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Is ocean plastic safe?
Is ocean plastic safe?
Before plastic is recycled, it usually spends some time in the waste stream. Ideally, that journey would include stops in a residential recycling bin or commercial dumpster, a collection vehicle,... Read more...
1 Year of Oceanworks
1 Year of Oceanworks
The Oceanworks marketplace launched one year ago and a LOT has changed. We took this opportunity to reflect on what we’ve learned from working with hundreds of companies on their... Read more...
Is Recycled Plastic Still a Lie?
Is Recycled Plastic Still a Lie?
Is Recycled Plastic Still a Lie? Yes, recycling was promoted as an end-all solution to plastic pollution drive plastic sales. It is not. But it is reaching a tipping point.... Read more...
How Much Ocean Plastic is Available?
How Much Ocean Plastic is Available?
We all know plastic pollution is a problem for our planet’s oceans. We’ve seen enough videos of floating garbage patches, litter-strewn beaches, and impacted wildlife to realize there’s way too... Read more...
How is Ocean Plastic impacting Sea Turtles?
How is Ocean Plastic impacting Sea Turtles?
The natural world exists in a perpetual, delicate balance. There may be no better example of this than its oceans and their mind-bogglingly diverse ecosystem of creatures and plants. Mankind’s... Read more...
Interview with iZettle Product Manager, Mario Sanchez
Interview with iZettle Product Manager, Mario Sanchez
In November 2019, iZettle introduced the "Ocean Reader," the world's first card reader made from Oceanworks Guaranteed recycled ocean plastic. It provides identical functionality as the company's popular iZettle Reader 2, which provides quick, easy,... Read more...
Handling your supply chain and ocean plastic in the midst of COVID-19
Handling your supply chain and ocean plastic in the midst of COVID-19
Disruption is afoot and global supply chain practices are poised for tremendous change. COVID-19 has exposed the delicate and fragile nature of how the world conducts commerce. Understanding the positive... Read more...
Where does ocean plastic come from?
Where does ocean plastic come from?
By the time recycled ocean plastic makes it to the manufacturing facilities where it will be given new life and transformed into various products, it’s tough to tell where it... Read more...
Oceanworks Team Spotlight: Founder and President Rob Ianelli
Oceanworks Team Spotlight: Founder and President Rob Ianelli
  Why Oceanworks? Why not! I knew it was going to be incredibly challenging to build Oceanworks from the ground up, but the challenge and the opportunity made it too... Read more...
How to Source High Volumes of Ocean Plastic Materials
How to Source High Volumes of Ocean Plastic Materials
Scaling effectively is essential for the recycled ocean plastics industry to positively impact the planet and satisfy our mission to remove as much plastic as possible from oceans and the... Read more...
Product design tips for working with ocean plastic
Product design tips for working with ocean plastic
Creating products with recycled ocean plastic is a phenomenal way to reduce your carbon footprint, shrink your supply chain, and help the environment. But manufacturing things with this recycled material... Read more...
How is ocean plastic impacting the shoreline and beaches of North America?
How is ocean plastic impacting the shoreline and beaches of North America?
Dirty beaches, trash-clogged waterways, and threatened aquatic ecosystems might seem like a “third world” problem that doesn’t apply to the developed, wealthy nations in North America. But ocean plastic is... Read more...