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Plastic is toxic, and recycling doesn’t work

For the past 50 years, plastic recycling has been seen as the sustainable solution. But the sad truth is, it simply isn’t. Since their widespread commercialization in the 1960s, 9.2 billion tons of plastics have been created, but only 10%* has been recycled properly – the rest is either burned or remains a forever plastic that leaches toxins into our bodies, land and oceans. And the plastics that do get recycled degrade in quality during the recycling process, so they can’t be recycled again.

That means those ‘recyclable’ products you’ve been selling? While they might check a box, they’re not biodegradable, meaning they will never break down and will continue to cause damage to the environment, the oceans and our bodies. That’s why many sustainability leaders are placing the plastic waste crisis on par with the climate crisis.

The old way of being green just isn’t cutting it, and at Source Green, we're driven by the belief that we have to act differently – our children’s future depends on it

That’s why we’re the only company in the world that sources 100% biobased and compostable materials that don’t use any petrochemicals or plastic, making the planet better with each use.

Together, we can solve the plastic waste crisis.