OUR ECOTRIBO STORY
Ecotribo was founded by Tyrone, a lifelong surfer from South Africa. Joined by his wife Carrie, they have spent their careers in the creative industries of advertising and television while spending as much time as possible at the coast.
Having explored various design avenues to help the ocean, including biomaterials and beach cleaning, they focused on what could be done with the recovered plastics. Inspired by the work of Burea in South America and Precious Plastics from the Netherlands, and after a trip out to South East Asia in 2010, the adventure of recycling ocean-retrieved plastics began.
All materials have, from the start, been collected, processed and manufactured here in the UK. Such is the threat of greenwashing in the recycling world that they instigated a geolocation method on each product's label in 2021 to specify from which beach the nets had been sourced. Now known as EcoTraceAbility®, we continue to highlight how true transparency in recycling is the best way to encourage hope in our collective creativity to tackle these environmental challenges.
The small batches of plant pots fabricated from each net found became a way to further highlight the work of our partners, such as Clean Ocean Sailing in south Cornwall, Captain Paul Watson Foundation in Pembrokeshire and the many other dedicated beach cleaning groups. Head to the ACTION pages to read more of the heroic stories of marine conservation and beach cleaning.
SUPPORT OUR WORK
Each purchase supports coastal charities & marine conservation.
We use 100% recycled materials found on our coasts
Each product is direct action for marine wildlife.
Our products are made locally in the UK using solar power