Plastiks x ECOTA x Ocean Integrity Launch Plastic-Based Carbon Credit Model
A new milestone in climate and circular economy innovation begins with plastic.
On May 2, 2025, Plastiks signed a binding agreement with carbon certification firm ECOTA and global recovery organization Ocean Integrity to certify and commercialize carbon credits generated from 100,000 tons of recovered plastic. The partnership establishes a traceable link between plastic removed from the environment and scientifically validated carbon credits—connecting circular economy action with climate finance.
The collaboration brings together recovery at scale, rigorous carbon methodologies, and blockchain-based verification. For businesses, it creates a new path to support verifiable environmental impact and meet ESG reporting demands with confidence.
As Plastiks CEO André Vanyi-Robin explains,
“Through its partnership with ECOTA, Plastiks significantly enhances the value of its verified plastic waste recovery and recycling data. This collaboration enables further monetization opportunities by strengthening the credibility and utility of the verified recovery data for both environmental and commercial applications.”
Who’s Behind the Plastic-to-Carbon Credit Partnership?
This initiative brings together three essential forces—each playing a critical role in turning plastic recovery into verifiable climate action.
At the forefront of the recovery process is Ocean Integrity, whose teams operate in coastal and underserved regions to remove plastic waste, restore ecosystems, and support local economies. Their work ensures that recovery efforts are not just theoretical but deeply rooted in real-world impact.
For Captain Kieran Kelly, Chairman at Ocean Integrity, this partnership represents a natural extension of their mission. He explains that scaling their operations while creating jobs and delivering measurable climate value has always been the goal. “This partnership helps us do exactly that—removing plastic from the environment while generating meaningful benefits for the communities we serve,” he says.
Kelly also highlights how joining forces with Plastiks and ECOTA brings a new layer of innovation through technology and traceability:
“We’re proud to contribute to bringing transparency and real-world credibility to the carbon markets by enabling the verification of data tied to plastic waste recovery. Verified data is essential for the trustworthy issuance of carbon credits and ensures that sustainability efforts are both measurable and impactful” he adds.
Backing this environmental work with science, ECOTA ensures that every plastic recovery effort is converted into quantifiable climate value. Their role is to apply a rigorous carbon methodology that measures emissions reductions from diverted plastic waste—so that credits issued are backed by environmental data, not assumptions.
Abdullah Yildiz, ECOTA's CEO says:
"What the carbon markets desperately need are high-quality, science-backed carbon credits based on real world-impact. For us, the project with Plastiks and Ocean Integrity ticks all these boxes and thus lays the foundation for a new era of the carbon credit; born by measurable impact and enabled by blockchain technology."
Maximilian Rösgen, ECOTA's Head of Communication, adds: "With this collaboration, the carbon credit as we know it is evolving. With Ocean Integrity's much needed fight against plastic pollution as the underlying, buyers can now tap into one of the most important and tangible sustainable activities: reducing plastic in our environment."
How This Model Delivers Verified Environmental and Climate Value
“Too often, sustainability is treated as a marketing message,” says Plastiks CEO André Vanyi-Robin. “What we’re building is a system that replaces vague promises with proof—where recovery becomes a traceable outcome and climate value is backed by transparent, accountable data.”
That mindset underpins the entire model developed through this partnership. Unlike traditional offset schemes that rely on future projections or unverifiable claims, this system starts with real-world plastic recovery and ties it directly to certified climate benefit.
On the ground, that begins with Ocean Integrity’s field operations—targeting high-risk areas like coastal and underserved communities to remove plastic waste and restore natural systems. Their work is designed to create both environmental and social impact, through job creation and pollution mitigation.
To calculate the climate impact, ECOTA applies a standardized carbon methodology that quantifies the emissions avoided through proper disposal and material redirection. This ensures that every credit is built on sound environmental data—not estimations.
Plastiks delivers a robust verification methodology as the digital backbone of the recovery process. Each kilogram of plastic recovered undergoes rigorous timestamping, tracking, and validation, forming the basis of a fully traceable impact roadmap. Leveraging blockchain technology, Plastiks ensures that every data point is independently verifiable, transparent, and auditable—meeting the highest standards of ESG and climate reporting compliance.
Together, the model forms a closed loop: local recovery, scientific validation, and transparent verification—delivering climate impact that is not only real, but provable.
Ocean Integrity’s Critical Role in Verified Plastic Recovery
As the global recovery partner, Ocean Integrity plays a critical role in ensuring that plastic recovery efforts translate into credible, measurable climate action. More than just managing collection, they serve as a trusted gatekeeper — rigorously vetting recovery entities and blocking greenwashing practices that could compromise the system’s integrity.
Captain Kieran Kelly, Chairman of Ocean Integrity and a globally recognized whistleblower in the environmental sector, explains: “We have witnessed firsthand how greenwashing in the plastic recovery sector undermines genuine climate action. By requiring all interested plastic companies to come through Ocean Integrity, we put a necessary filter in place — one that blocks bad actors and elevates those making a real impact.”
With years of frontline experience and a proven track record of calling out false claims and exposing fraudulent practices, Ocean Integrity brings a layer of accountability that safeguards both the environmental value of recovery projects and the reputation of the carbon credits issued.
By collaborating with Plastiks and ECOTA, Ocean Integrity strengthens the foundation of this pioneering model — ensuring that every credit issued is not just a number, but a verified result backed by transparency, traceability, and trust.
How It Works: From Plastic Recovery to Verified Carbon Credits
At its core, this model is designed to make every step of plastic recovery accountable—from the point of collection to the issuance of carbon credits. That accountability is structured into four integrated phases:
Phase 1. Verified Plastic Recovery
Plastic is collected by certified recovery entities like Ocean Integrity. Each recovery event is VERIFIED with location, time, and context using Plastiks’ blockchain system—ensuring a tamper-proof, auditable record.
Phase 2. Roadmap-Linked Impact Modeling
Every batch of recovered plastic is assigned to an impact roadmap. These roadmaps outline broader goals—such as community waste management, ecosystem restoration, or infrastructure upgrades—defining the environmental and social value of the recovery activity.
Phase 3. Carbon Impact Assessment
ECOTA then assesses the emissions reductions generated by preventing that plastic from entering high-impact waste pathways, such as incineration or unmanaged landfilling. Using a standardized methodology, they calculate the CO₂e value associated with each project.
Phase 4. Certification and Credit Issuance
Once reviewed, ECOTA certifies the emissions savings, enabling the issuance of carbon credits. These credits are then made available to companies looking to meet ESG goals, offset unavoidable emissions, or fund verifiable climate action.
Each phase is anchored by traceability—ensuring that companies and stakeholders are not simply supporting “green” projects in theory, but engaging with climate solutions backed by hard data and independent oversight.
What are the Key Benefits of a Custom CO₂ Credit System?
The Plastiks model for carbon certification, developed in collaboration with ECOTA, introduces a new and independent framework designed specifically for plastic recovery. Unlike traditional carbon schemes that focus on forest conservation or energy transition, this approach reflects the environmental and social impact of removing plastic from nature—and ensures that recovery is traceable, verifiable, and aligned with ESG demands.
Below are the key advantages of building a crediting standard tailored to Plastiks’ mission and ecosystem:
1. Full alignment with Plastiks’ value proposition
Standard carbon schemes overlook the impact of plastic recovery. This framework quantifies avoided emissions from landfill, ocean leakage, and incineration—while integrating pollution reduction and circularity.
2. Greater transparency and verifiability
Blockchain-based tracking provides real-time data, third-party validation, and auditable records. This meets rising ESG and compliance expectations.
3. Control over methodology and economics
The model avoids the rigid fees and slow processes of legacy registries. It enables faster updates, market-specific pricing, and on-chain governance.
4. Recognition of social co-benefits
Plastic recovery creates jobs, supports informal workers, and improves health and equity. These outcomes are built into the credit structure—not ignored.
5. Strategic market positioning
Rather than offering generic offsets, Plastiks delivers targeted plastic-based credits. This appeals to corporates with circular economy and plastic recovery goals.
6. Integration with Web3 infrastructure
The credit system is compatible with NFTs, DAOs, and DeFi. This enables programmable climate action and real-time credit retirement.
7. Reduced risk of greenwashing
The framework avoids double-counting and unverifiable baselines. It is transparent by design—built for accountability from the start.
Partner with Plastiks: Fund Real Recovery & Carbon Credits
With certification now underway for the first 100,000 metric tons of recovered plastic, carbon credits are expected to be issued by December 2025. This marks a new chapter in how recovery efforts can be scaled, verified, and transformed into real climate value.
For organizations seeking to meet ESG targets, strengthen climate disclosures, or support projects with measurable social and environmental returns, early engagement is key.
This partnership goes beyond technology—it establishes a scalable model for verified climate action,” says Plastiks CEO André Vanyi-Robin. “We’re enabling organizations to make measurable sustainability commitments backed by transparent, independently verified data, ensuring their contributions are both credible and impactful.”
Whether you're a sustainability leader, climate funder, or corporate ESG officer—this model offers a credible way to act.
Book a meeting with our team now to explore partnership opportunities.