot be recycled. They wash into waterways and rivers and are a primary cause of ocean microplastic
The sachet problem is well documented but little is changing (The Guardian, Gaia, Bloomberg, Greenpeace...)
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With around 1 trillion plastic sachets used every year (set to double by 2030), the need is pressing
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Beat The Sachet developed a reuse system suitable for all consumers. So far as we know, it's the only reuse solution designed with and for marginally employed communities
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Beat The Sachet worked with an NGO partner in India to pilot the concept and it was very successful. It ran for over 12 months, stopping about 5000 sachets a month, and participants were very enthusiastic. In addition to preventing plastic waste, it brings local employment and female empowerment with training for new job roles for women
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India Plastics Pact highlighted the solution’s promising potential to scale with low-income consumers in rural and urban areas; UNNATI featured it for its role supporting female empowerment with training and new roles for women. Sir Stephen Timms, Member of Parliament and UK Government Minister, provided support to in a letter encouraging people and organisations to help
Also, Beat The Sachet was selected as one of the best ideas to prevent plastic waste in India by the UK’s Global Business Innovation Program that worked with the British High Commission in Mumbai and Ahmedabad to promote it
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We’re now raising funds to expand to improve and expand this work so it will stop around 1,000,000 sachets a year and (we hope) demonstrate a scalable solution that could be rolled out more broadly
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