Our footprint in 2025.
Take a look at Maritimo Recycling’s 2025 Sustainability and Impact Report – how we created measurable impact across the environment, society and the economy, and what we plan next.
*Displayed values are minimally rounded for clearer presentation.
Environmental impact 🌱
By recycling 3 million plastic caps, we prevented CO₂ emissions equivalent to:
🚗 taking 50–70 cars off the road for one year
🌳 planting 400–600 trees
Economic impact 📊
From plastic caps, we created economic value equivalent to:
🏠 renting out 4–5 apartments for one season
🍽️ running a small seasonal restaurant
🎪 building a partner network the size of a local festival
Social impact 👥
Through educational and community activities, we created social impact equivalent to:
🏫 running classes for a full school year in one large school
💶 launching an incubator with 10 smaller social or humanitarian projects
Highlights ✨
✨ we successfully completed our first Kickstarter campaign in just 72 hours
🏆 we won the European Social Innovation Award SozialMarie 2025
🏠 we opened an additional facility for cleaning, sorting, and shredding plastic
🏝️ we became part of Planeterra and G Adventures sustainable tourism experiences
🏦 we became part of the Erste Marc Impact Program 2025/26
Goals for 2026. 🎯
🏆 conquer the world with Floaties sunglasses
🏠 find people/partners/investors who can help us achieve that
✨ create 5 new recycled products
🌱 develop new products made from biomaterials and natural materials
🏝️ increase the number of cleanup actions and the amount of recycled plastic
❤️ continue growing and developing as a team
You can also help us reach our goals faster by partnering, making a donation or purchasing our products: