Your Support Creates Jobs, Reduces Plastic Pollution & Transforms Lives in Los Angeles
Every day in Los Angeles, thousands of CRV bottles and plastics are thrown away at schools, events, and neighborhoods — while thousands of unhoused individuals struggle to find work, stability, and purpose.
1 Plastic Life bridges these two crises with one solution.
Your donation helps us turn plastic waste into opportunity by building school recycling programs, reducing pollution, and providing paid job-training for unhoused and unemployed individuals.
When you give, you’re supporting:
it changes someone’s life.
1 Plastic Life bridges these two crises with one solution.
Your donation helps us turn plastic waste into opportunity by building school recycling programs, reducing pollution, and providing paid job-training for unhoused and unemployed individuals.
When you give, you’re supporting:
- Job training & paid work for individuals experiencing homelessness
- School recycling programs that teach sustainability
- CRV recycling systems that keep plastic out of landfills
- Pathways to stability, including transitional housing, mental health, and recovery support
- A cleaner, safer, more sustainable Los Angeles
it changes someone’s life.
Why Your Donation Matters
Los Angeles faces two urgent challenges:
low-income schools, underserved neighborhoods, and communities without recycling access.
With your help, we can:
Expand to more LAUSD & community schools
it is empowerment, environmental action, and community transformation.
- Rising plastic pollution — especially in schools that lack recycling systems
- A growing unhoused population — many who want to work but lack opportunity
low-income schools, underserved neighborhoods, and communities without recycling access.
With your help, we can:
Expand to more LAUSD & community schools
- Create more paid job-training roles for unhoused individuals
- Reduce plastic waste in LA communities
- Build a permanent recycling + workforce development facility
- Provide safety gear, supplies, and equipment needed for impact
it is empowerment, environmental action, and community transformation.
Your Impact Makes This Possible
Because of supporters like you, 1 Plastic Life has already:
- Diverted 6,000+ pounds of plastic and CRV from landfills
- Educated thousands of students through hands-on sustainability programs
- Provided paid job training for 18 unhoused individuals, connecting many to housing and recovery services
- Supported major events including:
- Ohana Festival
- Los Angeles Convention Center / Sequoia Productions
- DisclosureFest
- Adidas x Parley
- LAUSD school partners including El Sereno MS & VAAS
Ways to Give
Below are all the trusted, secure donation options that support our mission.
Choose whichever works best for you.
Choose whichever works best for you.
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1. Direct Donation (PayPal Giving Fund)
100% of your gift goes directly to 1 Plastic Life — no fees Tax-deductible Best for one-time or monthly donors Donate through PayPal Giving Fund 2. Cash App
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3. Donate a Vehicle (CarEasy)
Turn any unused car, truck, motorcycle, RV, or boat into impact.
CarEasy handles towing, paperwork, and sale. Proceeds fund job training & recycling programs.
🔗Donate a vehicle through CarEasy
Turn any unused car, truck, motorcycle, RV, or boat into impact.
CarEasy handles towing, paperwork, and sale. Proceeds fund job training & recycling programs.
🔗Donate a vehicle through CarEasy
4. Amazon Wish List
Purchase supplies that directly support job training & recycling operations:
Purchase supplies that directly support job training & recycling operations:
- Gloves, masks, and protective gear
- Tools & equipment
- Collection bags
- School recycling supplies
6. eBay for Charity
Donate a portion of your sales or add a donation at checkout.
Support through eBay for Charity
Donate a portion of your sales or add a donation at checkout.
Support through eBay for Charity
5. Benevity / Workplace Giving
If your employer uses Benevity, you can:
This is one of the most powerful ways to support our work.
If your employer uses Benevity, you can:
- Donate directly
- Set up monthly payroll giving
- Request employer matching (some companies 2–3x match)
This is one of the most powerful ways to support our work.
Microsoft Rewards / Giving With Bing
Turn your everyday internet searches into real impact — at no cost to you.
Every time you search online using Bing, Microsoft donates points that convert into funds for 1 Plastic Life.
Perfect for: passive donors who want to help every day effortlessly.
🔗 Microsoft Giving With Bing – Support 1 Plastic Life
Every time you search online using Bing, Microsoft donates points that convert into funds for 1 Plastic Life.
Perfect for: passive donors who want to help every day effortlessly.
🔗 Microsoft Giving With Bing – Support 1 Plastic Life
Walmart Spark Good (Round-Up Program)
When you shop at Walmart.com, you can choose to round up your purchase to the nearest dollar.
Your spare change goes directly to 1 Plastic Life.
Small amounts — big impact.
🔗 Walmart Spark Good – 1 Plastic Life
Your spare change goes directly to 1 Plastic Life.
Small amounts — big impact.
🔗 Walmart Spark Good – 1 Plastic Life
You Make This Impact Possible
When you support 1 Plastic Life:
- A student learns to recycle
- A school diverts thousands of CRV bottles
- An unhoused individual receives a job, dignity, and a chance at recovery
- A family is reunited
- A community becomes cleaner
- A life changes forever
Join the Movement
Your support allows us to grow, expand impact, and bring recycling + job-training programs to more communities across Los Angeles.
Make a donation today and help build a cleaner city, a greener planet & a stronger community.
Make a donation today and help build a cleaner city, a greener planet & a stronger community.
Stay Connected
Join our newsletter to follow impact, school partnerships, job-training stories, and new sustainability projects.
why it matters
Your support creates transformation:
- A student learns the importance of recycling
- A school diverts thousands of bottles from landfills
- An unhoused individual receives work experience, dignity, and a chance at recovery
- A family is reunited
- A community becomes cleaner and healthier
Your Impact So Far
Thanks to supporters like you, we have:
♻️ Diverted more than 6,000 pounds of plasticfrom schools, events, neighborhoods, and businesses.
👩🏫 Supported thousands of studentsthrough hands-on environmental education.
🏘️ Provided job training to 18 unhoused individualswith connections to transitional housing, mental health support, and addiction recovery.
🚌 Recycled materials at major eventsincluding:
♻️ Diverted more than 6,000 pounds of plasticfrom schools, events, neighborhoods, and businesses.
👩🏫 Supported thousands of studentsthrough hands-on environmental education.
🏘️ Provided job training to 18 unhoused individualswith connections to transitional housing, mental health support, and addiction recovery.
🚌 Recycled materials at major eventsincluding:
- Ohana Festival
- DisclosureFest
- Sequoia Productions / Los Angeles Convention Center
- Adidas x Parley
- Sierra Club
- Amazon partners
- LAUSD schools (El Sereno Middle School, VAAS, etc.)
Become Part of the Movement
Your support allows us to:
Your support helps a student become a leader.
Your generosity keeps plastic out of our planet.
- Expand to more low-income schools
- Create more job opportunities for people in need
- Build a permanent recycling + community service facility
- Purchase equipment and supplies
- Scale our impact across Los Angeles
Your support helps a student become a leader.
Your generosity keeps plastic out of our planet.
Select Your Donation Method Above & Make an Impact Today
Thank you for being part of the 1 Plastic Life movement.
Together, we build a cleaner city, a greener planet, and a stronger community.
Together, we build a cleaner city, a greener planet, and a stronger community.
Stay Connected With 1 Plastic Life
Get updates on our recycling programs, school partnerships, and how your support creates job-training opportunities for unhoused individuals.
1 Plastic Life is a Los Angeles nonprofit reducing plastic pollution in low-income communities by building student-led recycling programs at LAUSD schools and providing job-training opportunities for unhoused and unemployed individuals.
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