Plastic Bank Pays Collectors With Goods and Services
A woman collects the caps of plastic bottles on Feb. 2, 2021, in Kedonganan Beach, Bali, Indonesia. (Agung Parameswara/Getty Images) At a Glance The company sells things like groceries and cellphone minutes in return for plastic waste.It has a network of more than 21,000 collectors.They collect more than 2 million pounds of plastic each month. At least 8 million tons of plastic washes up on beaches worldwide every year. Images of it piling up on shorelines, floating in the oceans...