What Is A Circular Economy – And Is It the Future?
According to the OECD, only 9% of the world’s plastic waste is recycled. That’s a lot of waste left unattended, given that global plastic waste comes to an estimated 350 million metric tons...
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Top 19 Ways to Reduce Plastic Waste at Home
Households in the UK throw away around 100 billion pieces of plastic packaging each year, according to a 2022 Greenpeace report. Alarmingly, only 12% of this single-use plastic ends up in a...
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Top 9 Ways to Reduce Plastic Waste in the Cosmetics Industry
Around 95% of cosmetic packaging is thrown away after its initial use, according to the British Beauty Council. What's alarming is that most of this ends up in landfills or pollutes our...
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How Does Extended Producer Responsibility Work in the Philippines?
The Philippines is facing a waste crisis. In fact, it’s estimated that roughly 2.7 million tons of plastic waste are generated in the Philippines each year (World Bank, 2021). And according...
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Our Founders' Story: How to Save the Oceans From Plastic Pollution
Before setting up CleanHub, our three founders — Joel Tasche, Florin Dinga, and Bosse Rothe — ventured across the world to explore areas that currently lack proper waste infrastructure.
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Interview: Andreas Fath on Swimming for Plastic-Free Rivers
Professor Andreas Fath is a German Chemist, specializing in wastewater treatment and surface technologies. More recently, his work has been focused on microplastics and the different...
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CleanHub's Theory of Change on Plastic Pollution
At CleanHub, we want to make the world a better place — and we believe that one of the best ways to do this is by making ocean-bound plastic a thing of the past. Ideally, no plastic would...
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A Guide to Waste Management on Small Islands
With plastic pollution and waste levels ever increasing as years go by, it’s getting harder for countries to effectively manage and recycle it. In many cases, we just don’t have the...
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