No Justice, No Peace
Justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless other black Americans. If we want to build a new tomorrow, we must dismantle an oppressive NOW. The mentality that led to their deaths is the same mentality that keeps lines drawn, hatred alive, and injustice flourishing.
Enough is enough.
Read our Executive Director, Airrion Copeland’s powerful message on what injustice does to all of us and how environmentalists can show up for all of humanity in a time of incredible importance.
Our Mission
empowering action against the global health crisis of plastic pollution through science, education, and adventure
Our Story
Over the past ten years, we have traveled the world’s oceans in search of plastic pollution. We found not garbage patches but a smog of broken up pieces of plastic, never degrading, just getting smaller and smaller.
That’s why we dedicate the next ten years to leading the movement that will define a generation, on the path to a sustainable future based on zero-waste culture and circular economies. Together, we can change the way the world uses and discards plastic. Together, we can create a new tomorrow.
Our Impact
Discovered 5.25 trillion particles
of plastic smog equaling 270,000 metric tons (which is less than 1% of the new plastic made in a single year)
Diverted 16 billion microbeads
from the ocean from #beadfree pledge resulting in Microbeads-Free Water Act of 2015
Explored 50,000+ nautical miles
on 19 research expeditions
Our Legacy
Over 1,400 volunteer Ambassadors from around the world represent 5 Gyres in their efforts to create zero-waste and plastic-free communities wherever they are.
Follow our Instagram to read their stories every day.
