With every roll of Glad® to be Green® 50% Ocean Bound Plastic Recycled Bags you buy, you stop the equivalent of two 2L plastic bottles worth of plastic waste from flowing into the ocean.
Did you know that at least 8 million tonnes of plastic enter the world’s oceans every year? Glad® has partnered with Oceanworks® to create New Zealand’s first ocean-bound plastic recycled bin liner to help lessen this number.
For 50 years, Glad® has been creating innovative products that help make life easier in the kitchen. Today, Glad® is on a journey to transform its products to offer consumers more sustainable choices in their homes. The Glad to be Green® range marks the start of this journey.
Their new Glad to be Green® 50% Ocean Plastic Recycled Bags (RRP $5.50) are made of ocean-bound plastic collected by Oceanworks® from communities that are located within 50km of shorelines and have no proper waste management. This is the first bin liner product in New Zealand to use ocean-bound plastic materials – helping to reduce the use of virgin plastic and tackling the growing issue of plastic flowing into the ocean.
Oceanworks® CEO, Vanessa Coleman, explains: “At Oceanworks® we envision a world where plastic is no longer wasted and instead reused and recycled within a circular economy. Achieving our mission at scale requires global brand leaders like Glad® that are willing to take action, incorporate a new material stream, and share that story with their customers. Together we can and will eliminate plastic pollution, reduce plastic’s carbon footprint, and create jobs in collector communities worldwide.”
Available at Countdown, New World, PAK’nSAVE and select supermarkets nationwide, you can track where you’ve helped stop plastic waste from entering the sea by using the seven-digit number on your bin liner pack. Find further information on the impact that has been made so far on the Glad® website.
