Our partner’s track record · our local work

Impact, from Chile to Biscayne Bay

The first figures below are for our manufacturing and innovation partner, Desafío Ambiente / Everwood Chile (projects in Chile, the USA, and Peru), as reported in 2023–24 press. They are not Everwood USA totals. Our own US figures follow.

Reported partner figures (2023–24 press)

Desafío Ambiente / Everwood Chile, across Chile, the USA, and Peru (not Everwood USA–only).

Plastic recovered

~3,000 t

About 3,000 tonnes of plastic recovered / revalorized over ~8 years (2023 press). Also reported as “nearly 3,000 tonnes” in eight years (Peru press, Jul 2024).

Company partners

140+

140 industrial partners for R&D (2023 press); “+140 empresas han confiado en nosotros” on desafioambiente.com.

Projects

140+

More than 140 social-impact projects through industry in Chile, USA, and Peru (2023 press).

CO₂ reduced (reported)

3,300 t CO₂

Reported in 2023 Chilean press (revistaemprende / portalinnova) as a partner-wide figure — not a US-only figure.

Trees not felled (reported)

1,500

Reported in the same 2023 press as trees whose felling was avoided — partner-wide.

US impact

About 2 tonnes of plastic recycled into Everwood products in the US so far. Per-board figures are estimates based on Everwood’s published material per board and product.

Plastic in every standard board

~15 lbs (7 kg)

Each standard Everwood board (10 × 2.5 cm, about 2.8 m long) keeps about 15 lbs of plastic out of landfills and waterways.

University of Miami install

4 benches + 2 picnic tables

Benches and picnic tables made from recycled-plastic boards, installed on the University of Miami campus.

Plastic recycled in the US

~2 tonnes

About 4,400 lbs of plastic turned into Everwood products in the US so far.

Slat (listón, 52 × 32 mm × 2.8 m): about 10.6 lbs (4.8 kg) of PP + HDPE — about 102 two-litre bottles
Deck board (2.8 m): about 11.5 lbs (5.2 kg) — about 143 plastic containers
Beam (viga, 40 × 90 mm × 2.8 m): about 19.8 lbs (9 kg) — about 193 plastic containers

Per-board figures from Everwood product sheets (everwood.cl) and a 2021 interview with Everwood co-founder Anita Farfán (Las Últimas Noticias). Pounds converted from kilograms (1 kg = 2.2 lbs).

Plank transforming into recycled plastic flakes

What’s in a board

4.8 kg ≈ 102 bottles

Chile product spec — Everwood listón (slat) 52 × 32 × 2,800 mm is made with about 4.8 kg of PP + HDPE, reported as equivalent to 102 two-litre bottles (everwood.cl).

Local story, proven partner

Everwood USA is a locally owned Miami Beach company in partnership with Desafío Ambiente / Everwood Chile, our manufacturing and innovation partner. Our partner’s projects span Chile and Peru; the press figures above are their totals, not Everwood USA’s.

Plastic pollution in South Florida

Local cleanup and science figures — quoted from the linked sources.

Marine debris display at Biscayne National Park visitor center — Biscayne National Park, Dante Fascell Visitor Center — marine debris display. Photo: NPS, public domain. Display includes NPS markings; not an endorsement of Everwood.

25,082 lbs in Miami-Dade (2024)

“a remarkable 3,615 volunteers showed up … collecting a mind-blowing 25,082 pounds of trash at 71 cleanup sites across Miami-Dade County.” — VolunteerCleanup.org, ICC Miami-Dade 2024

Florida statewide (2024 ICC): 25,244 volunteers · 250,550 pounds · 1,236.2 miles · 733,644 items — including 109,628 plastic bottle caps and 26,801 plastic beverage bottles. Source: Ocean Conservancy 2024 ICC Annual Report (U.S. Ocean Trash Index table).

“Plastic pollution is one of the most urgent environmental crises of our time, and Miami is on the frontlines. Miami-Dade County generates double the national average of waste per capita, 10.8 pounds daily compared to 5 pounds nationally.” — Ocean Conservancy press release, Miami ICC, Sept 20, 2025 · oceanconservancy.org

“It is estimated that 80% of marine debris is from land-based sources.” — Biscayne Bay Task Force Report & Recommendations, Miami-Dade County, June 2020 · PDF

Historical Florida (1970s EPA archive)

Litter beside Tamiami Canal near Everglades National Park, July 1972 — Tamiami Canal litter, July 1972. Fred Ward / U.S. EPA DOCUMERICA. Public domain.

Heap of drink cans salvaged by Girl Scouts at Islamorada, Florida Keys, 1973 — Islamorada, Florida Keys, June 1973. Flip Schulke / U.S. EPA DOCUMERICA. Public domain. Brands appear as litter documentation only.

Cleanups in action

Florida Keys coastal cleanup volunteer with trash bags — Florida Keys NMS cleanup · Todd Hitchins/NOAA · public domain

Kayaker with collected marine debris in the Florida Keys — Florida Keys kayaker stewardship · Robert Keeley/NOAA · public domain

Beach cleanup volunteers at Cape Canaveral shoreline — Cape Canaveral shoreline cleanup · U.S. Space Force (no DoD endorsement implied)

Coastal cleanup volunteers near Kingston, Jamaica — Kingston-area cleanup, Jamaica · U.S. Marine Corps photo (no DoD endorsement implied)

Full image credits

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