Annual 

Impact 

Report 

2021

At the risk of sounding like a bad Oscar speech, we'd really like to thank you. To all our partners, ambassadors and Dopper bottle users who’ve joined our Wave of change against single-use plastic water bottles: here’s what you helped make reality in 2021.

Cheers to you.

Small, everyday actions can save large amounts of single-use plastic from our oceans. Here's the proof. In 2021, 1,985,452 people bought or received a Dopper bottle, empowering them to choose reusable over single-use plastic water bottles. According to impact research from 2017, each Dopper bottle user saves at least 5 kilograms worth of single-use plastic water bottles over the bottle's lifetime.

That means in 2021, Dopper users saved our oceans from 9,927,260 kilograms of single-use plastic waste.

With our partners Simavi and SmartPaani we provide safe water and education in Nepal. In 2021, projects helped 7,416 Nepalis gain access to safe drinking water, but Covid-19 lockdowns and floods halted additional planned work. Instead, the local team provided emergency aid and focused on immediate water and hygiene needs during Covid-19. Click below to learn how we're realising our vision of crystal clear water. In every ocean, from every tap.

In 2021, you grew the Dopper Wave to more than 500,000 people. When you heard that global commitments (including new EU measures) only reduce the amount of plastic waste entering our oceans by 7%, you signed the pledge and took action. On behalf of the half a million Wave members we went to Brussels to demand a ban on single-use plastic water bottles. Because 7% is not enough.

Single-use water bottles? Not on your watch. In 2021, 350 organisations and 3,800 individuals signed the Dopper Wave, banning single-use plastic water bottles from their premises and lives. From Hockey Club HGC to payment provider Adyen, from furniture store RAUM-BLICK to Saxion Hogeschool and from pro footballer Siem de Jong to bicycle provider Swapfiets, all of them became drops in the Wave. The Wave growing big enough to actually save our oceans.