EarthHero

When friends and surf buddies, Alex and Andrew, took a trip to Bali they were immediately introduced to the harsh reality of ocean plastics. Traveling through the island country, the two happened upon a fishing village and learned just how much plastic pollution was affecting both the marine ecosystems and the people who depend on it. <br><br> After watching village fishermen struggle to push their boats ashore through mounds of plastic waste, they thought — could they use their nets to catch plastic instead of fish? The two realized they needed a better solution, one that could clean up pollution without keeping locals from their livelihoods. <br><br> And so, 4Ocean was born. With each bracelet sale, 4Ocean is able to fund the removal of 1 pound of trash from the oceans and coastlines.<br>