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Important note

80% of the donations have already been used for people in extreme poverty and their natural environment. As the World Changing Campaign 2.0 is an ongoing project, our top priority is not to hoard your donations, but to use them directly for the projects in Nicaragua, Ghana and India. Thank you very much for your donations.

Milestones of the World Changing Campaign 2.0

Impact since campaign start 01.01.2023:

Impacting 190,000 human beings

63 jobs created

11'888 meals enabled

running 3 upcycling factories

676,000 plastic bottles recycled

0 Buy Food with Plastic Restaurant

Dec. 2024
Dwabor, Central Region, Ghana | Event series incl. Community Event & 2 School Workshop | Impact report

Nov. 2024
Abeyee, Central Region, Ghana | Event series incl. Community Event & 2 School Workshop | Impact report

01.12.2024
El Astillero, Tola, Nicaragua | Community event incl. awareness workshop | 300 meals | 9,845 plastic bottles |

Nov. 2024
Dwabor, Central Region, Ghana | Event series incl. Community Event & 2 School Workshop | Impact Report

June 2024
Dwabor, Central Region, Ghana Establishment of a plastic collection point | Impact Report

May-April 2024
Dwabor, Central Region, Ghana | Event series incl. community event & 2 school workshops | Impact Report

06.03.2024
Injection molding machine installed and operational in Mumbai, India.

04.02.2024
Bhandup West, Mumbai, India | Community event incl. awareness workshop | 250 meals | 6,920 plastic bottles | Impact Report

24.02.2024
Dwabor, Central Region, Ghana | Community event incl. awareness workshop | 277 meals | 5,252 plastic bottles | 6,334 sachets | Impact Report

29.02.2024
Tola Region Nicaragua - truck project

We have given 5,000 people and 8 communities access to recycling:
+ El Astillero
+ San Martin
+ Popoyo
+ Las Salinas
+ La Virgen Morena
+ El Huigeral
+ San Ignacio
+ El Limon

In just a few weeks, we have brought plastic bottle pollution under control for around 5,000 people through our impact truck project. We can collect and recycle around 95% of the bottles. Lids and rings become new products and PET bottles are sold in Managua.

There are three stakeholder groups:

Group 1: Sell their bottles to us. They receive CHF 0.05 per pound (our beneficiaries have an average daily budget of CHF 0.65). We sell the bottles without lids and rings for CHF 0.13 to the Compañía Recicladora GER Nicaragua, which compacts the bottles and sells them on the international market (mainly Honduras and the USA) to produce new PET bottles.

With the difference of CHF 0.08 we try to cover the costs of the driver and diesel. At present, the impact truck project is not yet self-supporting. The aim is to be able to cover the costs by September 2024.

Group 2: People donate their bottles and are happy that they don't have to burn them or throw them into nature.

Group 3: Restaurants, hotels and other companies can take out memberships with us so that we can collect their plastic bottles.

This truck measure will enable us to get the plastic bottle pollution problem under control and give the population in the rural areas of Nicaragua access to the plastic market, thereby improving their income.

01.03.2024
Refresh Event in Zurich

01.08.23
Elmina, Ghana | Employment of our Recycling Specialist |
Albert Maccarthy

30.07.23
El Higueral, Nicaragua | Community event incl. awareness workshop |
132 meals | 6,906 plastic bottles | Impact Report

06/30/2023
Chamunda Nagar, Bhandup East, India | Signing of lease for factory

25.06.23
San Ignacio, Nicaragua | Community Event
incl. awareness workshop | 150 meals | 8'171 plastic bottles | Impact Report

28.05.23
El Astillero, Nicaragua | Community
Event incl. awareness workshop | 220 meals | 9,476 plastic bottles | Impact Report

30.04.23
Limón, Nicaragua | Community event incl. awareness workshop |
160 meals | 1,675 plastic bottles | Impact Report

04/29/23
Dwabor, Ghana | Community event incl. awareness workshop | 181 meals | 5'271 sachets, 3'600 plastic bottles | Impact report
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07.12. - 31.12.22

First fundraising stage of CHF
100'000 / USD 110'000 reached in 25 days.

Reaching the goal with 100% transparency

For more information you can download here the complete financial plan of the World Changing Campaign 2.0 and see directly where your donation goes.

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FAQ

We want to make a difference for families who really need it. We want to reach as many people as possible to familiarize them with the plastic problem and show them solutions. With the total amount of CHF 7.8 million, we can increase our impact on three continents by providing regular food to local people and addressing the problem of hunger, plastic and unemployment on a larger scale. In one year, we can provide more than 500,000 meals to people in Ghana, India and Nicaragua and recycle up to 20 million plastic bottles by using them as currency for food. By distributing food and collecting plastic bottles in return, we can create jobs for local people in need while raising awareness of the plastic problem among large numbers of people.

Transparency is the key! With our impact reports and budget overview, you can see exactly what impact your donation has. After implementing the donations, we post regular social media updates where you can see how your contribution is being used. So if you're not following us on Instagram, Facebook or LinkedIn yet, now's the time. If you have any further questions about the amount you donated, you can always contact us by phone or email!

If we raise only part of the financial target, we will have to adjust the impact. We will make sure that all three countries will benefit in a comparable way from the money raised. But for now: let's target the big impact! 😊

Buy Food with Plastic was created in response to the ecological and political situation we experienced in Nicaragua in the summer of 2018. Large quantities of plastic were lying around along the coast. In addition, the political crisis escalated and had serious consequences for the local population. Tourism almost disappeared and many hotels and restaurants had to close. The locals lost their jobs and families struggled to feed their children. We quickly realized that these problems also exist in other countries around the world. We decided not to look away and took action.

We do not want to bring the Buy Food with Plastic concept to countries where it is not wanted. In Nicaragua, Ghana and India, our concept was met with great interest from the locals, and it was the intrinsic motivation of the local country managers to make a difference in their community that convinced us to implement the idea in these three countries. We also have requests from other countries such as Morocco, South Africa, Colombia, Sri Lanka and more, these requests mainly reach us through our social media channels. But at the moment, unfortunately, we don't have the resources to operate in all these countries. However, our long-term goal is to implement our concept in all communities where it is most needed!

Since 2018, with the help of all our country managers and the teams on the ground, we have been able to provide more than 76,000 meals to those in need, collect more than 75,000 plastic bottles, create 16 jobs worldwide, build an upcycling factory in El Astillero, Nicaragua. Now we want to take the whole project to a new level! Are you with us?

The concept is unique because it tackles several urgent problems at once. It creates space for awareness-raising, job opportunities, hope and environmental awareness. It enables people to tackle their problems themselves. Buy Food with Plastic is also simple and scalable.

The projects of the World Changing Campaign

With the World Changing Campaign we want to implement the following four projects in our countries of operation Nicaragua, Ghana, India & Switzerland.

1. Ghana

In Elmina, Ghana, there is currently no infrastructure for processing plastic waste. Buy Food with Plastic would like to change this together with the local team. The construction and operation of our own upcycling facility is already being planned. We are taking our cue from our successful project in Nicaragua, where we already successfully operate an upcycling factory.

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2. India

In the slum of Bhandup, Mumbai in India, we are tackling the hunger problem even more by giving families in need access to warm meals not only at our regular community events, but at the BFWP restaurant every day - paid for with plastic bottles.

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3. Nicaragua

In the region of Tola, Nicaragua, in addition to our regular community events in our existing communities, we will add more communities, establish additional collection points, and continue to expand our upcycling infrastructure.

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4. Switzerland

In Switzerland, too, there are people who need support with hot meals. With the World Changing Campaign 2.0 we bring our concept also to our hometown in Zurich. Everyone can help, whether as a team, individual or company - contact us now.

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Which sustainability goals are driving us?

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Who is Buy Food with Plastic?

We are an organization from Zurich and have been initiating community events worldwide since 2018, at which the local population can pay for a hot meal with plastic bottles. We then process the plastic bottles into new products to close the cycle.

Get to know the whole team

How can I become part of it?

Buy Food with Plastic is a tax-exempt association from Switzerland. You can become part of the movement as an active member, volunteer, partner or donor and make a real difference in the world. Start now - we look forward to getting to know you!

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How sustainable is the work of Buy Food with Plastic?

We have created a tangible project with maximum impact that addresses both the poverty problem and waste management. By creating fair jobs & raising awareness of plastic pollution, we are tackling the root of the problem.

Read our Sustainability Statement

More about our concept