Will Pearson: Co-founder of Ocean Bottle

About this episode

Will Pearson discusses the impact of plastic consumption and the mission behind Ocean Bottle.

Will Pearson is the co-founder of Ocean Bottle, a company dedicated to enabling individuals around the world to make a global impact on ocean plastic. Will joins Elliot to talk about how witnessing the side effects of plastic consumption while working as a deck-hand in the Indian ocean, led him to co-launch a business where each reusable water bottle sold, funds the collection of 1000 ocean-bound plastic bottles. 

People in this episode

Host: Elliot

Guest: Will Pearson

Topics covered

• ocean plastic
• sustainability
• entrepreneurship
• environmental impact
• reusable products

Keywords

• ocean plastic
• sustainability
• reusable water bottle
• environment
• entrepreneurship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ocean Bottle, Bauer Media

Places: Indian ocean

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