Locally owned in Miami Beach

Everwood USA was founded, funded, and is run by Nick Diaz, a Miami Beach resident who lives on the beach and spends nearly every free hour on or under the water. An avid freediver, longtime divemaster, and fisherman, Nick sees what plastic does to Biscayne Bay up close and leads Bay and beach cleanups, often alongside Nick’s kids and neighbors.

Nick brings an engineering background and years of experience in investment and hedge fund management to the work. That mix of technical rigor and financial discipline is how a cleanup becomes a business that lasts: plastic pulled from local waters and waste streams is turned into durable benches, tables, decking, and building materials for Miami’s parks, campuses, and shorelines.

A Miami Beach business owner, Nick built Everwood USA as a way of giving back to the community, with a clear mission: preserve our waterways and beaches, and build a circular economy where local plastic becomes local public goods. Everwood USA welcomes partnerships with the City, schools, hotels, and businesses that want to make Miami Beach a model for turning waste into lasting value.