Global Alert

Global Alert is a new platform which the world can use to track trash hot spots in waterways and coastlines. This information, provided by the public, with photos and GPS, will give stakeholders in those communities a whole new level of information, on a visual map, to know where the problem areas are, and therefore can create solutions for cleaning, prevention, and recycling. This will have positive impacts for water quality, health, fishing, tourism, job creation, and many more community benefits.

Some estimates by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) suggest that municipal solid waste may double in size by 2025. As populations grow, and consumption increases, the world’s waste management and recycling infrastructure has not been able to keep up with the increase in waste, leading to increased impacts on our environment and our waters. Global Alert is an international tool to help tackle the problem of plastic waste in our environment, and is something that all of us can use within our own local conditions, in order to be part of the solution. The sum of all the parts will help to bring broad-based improvements in trash impacts on a global scale. Global Alert will shape the way that communities play an integral role in bettering their environments; inspiring cooperation, collaboration and solutions. Together, by using Global Alert, we can leave a legacy of healthy oceans, rivers and engaged communities.

Thank you for spreading the word, and for using Global Alert when you are out and see large volumes of trash near your waters, or in them, which you know are not supposed to be there.