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Getting to know...
William Pearson from The Ocean Bottle
Getting to know...
William Pearson from
The Ocean Bottle
What inspired you to establish Ocean Bottle?
Our company arose from a necessity. Plastic is surging into our oceans
at a rate of 22 million kgs per day, a number which continues to grow
exponentially. At the same time, individuals want to do something about
the problem. We exist to bridge the gap and enable people all around
the world to have a direct impact on stopping ocean plastic at some
of the top sources, with the world’s most needed reusable bottle. Each
ocean bottle funds a collection equivalent to 1000 plastic bottles from
polluted coastal regions.
How did you get going?
It all started with a survey to some 500 Londoners. We asked whether
people would be willing to pay a premium for a reusable bottle that had
an impact on stopping ocean plastic. 96% per cent said that they would.
This confirmed our belief that we would develop a product centred
around impact and design. Design of the ocean bottle started in April
2018 in Oslo, Norway. Since then we were selected to join Katapult
Ocean founded together with the WWF and one of few UN Global Ocean
Action platforms. We have now sold the first 10,000 ocean bottles which
will be shipped to 88 countries and together will fund collection of 10
million plastic bottles and stop these from ever entering our oceans.
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