Gruppenfoto vom Management Team aus Nicaragua, Ghana, Indien und der Schweiz

About Us

Our vision: A world in which everyone can enjoy prosperity and all waste is processed sustainably.

Linking Poverty Alleviation & Circular Economy

Our History

In 2018, Buy Food with Plastic began with a simple idea and a single event in Nicaragua: people could exchange collected plastic for a warm meal. What started as a small initiative quickly showed that plastic can be given value while providing immediate support to people.

Over time, people from Ghana and India became aware of the concept and reached out to us because they wanted to implement the idea in their own communities.

Today, our teams in Ghana, India, Nicaragua, Germany, and Switzerland work together as a global organization. Together, we are now building recycling infrastructure, creating income opportunities, conducting environmental education programs, and developing local circular economies – with the goal of preventing plastic from ending up in the environment in the first place.

Our entire founding story

6. Career Opportunities & Training - Local People Need Jobs

Secure jobs with donations

1. Events - Plastic for a Meal - People Exchange Plastic for a Meal

Donate a meal

2. Environmental Education - Workshops in Schools Raise Awareness About Plastic Use

Fund a workshop

3. Plastic for Income - Plastic is exchanged for money and essential food staples

Support people on the ground

4. Plastic Reduction - Refill and Water Filter Options for Local People

Donate a collection container

5. Circular Economy - Improving the Circular Economy through Plastic Recycling

Join in

6. Career Opportunities & Training - Local People Need Jobs

Secure jobs with donations

1. Events - Plastic for a Meal - People Exchange Plastic for a Meal

Donate a meal

2. Environmental Education - Workshops in Schools Raise Awareness About Plastic Use

Fund a workshop

3. Plastic for Income - Plastic is exchanged for money and essential food staples

Support people on the ground

4. Plastic Reduction - Refill and Water Filter Options for Local People

Donate a collection container

5. Circular Economy - Improving the Circular Economy through Plastic Recycling

Join in

6. Career Opportunities & Training - Local People Need Jobs

Secure jobs with donations

1. Events - Plastic for a Meal - People Exchange Plastic for a Meal

Donate a meal

2. Environmental Education - Workshops in Schools Raise Awareness About Plastic Use

Fund a workshop

3. Plastic for Income - Plastic is exchanged for money and essential food staples

Support people on the ground

4. Plastic Reduction - Refill and Water Filter Options for Local People

Donate a collection container

5. Circular Economy - Improving the Circular Economy through Plastic Recycling

Join in

6. Career Opportunities & Training - Local People Need Jobs

Secure jobs with donations

1. Events - Plastic for a Meal - People Exchange Plastic for a Meal

Donate a meal

2. Environmental Education - Workshops in Schools Raise Awareness About Plastic Use

Fund a workshop

3. Plastic for Income - Plastic is exchanged for money and essential food staples

Support people on the ground

4. Plastic Reduction - Refill and Water Filter Options for Local People

Donate a collection container

5. Circular Economy - Improving the Circular Economy through Plastic Recycling

Join in

Our goal by 2030

Our goal by 2030 is to provide 5 million meals for people living in extreme poverty in Ghana, India, and Nicaragua and to recycle 700 million plastic bottles and plastic bags .

To achieve this, we organize Plastic for Meals events, where people can exchange plastic for hot meals, as well as Plastic for Income programs, where plastic is exchanged for money so that families can buy food. At the same time, we are building collection centers and recycling infrastructure, establishing large-scale recycling facilities in the long term, and creating local jobs. In doing so, we promote a functioning circular economy, protect the environment, and open up new income and future prospects for people.

More about our goal