FAQ: General

1. What is the relationship between the Plastic Disclosure Project (PDP) and the Ocean Recovery Alliance (ORA)?

   The Plastic Disclosure Project is a project of the non-profit Ocean Recovery Alliance Limited (ORA), a Hong Kong-registered limited liability company.  The Hong Kong Internal Revenue Department granted ORA tax-exempt status beginning in December 2010 as a charity for Hong Kong tax purposes.  PDP, as an ORA project, benefits from this tax-exempt status.  To learn more about ORA, visit www.oceanrecov.org.

2. What types of entities can participate?

   The Plastic Disclosure Project not just for listed companies.   Small, privately held companies can also report their annual plastic use and waste footprint vis-a-vis plastic.  Institutions such as hospitals, sports teams or associations, airports, universities, government departments and small municipalities can all calculate their annual plastic footprint and have this submitted to the PDP.   Just by knowing how much you use, and/or how much is brought into your location from the outside, and how the waste is handled, is a start to then knowing how to make improvements and efficiencies.