Creating impact that matters

Having Plastic Negative products means that we have measured the product’s plastic footprint -using re Purpose Global’s robust measurement tool - and we fund the recovery of twice as much plastic waste from nature as we use in PawzNDogz's packaging.

To be Plastic Negative certified, we were supported to:

• measure PawzNDogz's plastic use
• commit to plastic reductions
• recover twice as much plastic is used in PawzNDogz’s footprint through plastic recovery at
  rePurpose Global’s impact project Saaf Samudra in Goa, India.

This is just one part of our wider sustainability strategy that aims to increase our positive impact on our planet.
On our behalf, Saaf Samudra employs and empowers marginalized waste workers to recover 0.55kg of low-value plastic waste per year – plastic that is otherwise landfilled, burned, or flushed into our natural environment.

Click here to learn more about our Plastic Negative journey. For more information about rePurpose Global, see their website.

Millions of workers are engaged with informal recycling across cities in the developing world- from Nairobi and Bogotá, to Mumbai and Jakarta. They play a crucial role in dealing with the consequences of our consumption. However, their environmental work is often unappreciated and waste workers can be discriminated against, marginalized, and underpaid. With small and unreliable incomes, no progression or training, and harsh working conditions, workers are often stuck in a cycle of intergenerational poverty.

Your PawzNDogz purchase is helping to create new realities for these unsung environmental heroes. Through our partnership with rePurpose Global, we contribute to waste workers having fairer and more reliable incomes, more status in communities, and safer working conditions.

Plastic is an incredibly durable, affordable, and lightweight material that guarantees product quality, reduces food waste (as a result of improved shelf life), and reduces carbon footprints in transportation compared to glass or metal.

However, we’re all becoming more and more aware of the devastating impact it can have on not just our oceans, but land-based ecosystems, communities, and even human health. That’s why we’re taking action!

Our Plastic Negative certification empowers us to create an immediate impact on the plastic waste crisis, while we work hard towards our long-term sustainability goals.

PawzNDogz is working hard to establish packaging reduction goals that will reduce our plastic footprint further. We are evaluating our supply chain to see where else we can take action.

Our packaging may be generated and collected here in Canada, but plastic waste is a global issue. For example, the US is the world’s biggest plastic polluter, and per capita plastic use is 6-10 times higher, on average, in Western Europe and North America than it is in India.

Despite plastic waste generation soaring, recycling rates are lagging behind. The U.S. exports large volumes of plastic waste to countries around the world. Shipments often go to developing countries that lack the waste management infrastructure capacity to deal with their own domestic waste.

rePurpose Global works in countries that are the weak links in the global waste ecosystem – where waste is mismanaged and most at risk of leaking into nature. In fact, 90% of plastic pollution in the oceans today stems from just 10 rivers, 8 of which are located in Asia. And when plastic ends up in the ocean, it affects us all.