Fillgood was born when I took a class about recycling in San Francisco. I was struck to learn how much plastic we throw away everyday. A portion of it is not recyclable and will stay in landfills for thousands of year. On the other end, recycling is not a long term solution: it highly depends on oil prices; plastic can only be recycled once and then ends up in landfills, again. On top of that, we produce so much plastic waste we can’t manage that we have to export a substantial part to Asia.

Nearly every piece of plastic that was ever manufactured still exists. The world can't seem to get enough of this material, every year we produce more and more of it. What are we going to do with it?

PLASTIC : FROM CONVENIENCE TO MASSIVE OCEAN POLLUTION 

As a result of our plastic addiction, five gigantic plastic soups, called plastic gyres, have formed in our oceans. These plastics don’t biodegrade, they slowly decompose into very small pieces that easily absorb pollutants. Fish mistake them for food and now this toxic plastic is making its way onto our plates.