4ocean Charitable Foundation

One plastic bottle might not seem like much, but multiply that by 8 billion people across the world, and it quickly adds up. Used and finished within a day, the plastic shell it leaves behind lives on for years, often ending up in the environment. Over time, it breaks down into microplastics that contaminate our soil, water, and even the food we eat.

Luckily, there's an easy swap to cut down on plastic bottle use. This Plastic Free July, choose to bring your reusable cup or bottle with you instead of reaching for plastic.

Every one of us has a choice to make, and yours can make a real difference. One person, one choice, adds up to a cleaner, healthier planet.

June was World Ocean Month, and 4ocean Foundation crews across Bali didn't just mark the occasion, they showed up for it. Last month, the teams completed 844 cleanups and pulled 468,889 pounds of trash out of rivers, coastlines, and the ocean. That's the equivalent of roughly 22.5 million plastic water bottles recovered in just 30 days.

Since launching in 2025, that same relentless commitment has brought the total to 6,337,263 pounds of waste pulled from Bali's waters and shores alone. Every one of those pounds represents a crew member who stepped in, got their hands dirty, and chose not to look away.

World Ocean Month is a global reminder of the importance of a healthy ocean, but for us, every month is ocean month. The booms are stretched across the rivers, the crews are already in the field, and the work doesn't pause when the calendar turns.

There's no better time to make your support count. Help us keep going at 4oceanFoundation/donate

Straws continue to be one of the main items our crew collects during cleanups, month after month. These small, lightweight pieces of plastic are easy to overlook, but they add up fast, littering our beaches, waterways, and ocean.

Straws break down into smaller fragments and microplastics, making them especially difficult to fully remove from the environment and pose a serious risk to wildlife, who often mistake them for food.

The good news is that straws are one of the easiest single-use plastics to cut out of our daily routines. This month, we're asking our community to take action by making simple, sustainable swaps that reduce plastic waste at the source. Get started by skipping the straw when ordering a drink, choose reusable over disposable, and inspire others to do the same!

Every swap, no matter how small, adds up. By reducing the amount of single-use plastic we rely on, we can help keep straws, and other plastic debris, out of our ocean for good.

Medewi Beach isn't just another river, it's a critical cleanup site, an estuary where a river meets the ocean head on.

The moment the crew arrived, they got to work, pulling plastic bottles, food packaging, fabric, and styrofoam from the shoreline. They didn't stop at the trash. Fallen branches and organic debris were cleared too, opening up the water's natural flow and letting this ecosystem breathe again.

Every piece of trash pulled from this site is one piece that never reaches the open ocean, where it would be a threat to marine life.

Want to help crews like this one keep showing up? Visit 4oceanFoundation.org/donate and support this critical work.

Today marks the start of Plastic Free July, a moment for all of us to come together in working toward a cleaner, healthier ocean.

Today, the Plastic Free Foundation is hosting a pledge event as part of a world record attempt for "The Most People Refusing Single-Use Plastic in One Day." Join us and the movement by making one simple choice: refuse a single plastic item today and submit your pledge at https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/pledge/

Whether it's skipping the plastic bag at checkout or reaching for a reusable water bottle, small decisions add up to a future worth fighting for.

As we approach 1 year of programmatic impact at 4ocean Foundation, we're celebrating a milestone that belongs to every person who believed a cleaner ocean was possible.

Together, we've removed 6 million pounds of plastic and trash from our ocean, rivers, and coastlines, powered exclusively by your giving.

To put that into perspective, that's approximately 288 million plastic bottles removed before they could continue polluting our waterways and breaking down into microplastics.

This didn't happen overnight. It happened because of an extraordinary community that kept showing up, and crews who do the hard work day in and day out. Every pound lifted out of the water and off our coastlines was made possible by donors and supporters who chose to invest in real, measurable change.

To everyone who has donated, shared or engaged with our mission, and stood alongside us during this 1st year, thank you.

This World Ocean Month, together we turned generosity into action and made our natural world a little cleaner with every pound removed. Here's to the next million 🌊💙

This is a river boom in action along the Ijo Gading River in Bali.

By creating a single collection point instead of endless stops downstream, it turns a full day of work into just a few hours. These systems have the power to genuinely change the future of a river and ultimately the ocean. When regularly monitored, river booms are one of the most effective tools we have for stopping waste before it ever gets to the ocean.

Support the crew that builds, installs, and maintains them at 4oceanFoundation.org/donate