aPOP active in 47 cities
12,847 lbs collected this month
Live count updates daily
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aPOP active in 47 cities
/ Live impact dashboard
What 187,442 lbs
of plastic actually looks like.
Live count · Updated 14m ago
3,219 active pickers
47 cities reporting
Since Mar 2026
/ Total Plastic Lifted From Public Space
187,442
Pounds
≈ 93.7 tons
·
or 4.2 million bottles
·
or 1 large container ship's hold
/ 12-Month Trend
Pounds Per Month
+184% YoY
2.1KJun
2.4KJul
3.0KAug
3.6KSep
4.1KOct
4.5KNov
4.6KDec
5.2KJan
5.8KFeb
6.4KMar
7.0KApr
12.8KMay
Earlier months
Last quarter — growth surge
/ Material Breakdown
What We're Lifting
By weight
Bottles & rigid containers
38%
Fragments & microplastic
12%
/ What it equals
Translated into things you can picture.
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93.7 T
Weight of 47 mid-size cars removed from public space.
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4.2 M
Plastic bottles, by approximate equivalent count.
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187 K
Single-use grocery bags removed from sidewalks.
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0.4×
Olympic swimming pools filled with collected plastic.
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