Let’s cut through the fluff.
Not having a sustainability story is garbage.
It’s like throwing potential earnings into the trash. Whether you’re an emphatic believer or indifferent agnostic it doesn’t ma er. What does ma er is that 50% of your customer base is 100% invested in supporting businesses that support sustainability.
Not saying this is you, and not saying it’s not…but for brands looking to gain a competitive edge in the marketplace, having an emotional or ideological reason for consumers to be loyal to your brand is huge. Even if going green is not your thing, making green most definitely is your thing. Tug on those sustainability heart strings.
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We Get It.
You’ve got overhead, business goals, and shareholders. Effecting change isn’t exactly a part of your forecasting. Impact is a nice-to-have and looks like it requires all the things you don’t have — like time, resources, and a global footprint. Spoiler alert, AE Global does.
Partnering with us could position your company as an international changemaker without having to change your business. Plus, give you an ownable sustainability story that drives more business.
By now we’re sure you’re wondering just what is this story?
What is Talk Trash all about? It’s about getting off our corporate arses and impacting change that is actually manageable and doable.
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Ever Heard of OBP? Ocean Bound Plastic
The short version is that it sucks.
The good news is that it can be solved now, in our time.
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So, What the F**** Is OBP?
(Ocean Bound Plastic)
Ocean bound plastics are discarded materials within 50 kilometers of our seas, streams, rivers, and lakes that are likely to enter the ocean. OBP is a critical element in the fight against the plastic pollution crisis. About 80% of the oceans’ plastic contamination is from land, so capturing OBP before it becomes ocean plastic is one of the most impactful solutions to this global crisis.
NIGHTMARE.
It has a devastating impact on the environment and the local communities. If not cleaned up it will eventually make its way into our oceans, causing calamity for the open blue ecosystems.
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Our Solution Innovate Trashy Behavior
We’ll use to solve the plastic crisis. plastic
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Plastic Isn’t a Bad Word.
Yes, we just gave you the plastic horror story, but the truth is that plastic has been given a bad rep. It needs a new publicist for sure. While we may not be able to change its public image right away, we can take its trashy notoriety and put it to good use.
Trashed, But Not Wasted.
What AE Global discovered is that the plastic problem is not the problem. The real issue is a lack of infrastructure. No weekly trash pickups, no waste processing or recycling, no regulatory guidance in place. Recycling is not a priority in areas where socio-economic issues have residents choosing between feeding their family or taking care of the environment. So plastic trash turns into plastic pollution and OBP.
Innovating Trashy Behavior.
AE Global provides the waste management infrastructure that is missing. The community provides the workforce. However, THERE ARE NO VOLUNTEERS. We pay fair wages to the community to gather OBP. This not only stimulates a challenged economy, it elevates the standard of living, restores a sense of pride in the community, and allows them to be hands-on in restoring their environment.
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From There, It’s All About Innovation.
We take the collected plastic, process it and give it a second life as premium sustainable packaging. Now you know. AE Global is solving the plastic crisis with plastic. It’s a boss move and we’re excited about it. It’s a bold concept to reestablish thriving communities while creating an amazing product for our packaging customers.
We’ve Already Launched It.
We’ve already launched our inaugural waste management infrastructure program in the Dominican Republic. Our sustainable packaging product offerings will widen as these programs grow. While we are pleased to include this category in our product line, what we celebrate more is the impact of initiative, ingenuity and innovation: a better environment, better economy and less OBP.
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This Is How We Make the Happen. magic
The plastic is collected.
We pay fair wages to members of the community to collect plastic. By employing locals, employment numbers increase and stimulate the local economy.
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The plastic gets processed.
The collected plastic is separated and run through our innovative process, returning it to a raw state, ready for new life.
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Sustainable packaging is born.
The renewed, processed plastic is moved into production, becoming various forms of sustainable packaging solutions.
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Imagine yourself here. Your brand on conference posters and collateral touting your company’s sustainability story. Articles on how your innovative OBP program is impacting ecosystems, economies and cultures. It’s a story your brand can own a part of and your cause-driven customer base will embrace. A sustainability story that’s defensible with real OKRs and not greenwashed, but white labeled so...
...YOU CAN TALK TRASH LIKE THE MVP YOU’LL BE.
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Not Trash Bags, Chests. treasure
You’ll never look at plastic bottles and overflowing trash cans the same. AE Global is solving a real problem. We truly believe the plastic crisis can be solved now, but it takes commitment to the cause. There is enough trash to go around, but not everyone has the balls, the fortitude nor the attitude to Talk Trash. We think you do. We want to offer your company an opportunity to help turn trash into treasure.
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We’ll equip you with tools,
We’ll equip you with tools, the know how and the swag to TALK TRASH with the best of them. The difference will be that while you’re talking trash you won’t be all talk.
Our story can be your story.
As an AE Global partner, you’ll have tangible, provable focal points to back you up when you talk trash. As an AE Global customer, you are still a part of supporting this narrative through your purchase of premium sustainable packaging. You can be the conduit or the catalyst for impact in the fight against reducing OBP.
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treasure. into Sustainable trash We Turn
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