Due to the pandemic, poverty is expected to increase around the world. According to the World Bank, the level of extreme poverty (those making less than $1.90 per day) could rise to as many as 150 million people. This comes at a time when eight million metric tons of plastic waste enter the oceans every year, equating to one garbage truck’s worth of plastic being dumped into our oceans every minute. Specifically, about 60 percent of the world’s ocean plastic comes from Southeast Asia. To combat these issues, The Plastic Bank and SC Johnson have teamed up to create a new recycling ecosystem called Social Plastic®, which has already prevented 1 billion bottles from entering our oceans and is helping provide work for impoverished people in Asia’s coastal communities. This solution is helping workers in Indonesia make 42% income per day than the average person. In the Philippines, its 25%.