Ecogyre

It's about the future...

Convenience is turning our planet into a World of Waste! Yet, despite the awareness, industry continues to stack shelves full of products and packaging that has a future landfill destination. The demand for single use plastics continues to grow at a rapid rate, representing approximately 50% of the 300 million tons(1) produced each year!

Consequently, household waste is at unprecedented levels, accelerated by convenience, branding, lowering production costs and lack of government legislation. The situation has resulted in landfill reaching capacity crisis, recently triggered by China's ban(2) on foreign garbage that sheltered for decades the true extent of waste output from the developed world.

Today, after years of turning a blind eye to the implications of exporting our waste or control over waste dumping, the planet bears five Giant Ocean Garbage Patches containing approximately 5.25 Trillion(3) pieces of plastic waste. The plastic has largely been deposited via rivers, entering the Ocean and collecting around rotating Ocean currents called “Gyres” to form a total Garbage Patch mass of 7 million square kilometres.

These visible rotating Waste Gyres represent just the tip of the iceberg, as heavier materials sink to the bottom of the Ocean. Today, the profound implications are thankfully main stream news, social media and engagement has spread the awareness of the level of plastic pollution in the Ocean and on our beaches, the impact on marine life and the food chain. Yet, despite this exposure industry and consumers are generating higher volumes of single use and disposable products, all destined for landfill, incineration or exported to countries that are willing to trade foreign waste, but lack the infrastructure to process and recycle without risk to the environment.

Founded by Laura & Phil, ecogyre is the first marketplace to support the collective impact of communities focused upon reducing waste. The marketplace is your access point to the wide range of options that support reducing your waste footprint, from home requirements to personal care products that you need everyday to items that are made from recycled or up-cycled materials with fashion to decor or arts and craft items.​

With thousands of alternatives available to help reduce waste, it is time to make it easy to discover local suppliers, help businesses and communities to display goods they are bringing to market that reduce waste and makes a difference.

Our eco-friendly marketplace is a safe and secure platform to quickly list and sell items, visitors can easily discover goods by category searches and read marketplace reviews and check ratings before they buy. With no listing fees, sellers pay a small processing fee upon successful transactions. The community can also use the marketplace to also offer items for free or place a reasonable market value. This is to help divert unused goods to a second home or enable micro-businesses, community initiatives and groups the opportunity to reuse materials. Those seeking items with reuse or recycling potential can also post for free, providing community the chance to match requirements and enable more up-cycling possibilities.

​Finally, ecogyre connects recycling operators and businesses to create greater awareness of the local options available that divert waste away from landfill. This includes recycling centres or local drop-off locations for personal care products and home items to support the circular economy and increase our recycling performance.​

We hope you love and value this unique marketplace and the "5 EcoGyres", as together our collective approach will positively impact your local community, increase social engagement and enable a faster transition to waste free living.

References

(1) Plastic Oceans Foundation - The Facts

(2) ABC News - China's Ban

(3) ​National Geographic - Ocean Trash - Feb 22nd 2019

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