Impact Update 2026

Impact Update 2026

by Angus Ware

Thanks to the support of our customers and our ocean impact partners Seven Clean Seas, we have funded the removal of another 4,020 kilograms of plastic from the environment.

This brings Light Soy’s total impact to over 34 tonnes of plastic recovered since 2020, through a combination of the recycled ocean-bound plastic material used in our products and additional cleanup funding. 

That’s equivalent to 34 million soy fish prevented from causing harm in the ocean. 

A drop in the ocean

While this is a great achievement, it’s also a sobering to realise what a tiny drop in the ocean this really is:

By our estimates, it’s only equivalent to around 1 month of global soy fish consumption.

According to Our World in Data, packaging is the source of 40% of the planet’s plastic waste, and Seven Clean Seas report that 23.65% of the plastic they collect is packaging. 

These are plastics used for mere seconds, yet they last centuries in the environment or landfills, which is where most of them end up if they’re not recycled (most aren’t) or burned.  

Rethinking the 'Sauce' of the Problem

Last year we launched Holy Carp, a plastic-free, compostable alternative to the single-use soy fish, because we truly believe recycling is not the solution for most packaging waste. 
We need to rethink each and every product and interaction to reduce our reliance on single-use items and find better materials when they can’t be avoided.

Drop by drop, we're making the world a better place. 

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