Donate sustainably

Your donation strengthens and expands our local structures in Nicaragua, Ghana, and India. This includes collection centers, meals, education, and support for our local teams.

The key point: Your donation not only helps in the short term, but also helps build structures that provide people with long-term access to resources while keeping plastic in circulation.

The greatest impact is achieved when we can plan for the long term.

Regular donations, memberships, and partnerships help us build a stable foundation for our projects and continue to develop them. They enable us to create structures that not only have a short-term impact but can also sustain themselves in the long term.

One-off donations are important and provide direct support. However, recurring support gives us the security to work sustainably, launch new projects, and further develop existing ones.

This is why memberships and partnerships have a particularly powerful impact on long-term results.

Sustainable giving means supporting solutions that work in the long term—socially, environmentally, and financially.

Socially, we do not create dependency; instead, we enable access to resources through people’s own participation. People become part of the solution rather than remaining permanently dependent on aid.

Environmentally, our approach ensures that plastic has value and remains in a circular system instead of ending up in nature. This reduces pollution before it occurs.

Financially, we create structures that can gradually become self-sustaining. The goal is for projects to become independent in the long term and not remain permanently dependent on donations.

In our model, plastic is not treated as waste, but as currency for food and other essential goods.

As a result, it is not thrown away, but kept and systematically reintroduced into the circular economy. This incentive changes behavior on the ground and ensures that significantly less plastic enters the environment in the first place, while existing pollution is reduced.

Yes, a central part of our work is to build local sources of income that function independently of donations in the long term.

Through pick-up services, the further processing of materials, and the production of recycled products, our own income is generated directly on site. This gradually creates an economic foundation that makes it possible to operate our projects sustainably in the long term.

This is how we see sustainable entrepreneurship: building structures that function independently and create local value.

We combine two challenges and tackle them together: extreme poverty and plastic pollution.

This is not about simply giving something away, but about actively involving people. Through clear incentives, they become part of the solution and gain access to resources through their own participation.

At the same time, we are building structures that work in the long term and can continue to develop, rather than relying on one-off aid.

We work closely with our local teams in Nicaragua, Ghana, and India. Our work is not outsourced; instead, it takes place directly within structures that we have built ourselves and continuously support. This allows us to ensure clear processes, shared values, and a close connection to implementation. As a result, we create solutions that work locally and can be sustained in the long term.

Transparency is a central part of our work. We regularly provide insights through our social media channels, share updates and reports on our projects, and invite you to events such as our Refresh Events at our headquarters.

You can also reach us in person: Our office in Zurich is open, and you are welcome to drop by anytime, ask questions, and see for yourself. If you wish, you also have the opportunity to visit our local operations and experience our work firsthand.

From the very beginning, we have placed great importance on ensuring that donors can see how their donations are used and what impact they make.

That is why we regularly provide insights through our social media channels, share updates and reports on our projects, and clearly show how and where donations are used.

In addition, we invite you to events such as our Refresh Events at our headquarters. Our office in Zurich is open, and you are welcome to drop by anytime to ask questions and see for yourself. If you wish, you also have the opportunity to visit our operations on site.

Yes, in Switzerland, donations to Buy Food with Plastic are tax-deductible within the limits of the law.

Swiss donation account:
IBAN CH69 0900 0000 1606 0054 3
Buy Food with Plastic
Feldstrasse 42
8004 Zurich

We are also tax-exempt in Germany and the EU, as well as in Ghana and India, so you can also donate directly there.

German donation account:
Bank: Sparkasse LudwigsburgAccount holder: Buy Food with Plastic Germany e.V. 
IBAN: DE35 6045 0050 0030 2415 92
(BIC: SOLADES1LBG)

Indian donation account:
Buy Food With Plastic India Association
Bank Account No- 40527223374
Branch- Bhandup
Bank IFSC- IFSC Code: SBIN0000562

Ghanaian donation account:
Buy Food with Plastic Ghana LBG Account number (Cedi): 6011422063 Account number (Euro): 7031402743 SWIFT: ZEBLGHAC, Bank: Zenith Bank (Ghana) Limited
MoMo: 0538861547

Yes. Your donation is processed through secure and encrypted payment systems that meet current security standards.

You can donate easily and reliably using common payment methods, including credit card (Visa, Mastercard), TWINT, or bank transfer.

This ensures that your contribution is protected and received correctly.

Both are possible. You can dedicate your donation to a specific project or country or have it flexibly used where it can currently make the most impact.