32 million tons of plastic waste were generated in 2012, only 9 percent of the total plastic waste generated in 2012 was recovered for recycling. We are killing our planet with plastic, seeing this problem Shaun Frankson and his partner David Katz, co-founded The Plastic Bank where recycling plastic generates a triple bottom line social enterprise that makes plastic waste a currency in developing countries to help reduce global poverty.

https://selfdiscoverymedia.com/2015/02/09/p1507b-plastic-renewing-lives/