{"id":13420,"title":"Outermost Supporting Plastic Free Oceans","description":"Outermost Apparel supports Plastic Bank by sponsoring the collection of 1kg of ocean bound plastic for every Outermost order placed on special weekends.","content":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/teemill.com\/my-blogs\/create\/false\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/>According to the <em>International Union for Conservation of Nature<\/em> at least 8 million tonnes of plastic ends up in our oceans every year. That is a tough fact to accept.<\/p><p>Plastic pollution is the most widespread problem affecting the marine environment. It threatens ocean health, food safety and quality, human health and contributes to climate change.\u00a0When all this plastic is slowly broken down by the ocean elements into microplastics it infiltrates all marine ecosystems and is virtually impossible to collect and remove. The best solution is to cut out as much plastic entering the oceans at its source - our waste.<\/p><p><br \/>Outermost Apparel was founded to help the wilderness we love to spend time in, and this definitely includes our seas and oceans. So on top of our regular monthly donations to various environmental projects around the world, on special weekends we sponsor the recovery of ocean bound plastic by supporting Plastic Bank.<\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/xeatjrz62kg9ferzlossvzvrsqbwjeovtv4yabcfibwkvxx0.png.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"\" title=\"82622746\" \/><br \/><\/p><p>Every order of Outermost clothing on these selected weekends sponsors the collection of approx 1kg of plastic waste. In regions where the pollution is particularly bad, like in Indonesia, Haiti and the Philippines. This 1kg equates to about 50 plastic bottles and to date, Plastic Bank - with all their partners - have stopped <strong>1 billion<\/strong> plastic bottles reaching the ocean! An amazing effort by many.<\/p><p><img src=\"https:\/\/images.teemill.com\/hvfynup8uj8jvgwdygnh6yfgiry3ylrlcsjka4qizbvbjped.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&amp;h=auto\" alt=\"\" title=\"82621771\" \/><br \/><br \/>The plastic they collect is then broken down and processed into pellets which are sold to companies to recycle into new products. Another example of a successful circular economy that not only benefits our planet, but also local society. Plastic Bank employs local communities to collect plastic from streets, household waste and dump sites improving livelihoods and social awareness.<\/p><p>Look out for these special weekends and if you can afford a T-shirt, take pride in the knowledge your purchase is not only supporting our organic circular fashion, it is also supporting the clean up of our oceans across the world. <\/p><p>That's pretty epic for the price of a T-shirt!<br \/><br \/><br \/><\/p>","urlTitle":"outermost-supporting-plastic-free-oceans","url":"\/blog\/outermost-supporting-plastic-free-oceans\/","editListUrl":"\/my-blogs","editUrl":"\/my-blogs\/edit\/outermost-supporting-plastic-free-oceans\/","fullUrl":"https:\/\/outermost-apparel.com\/blog\/outermost-supporting-plastic-free-oceans\/","featured":false,"published":true,"showOnSitemap":true,"hidden":false,"visibility":null,"createdAt":1634991685,"updatedAt":1635006754,"publishedAt":1635006754,"lastReadAt":null,"division":{"id":47859,"name":"Outermost Apparel"},"tags":[{"id":678,"code":"marineconservation","name":"marineconservation","url":"\/blog\/tagged\/marineconservation\/"}],"metaImage":{"original":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/6einzjejdwofod3jpl5tjwiyhd3wu7ymeafe9clj8lwqwoqq.jpeg","thumbnail":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/6einzjejdwofod3jpl5tjwiyhd3wu7ymeafe9clj8lwqwoqq.jpeg.jpg?w=1140&h=855","banner":"https:\/\/images.podos.io\/6einzjejdwofod3jpl5tjwiyhd3wu7ymeafe9clj8lwqwoqq.jpeg.jpg?w=1920&h=1440"},"metaTitle":"","metaDescription":"","keyPhraseCampaignId":null,"series":[],"similarReads":[{"id":5458,"title":"It's all about the Wilderness.","url":"\/blog\/its-all-about-the-wilderness\/","urlTitle":"its-all-about-the-wilderness","division":47859,"description":"How Outermost helps the Wild by donating to environmental projects from every sale we make. 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