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Keywords

plastic pollution circular economy marine litter value chains recycling waste collection EPR ocean-bound plastic waste-to-value recycled plastic products

Primary regions

Denmark Baltic Sea region

Secondary regions

Greenland Kenya Ghana Tanzania Indonesia Vietnam India

Revenue models

grants plastic credits EPR payments corporate partnerships outcome bonds fee-for-service from recycled-plastic products

Eligibility

Danish-registered non-profit membership organisation; partners with local implementation teams in developing countries; suitable for bilateral aid, EU programmes, corporate CSR, impact investors, and foundations with a plastic, marine, or circular-economy focus. Typical projects combine capital investment (equipment, infrastructure) with operational support and training, delivered through a consortium with at least one in-country partner.

Out of scope

Pure research without an implementation partner or on-the-ground pilot; Climate mitigation work without a waste or plastics angle; Individual scholarships, fellowships, or student grants; Policy advocacy without an operational component; Fashion and textile recycling (not part of the core plastic value chain); One-off awareness campaigns without measurable waste-flow outcomes

Created

2026-04-20 10:13

Updated

2026-05-06 12:50

Ocean Plastic Forum is a Danish non-profit membership organisation that delivers projects focused on transitioning to a circular economy by establishing end-to-end value chains around transforming marine plastic waste into new products. The work covers the full chain: collection, sorting, recycling, and production of recycled-plastic goods. Every value chain is designed to be socially, environmentally, and financially sustainable, so that local actors can operate it after project close.

The organisation partners with local stakeholders — waste collectors, cooperatives, recyclers, municipalities, and manufacturers — for implementation. Activities include technical upgrades to collection and recycling infrastructure, training for operators and local partners, and ongoing operational support to get value chains to self-sustaining throughput. The theory of change is that turning ocean-bound and marine plastic into verified, sellable products creates durable livelihoods and removes plastic from the environment at the same time.

Ocean Plastic Forum works in Denmark and the Baltic Sea region as its home base, and runs international projects in Africa, Southeast Asia, and India in partnership with in-country implementers.

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