Is the 4ocean bracelet a scam?
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2024
- Technically, no. But its marketing is highly misleading.
EDIT: 4ocean has responded to this video. Here's my response to the response: • 4ocean explains . . . ...
Some of 4ocean's videos
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The Ocean Plastic Recovery Campaign*: • Video
Alex and Andrew discussing the OPR vessel: vimeo.com/296700919
*EDIT: 4ocean appears to have deleted these videos.
The non-profit partnerships:
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• Orca Conservancy
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But if I donate to a different charity I do not get a bracelet that shows others around me what a good person I am.
AceofWizards NephElite lmao
That is actually a huge part of why people buy them
That's exactly why they're selling
Actually I wanted to buy one just because I think that they look quite nice and for me to know that I probably did something nice with purchasing it..Don't give a duck about what othee people think
jason vernon lol
Go to the beach, collect 2 pounds of plastic, feel good and save 40 dollar.
U literally copied this comment I saw the oringinal one scrolled down one comment saw this boi
drhansens What if you don’t live by the beach?
Annabelle D oceans aren’t the only polluted places! If you live by a river or stream or forest, those also need cleaning! You can also help out at local animal sanctuary’s or shelters, they always need volunteers
I will
666th like because why not
As long as they are cleaning the ocean its fine for me
It's like paying 1000$/hr for labour to every person collecting trash, that is very inefficient
It's a good business strategy make people feel responsible and kind to the environment by buying this bracelet
earning money cleaning after earning money polluting. The human brain is a disaster, we should be boycotting the company overplasticised products, but instead we applause when they present their "Solution" to the problem they created themselves.
@@fraaggl pretty sure 4 ocean is not polluting the oceans with plastic. Blaming them for something some other company has done would be like me blaming you for something someone else has done because you are both people.
How do you know they are cleaning the ocean? Because they said so?
Geez...... let me guess, the only way we can clean up the ocean is paying more taxes to politicians who don't know how to balance a check book?
True
or they could show their fanatical records and prove their using at least 10 of my dollars towards clean the ocean instead of 2.50 and pocketing the rest
“Hey I got 20 dollars laying around”
Can’t relate lmao
A cynical take might be that his "buyer's remorse" was a ruse and he planned all along to make an investigative video about 4ocean for his channel. But I don't really care because the reporting seems to be objective and fact based. With discussion of ways the company might be devoted to ocean cleanup, even if it seems unlikely.
Same
Hey, I can find a penny in the couch maybe.
Jazmin Lopez yeah and he must have had 2 laying around.
work
"Prove me wrong!" 1 month later- receives defamation lawsuit from company lawyers 😂 Please make a video if that happens. We will all be rooting for you!
Don't worry, I will. :)
Danye Har you received a lawsuit?!
Danye Har I’m sure you’ll be alright. I like how you made this, your own opinion yet factual. You got all bases covered my man!
@@DanyeHar If you ever to get a lawsuit, that's a huge red flag for the company so not only they will lose their sale, reputation and trust but also socially defeated because people will surely support you.
@@Vanessapandas No, no, I mean I'll make a video *if* I get hit with a lawsuit.
I think they are actually very smart. The bracelets are beautiful! So more demand for them= more trash taken out of the ocean= more bracelets= more sales and then it continues!
More bracelets =someday chucked out =then yet more plastic
@@jjba_pika bro it's a bracelet
@Poopy1234 phone cases are not better too... one day u will definitely throw it away and actually u can do quite many things with a bracelet
@Poopy1234 they do.
They are paying it forward, if more of us did that there would be less hate in the world 🙏🏽
Don't care, they're cleaning.
FabianTheGreat it’s not making a difference.
Then why don't you donate? Oh wait, you're still a child.
@@Jack-bn6rc how would you know if he donated or not?
@@alexei4144 No job = no money to donate
@@Jack-bn6rc and how would you know if he had a job? You Don't know anything about the person who made the comment
Scam or not, someday bracelets will find itself back to the ocean and forests
You read my mind.
Why would you throw a bracelet if you bought it?
@@andrei.cr2 at some point, you'll get tired of it and just leave it somewhere. there a chance that since you don't care about it anymore you'll be throwing it away
Most intellectual comment so far.
I’d rather this smaller bracelets be tossed randomly than the amount of trash it took to make that
criticism ≠ hate. he's just raising good points to consider before buying the bracelets, he's not openly and mindlessly bashing the company. the decision to support 4ocean and buy the bracelet is yours nonetheless.
I agree. I think most of the people defending 4Ocean are looking at the title of the video, “Is 4Ocean a scam?” and reading it as though he is asserting “4Ocean IS a scam!” And while the viewers probably should have paid closer attention to the video, wherein he clearly states that it is NOT a scam, the blame does PARTIALLY fall on him as well, for making such a click-bait-y title for his video. He knew that title would get people worked up, so he shouldn’t expect anything less than for people to overreact a bit and assume he is saying they’re a scam.
@2Salty 4u? no just that their ship project is probably just a way to advertise, that does not imply the whole thing is a scam
I’m irritated because why even try and possibly deter someone from supporting this organization? Everything he said is based on opinion in theory. He is absolutely uneducated about this project and has no factual information to provide only his opinions. The fact that he put scam and this organization’s name in the same sentence and throughout the video is all you need to do to plant a seed. this organization is out there doing a hell of a lot more than he is sitting in his chair making up stories for views. There are 1 million other things he could’ve spoke on if he wanted to talk about scams instead he targeted an organization that is out there making oceans clean and safe to the surrounding communities as well as ocean life. Whether they’re making money or not isn’t really that much of a factor because everybody has to be paid to survive unless you struck it rich and just strictly do volunteer work. It would be one thing if we were buying the bracelets and nothing was being done. Absolutely not the case. They’ve done more work than our own government has been able to provide.
Payroll is a huge expense of any corporation. 4ocean could easily go broke if they didn't have a good business model based on continuous profit. Nothing in what they do is going to be cheap. Yes, they definitely need to brand and market themselves.
Andrea Cleofas Perfectly stated. This video is just information to make people aware and do their own research (as you should ALWAYS). #DYOR
Does the end justify the means? I think so. We are drowning in plastic and it's killing our oceans.
So here's the thing, if 4ocean was devoting 5% of profits to end pollution that would be great, but instead they are takeing money from people who might otherwise be compelled to give to charitable causes that will clean 100lb of garbage with their 5% and using it to enrich themselves ANNND tell people it's ok, because they may or may not be doing anything because.....
The workers are probably being payed around 10 cents an hour and clean up might have stopped if they've cleaned up a million pounds the .0-1~ of the trash and they can continue to enrich themselves by doing nothing, the clean up was paid in advance.
And people will say, but I bought this bracelet that accounts for nothing with money that would have counted for nothing, but when hundreds/thousands of people do this, that money could have made a difference but now it can't. The end's are nothing and means are pretty lies.
Why is it wrong if they can make some profit as well as cleaning the ocean? You did willingly buy the bracelet didn’t you
its not 'some' profit, it's a rip off amount of profit.
Is not wrong but it's always good have a more thorough analysis about it, some people might even change their mind and donate the 20 dollars to a non-profit organization that can collect more plastic from the oceans with the same amount of money, some people buy their bracelets just to help cleaning the oceans so it's not really about the bracelets it's about helping the environment
@@douganderson7002 so I'm a hero if I pick up a piece of garbage ?
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Brendon Borg true They also Need profit for collecting the plastic
Imagine they're in the ship and just like
Sailor : "Captain ! Look ! A plastic !"
Captain : "Hold on kiddo, the bracelet ain't selling so we ain't picking it up"
Lmao
De Santa hahahahaha
lol
Lmaooo
Lol true
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Who would have thought that two chads who “Took a surf trip to Bali” might be using the ocean as a way to scam money
Hell, why didn't I think of a scam like this before? I live in 3rd world country, tons of plastic, lots of pollution in rivers and beaches. If it works, I keep in touch!
i live in indonesia, and went to bali a lot. And it’s actually sad because bali got real ocean problems there, and this dudes used it for clout and money
well you call it scam but we have to admit that it's an immoral but clever way to make money
”Chads”
People throw that word around way too much nowadays. Those two men are no ”Chads”.
Wow
I’m just grateful that they are cleaning..
imagine being mad because they clean the ocean
Racoon Cake you don’t get it
@@ezassassin6604 it does not matter if there not doing exactly 1 pound the point is they are not doing a bad thing. they still clean the ocean regardless
Volatile Violets & Raging Roses thank you for explaining it 😂. These people don’t understand. Funds could be going to way more productive charities
@@yeahyeah6590 Yes, but the thing is they can still be pocketing the money. No one is saying they're doing a bad thing nor is anyone angry.
Squid Cena ya but 4 ocean has removed more then 8 million pounds of trash from the ocean , I can’t see a problem with pocketing some of the money or not removing exactly 1 pound other then them saying they don’t. It’s better then them not being here at all
The second I've heard that buying one bracelet cleans 1 pound of trash, I thought it was a scam. It is ridiculous. 40 000 dollars to clean about a ton of garbage?!? With 15 friends and 500 euro to hire a truck, and buy trash bags and gloves, we cleaned 3 tons of waste one weekend from a river bed and we had few bucks left for beers. Invest some time to clean in your community and you will help much more. You will also bring awareness. Hell, even the waste from your bracelet's package will be almost as much as the waste they will supposedly clean with you 20 buck! What these two sell is just clear conscience.
You nailed it.
Actually, they've collected almost 5 million pounds of trash. You have a good idea, but how many of your friends (and mine too) are going to do that?
@@RickieLynn888 It is not an 'idea'. It is something that happened, and is happening everyday. There are so many campaigns going, and so many people participating for no profit, you just need to look and sacrifice some of your precious time. It is also a great activity for families. I live in a country, where government prefers investors over nature, and most environmental campaigns are organized by common people and local communities. A very successful campaign stated in FB and managed to buy more than ten infant incubators (15,000-20,000 USD each) for hospitals, by simply encouraging people and schools to gather hpde bottle cups, and collecting them for recycling. It is managed by two people, who have regular jobs, plus volunteers' work. So, there are many ways to help. For starts, reduce your waste.
My biggest concern with 4ocean is first: the cost per pound they give is unreasonably high. That probably means, most of your investment goes for marketing, rather than creating jobs and actual cleaning. Of course, any business needs capital to start and expand. I just hope their numbers add up, because the information in the website is not very detailed. Second, the bracelet obviously became a fashion accessory that screams "See! I care and save the planet!". I saw lengthy threads where commenters say they haven't purchased one yet, because they can't decide on the cutest color. I am pretty sure for most 4ocean's clients, buying the bracelet will give them the false assurance, that they did everything they could. But it is not. In fact the problem is beyond repair, and it will take much more effort from every single person, jut to minimize the damage.
@@o6ina I agree with most of what you are saying, but until you read and understand their organization, I wouldn't put them down. Offering over 300 jobs in 27 countries and donating over $300,000 is not a bad thing. I have plans to start an organization to use the plastic they have stored in warehouses to build homes from recycled plastic. It is a long process to get started but I have faith.
@@RickieLynn888 So, you are closely connected with them? I, on the other hand am unbiased, and in my opinion, the information about their is quite sparse, raising more questions, than giving answers. Apart from Haiti and Bali, I couldn't find info about these cleanups in 27 countries. Also, are those 300 employees permanent and if so, how many are out of US and are actually engaged into cleaning campaigns? How do they produce the bracelets and where? To my worries of what they do with the waste stored in those brightly branded, squeaky clean containers in their adverts, you kind of gave the answer - still nothing. I hope your idea will happen, and the US waste (I assume you are from there) will be completely recycled. But what about Haiti and Indonesia, where recycling plants are few, or even non existing? Are they going to find investors and build one? Transport the trash? Sell it to China for profit (remember, they don't recycle US waste anymore)? All this things should be explained clearly, if they want others, besides Instagramers, to join their cause, because there are plenty of swindlers who exploit the environmental problems.
They’re smart, they know about the teen girls wanting to save the earth so they make a trendy bracelet. 🙈🙊
Please check your spelling before insulting someone , it automatically turns against you
zztop3000 it’s not me it’s a RUclipsr lol check out Georgia productions lol
just passing by what did I spell wrong?
iren a no, I’m just saying that they’re smart, not a bad thing. I’m simply stating that they’re smart because they know people are starting to realise the issue of plastic pollution.
B To The T To The S To The BTS no, I do want to I’m just saying that the company is smart.
At least they clean, while were just sitting here and don't give a damn actually maybe its just me but like srsly at least there cleaning it *_man just leave them alone_*
EXACTLY, Brother. Thank You. My Best. Out.
Bruh they’re cleaning the ocean it’s not a scam. Are YOU cleaning the ocean at all?
think about it like this. imagine if I said I would pick up one ounce of plastic from the ocean if you paid me 10 dollars. or imagine if I said I would feed 2 starving kids if you paid me 40 dollars. sure I'm technically doing what I said I would do and it's still good, but I'm doing so little with so much money. like, I could feed four or five kids with 40 if I actually USED ALL the money. I could totally pick up more than an ounce of plastic for 10 dollars. a pound of plastic isnt really that much in all honesty. 20 for a pound? more like 5 for a pound, and 15 for some guy's wallet
@@jjt171 I get your point but no. They are helping and every business is made for profit. But considering every other business keeps as much of their profits as they can this company is unique since at least a percentage of their profits goes to cleaning up the Ocean.
What @just a tiger thing is saying is that yes they are helping and that’s good but if would be 100 times more efficient and effective to the beaches if they cared more about the actual cause and not the money. It shows that yes there are legally allowed to do this and are helping, and that’s all great, but wouldn’t it be more useful to actually make a difference to our position on beaches??
@@jjt171 Sooo, like practically every charity ever? Well, I guess some were worse. Like Mother Tersa's organization that had 10's of millions of dollars at the time of her death, but did not provide medicine to those in need, because she believed that it was up to God to save people, not medicine. Also, you apparently missed the pinned post at the top of this comment section, by 4 Ocean where they state the founders make less than 1% of the amount, and provided tax returns to prove it. To be exact, they make 14 cents a bracelet...not $15.
@Lizzie Row, see above paragraph. Also, it would be great if people did more. What do you do to clean up the ocean? Me personally, I don't litter, I don't waste resources, and I pick up trash when I see it, even at the beach.
@Volatile Violets & Raging Roses If anyone made a dumb comment you did. I like how you posted a time stamp that cuts the sentence in half so instead of being "Imagine if they said" it starts with "they said". Also to post your comment, you had to scroll past the pinned comment by the spokesperson of the company in question who goes to great lengths to state how much the founders actually make and tells you where you can find the tax documents that were made public that prove it. If you are going to post about how dumb other people's comments are, you should probably make sure you are not going to post an absurdly dumb comment yourself. Congratulations on looking incredibly stupid.
I'm more curious about where all the plastic goes they collect...it can't all be made into bracelets
You can sell it to companies that need plastic
The collected plastic is shipped to the Philipines or some other developing nation to deal with. We ship most of our garbage our rather than trying to deal with it ourselves. It's more economical. Yes I said garbage because only a small percentage of plastic waste cam be recycled. Of course 4ocean doesn't tell you that.
@@jamescrud wait fr?? I heard we sell it to places like India and it ends right back in the ocean and in cities
@@Demi.d3mi Yeah that too.
Now that China is no longer accepting much of the world’s recycling, I would imagine most of it goes to landfills.
I feel like a pound of trash being removed is too little for twently dollars
Some Random Drew why don’t u go out there and start pulling out pounds of garbage and start making bracelets out of recycled material at least there doing something about it.
@@ashahurkett1794 sure i'll just steal a boat and clean up my local river
They have to pay wages and equipment costs.
@@callmewaves1160 odds are they are hiring the locals to work which will be unbelievably low wages
@@callmewaves1160 Yes, good point but only one pound? That feels like too little
I could go to Haiti and pay someone 20$ to clean up 100 pounds of trash instead.
Ok Just Do It!!! Right Now!
I just want to say what a blessing this company is. My order was wrong and within 5 seconds of sending them a message on Facebook, they had made it right and let my kids keep the bracelets that were wrong. I want to say that the mission of cleaning the ocean has inspired my kids to take it upon themselves to pick up litter that they see and try really hard at keeping their earth clean. It has led them to research ocean life, ocean pollution, and gotten them to using technology in a way for self led learning and for that I call it a win! I would like to know how much this dude is making to ramble on and repeat himself so what’s your salary?
If you got 20 dollars lying around, pick up a bag of trash at the beach yourself. And buy beer for the 20 bucks.
But why not buy beer for yourself rather than buy it for the 20 bucks
@@arisafromzero3052 Because I was already drinking beer when writing that comment, silly!
Does dead seaweed count?
20$ for one beer. You must be white.
@@templar23 Lol😂
So basically you pay for their surfing trips and they pick up some trash while on vacation?
Lol when you put it like that
Anders Hwang No ones doubting they're doing some good but the video shows they're probs not the best company for the ocean. As in you'd be better fundin a better one
You realise they run a clean up organisation on a global scale? Stop being such a wet fuck
@@andershwang2376 then thats easy.....dont part with your cash to any of these 'projects'.
@dan g heck no! You pay for their surfing trips AND some impoverished ppl pick up the garbage 🤣🤣🤣🤣 also I have to ask where this collected stuff goes? Most of these countries just throw trash everywhere and anywhere (and don’t really have landfills to speak of nor recycling).... so where does it go??? The problem needs to be attacked at the source as well
Brand awareness, good funding, and a solid business model will clean up far more ocean plastic than a starving and disorganized nonprofit
Regardless of whether they’re making money they’re doing good. We need more of this I couldn’t give three of people are greeting with money but are cleaning the world up it needs to be done.
I live in a developing country in south east asia, our minimum wage is only $1/hr and looking at our ocean condition, you'll pick at least 10lbs of trash per hour.
i wanna change that someday
much love towards your country
Thought so, 1lb seems kind of small for 20$ I would’ve thought the equivalence of at least one trash bag full would’ve been fair. And I know your minimum wage is 1$/hr. But I have seen videos calling out companies that use children to look for things like Mica so that they can get a profit and get what they want, without having to spend a lot of money.
The mica video I watched about Makeup they give the kids a mere few cents to risk their lives to look for it.
@@heyitzmorgan4162 very interested to know that :")
TheKnowledgeSeeker it’s all greed lol. A lot of these big companies are so greedy. They don’t let you know what’s behind the scenes. I love documentaries.
Fucking exactly. I hate this! We need to make payments for the local people's. Directly.
I saw this commercial yesterday and thought “I wonder when someone will make a video about how this is a scam”. Thanks fbi guy
Jordan List the same thing happened to me too xD
I got the same feeling...in my mind ,this is not legit
They are cleaning the ocean it’s not a scam.
Ok.
Ok.
But the point of the video is saying that for the money it cost to buy a bracelet it’s very little work, therefore it would be worlds more effective if they increased to the pounds they collected per bracket. This video is also explaining that it makes the company seem like a scam when the workers are getting payed a good salary, and they are keeping millions of dollars to themselves instead of toward the actual cause (cleaning the ocean)
Lizzie Rowe he didnt care sooooo OK
Any business needs to make money, plus this business is picking up trash around the world. People like you make 4ocean look horrible..
One thing is for sure, the oceans will be polluted by people losing their "4ocean" bracelets while swimming
Elena Brambilla that happened to me
_Checkmate_
lmfao I got one as a gift from my boyfriend's step mother and it broke, thankfully, in my mother's pool where I could make sure it didn't pollute. The bracelets themselves are incredibly weak meaning that either they did the bare minimum for recycling the garbage for creating the strings and beads, or that they're actually just cheap materials that they purchased. Having been someone who's worked with glass beads in jewelry making?? There's no reason they should have broken right away.
Elena Brambilla that actually happened to me 😔💀
I remember they mentioned the bracelets were very biodegradable or something tho
I have images in my head of a pelican asphyxiated with a 4Ocean bracelet.
Lord Greystoke ur a dark person
What I‘ve been thinking too... they still put the plastic out in the world with it
@@moonmeadow obviously they do, they recycle & reuse this plastic. it has nowhere else to go, it does not disappear when they pull it out of the ocean lol.
That pelican has recordings of the 4ocean guys dropping plastic in the ocean. After all , more plastic they collect, the more money they make, so it's in their interest for more plastic to be in the ocean.
Edd Grs OMG. I can see this being the next boardroom pitch. 😬😂
I mean they’re cleaning the ocean that’s all that matters if they get some profit for doing good stuff it’s whatever
I love how 4Ocean is the only one with an Ad on Google to make their ocean pollution company the top of the search results.
The RUclips algorithm showed me this. The 4 ocean definitely see this and respond.
110 percent Canadian they’ll see it, but will they respond? Probably they’ll have their lawyers respond for them.
@Stephen Bennett dude calm down, you give this random RUclipsr and the worlds attention span way to much credit.
@@dahveed284 nope because DISCOVERY by defending lawyer = questioning under oath + document access pre trial would bust open their fraud to the public. Many times people scream I will sue but never do because DISCOVERY by the counter lawyer team would bust them on the truth or send them to jail for perjury while under Discovery
you could probably just pick up a pound of rubbish in the streets easily.
but will you do it?
It's called 4ocean and not 4streets
Af Hy where I live anything in the streets blows into the ocean
Af Hy In order “4” the trash to get into the ocean, it generally touches the street first.
then do it
When I watched this a 4ocean advertisement came up
I've only just stumbled upon your comment on 4Ocean Cleanup's work (this video). I like the way you analyse the available information, and I love how 4Ocean released a video 3 days later to update the public about their vessel - most likely due to this video and their response.
I hope people keep making companies accountable by analysing their interests and claims, like you did here. Thank you for doing this, and posting the update on their response later (a day after their update).
4ocean sounds convincing BUT the founders look very suspicious to me lol. The look like they are out to get our money!
And then we'll go to Fyre Festival 2 after we do some Ocean clean up! :D
they look like they are a part of the logang lmao
@MiszzMiszz - LMAO!! They do!! You nailed it.
They look like homosexual logangsters
They "look"?! What strong evidence!
I've actually done 2 cleanups with this group, and we pulled hundreds of pounds of trash from the water, and they gave us a bracelet as a thank you. There are volunteer cleanups, there is work being done, and the ocean is being helped.
what does that have to do with the founders trying to leech most of the money for themselves?
@@michaelangst6078 it's a for-profit business. That's what businessmen do - they take the profit from the company that they founded...
I was at one of their cleanups as well, very well organized and promotes awareness. It's funny how folks are so upset about a couple of business entrepreneurs making some $, yet don't question banks being bailed out and billions in taxes being squandered. In the former example your contribution is completely voluntary but in the latter case it's not lol!
I wanna do that but I don't think kids can
Andrea Beyer You can care about two (or more) things at once. Just because someone voices their opinions and concerns about one specific issue/topic, that doesn’t mean that they can’t care about a different topic just as much. Whataboutism is not productive when discussing issues, and automatically weakens your own argument. When it comes to this specific topic, I don’t know which side I stand on yet or where my conclusions lie, but I do know I have many unanswered questions and concerns regarding their business model and practices. Simply stating my view on this topic has nothing to do with my views on other topics; things that I am equally, if not more, passionate about. Why would anyone in the comments be talking about their views on Wall Street and taxes, when we are on a video *specifically* talking about an ocean cleanup business, and why do you just ignorantly assume that people can only have one interest? It’s simply not a logical conclusion.
For a smaller channel, this is actually an extremely well put together video.
When I clean up my private beach every week I find a lot of those 4Ocean bracelets.
Resell them for 10 bux
One thing that you did not question is who manufactures the bracelets ?
Are they manufactured in a 3rd world country by child labor for a few pennies each?
I would say there is a great possibility of that.
In one ad they stated that the native people in Bali handcraft the bracelets. The ad also showed grown up women working on them. So I think it is made by adults, but probably for little labor costs.
We have such bracelets here in Kenya. And they are damn cheap. I doubt they can go over 5 dollars. Actually three. It's just beads and a string. Not hard. So they are making money
@@niekschattenberg7802
Sadly majority of labor in Bali is children regardless of what the video made it out to be
He said that production costs were negligible
It honestly would not surprise me considering that they are primarily working in Haiti where labor is cheap.
I mean they couldn’t sell the bracelets as a nonprofit but they could offer them as a thank you gift for all donations over $20
They could, but if they went that route, could they finance the production of the bracelets with donated money? Because I can imagine they couldn't, and then either they could not produce the bracelets and finance their operation, or they would lose the tax-exempt-status, which would defeat the purpose of them turning the company into a non-profit... I mean there are some blatant transparency issues at hand, I just thought this point should be considered. I'm not an expert in non-profit regulations, maybe someone who is could share their two cents on this?
I am an expert . All charities are elitist scams . It's that simple .
Do both
@@nukehere-x9541 aka I took microeconomics in high school once...
lol .I collected for unicef a couple of Halloweens as a kid . Our seditious gov'ts have been sending our billions yearly for decades , they used to artificially increase populations in the 3rd world . Then , at the same time as they took out Quadiffi , they stopped feeding 350 million in Africa that they are now sending to our homelands . The plan is insidious and exposed , laid bare for all to see ...
We need to send these guys to just plain clean that famous body of water that’s just floating garbage
ive seen their ads a couple times and I literally thought the bracelets would be a dollar or 2.
Idc if it’s a business. This is how the world works. They are helping, and most people aren’t.
Ikr I see so many people here bullshiting about how they will pick up a pound of trash on their commute.
Every person trying their best to help the environment will always get shit from people triggered for not getting threi ass out here and actually do smthg. That's the world we're living in
They are little shits that need to kill there selves...they don’t care about the ocean..they are doing it for the money
How do you know they're really helping? Maybe they're just making ads of people appearing to collect plastic? There seems to be absolutely no accountability.
Right there with ya, at least they are doing something, even if you pocket some what are other companies doing. They have proven through voluntary work alone they are doing something and appear to be doing some "paid." But hey at least they are doing something. Better than being a keyboard warrior and judging every little thing someone does when some people are helping and hey maybe making some money in the mean time, but you deserve it. Wheres the non profit you created to help? Exactly haha so good for them.
made by chinese kids
Danye, I'm training to be an officer on board ships and so I know a few things about ships. There are websites which track the location of nearly all ships (those fitted with an AIS transponder). An example of this is the well known "Marine Traffic" website. You simply go onto the site, type in the ship's name and it will show you it's latest known position and some other information.
Now, I can't find a single image/article which clearly states the 4Ocean ship's name or IMO number. It is not named "Ocean Plastic Recovery Vessel." I also cannot find any details on what the vessel used to be named before 4Ocean purchased it (you can use the previous names to find the new name).
Regarding IMO numbers - all IMO registered vessels have an IMO number which is usually painted onto the stern of the vessel and somewhere near the bridge. Every picture or video I have found show no traces of this number which is supposed to be easily visible from port, starboard and the stern.
Their vessel cannot be tracked because it is operating under a different name and all of it's identification features have been hidden. The ship "does not exist" with the details known to the public and is likely not operating at all.
Edit: Additional information
"The regulation requires AIS to be fitted aboard all ships of 300 gross tonnage and upwards engaged on international voyages, cargo ships of 500 gross tonnage and upwards not engaged on international voyages and all passenger ships irrespective of size. The requirement became effective for all ships by 31 December 2004." (SOLAS Chapter V - Regulation 19).
Basically, a vessel of this size is legally required to have an operational AIS transponder on board, meaning that it would be trackable if we knew the ship's name.
Thank you for this information! I love when knowledgeable people have wisdom to contribute, very much appreciated.
Excellent point!
This.
Adrian Reid thanks!!
And we have a researcher! Awesome information to be taken wisely so your money won't be wisely taken.
This is great and happy to see how you clarify the position as I believe that many believe this is a not for profit. I happen to be from Boca Raton (now in NYC) and flew back to interview for the marketing head position. Absolutely love the idea of the company but had hesitations about the clarity. As a marketer and Surfer I would have loved the clarification rock solid prior to getting to this point. While waiting for my interview with the newly installed CEO something made me uncomfortable - a person entered their office and the front desk and asked if he could donate money to the company.....Clearly this person was not aware of how the company is run. I have worked for 3 #1 companies and felt this would need to be addressed immediately and this interview happened a few years ago. Great job!
I saw the commercial 10 minutes ago and was prompted to the website to check the bracelets. It said somewhere in my reading than less than 5% of the material used in the bracelet is the actual trash that they have salvaged from the ocean. Thank you this was a very good video to watch before making my decision about a purchase.
looks like the algorithm has blessed you, my dude. very happy to have stumbled upon you - i love your humor and wit. and it is clear that you put a lot of effort into your videos! looking forward to seeing more
humor?
Indeed, the algorithm has blessed me. This is actually my second channel, though, so I know better than to have faith in the algorithm for very long. :) Hope you enjoy some of my future stuff, too.
@@sophiehoskins5642 thats what I thought
@@ki113rkkrclips9 She's probably referring to some of my other videos, like this one: ruclips.net/video/UXVxwuTu_wY/видео.html
I mean, it's not hilarious, but you might get a chuckle or two out of it.
I’m new too 😃
5ocean. mission statement: to clean up and recycle all the 4ocean bracelets & misleading ads in the environment.
Yes lord
😂😂😭
I’d work for you
Even with cheap labor, boats are stupendously expensive to own and operate. Boats like the ones shown in this video could easily cost $60,000 each, and use a few hundred dollars’ worth of fuel per trip (a lot of boats will only run on 93 octane, which isn’t cheap nowadays). Then there’s all the maintenance expenses, lifejackets and equipment, crew training, boat licenses and insurance, and possibly even the need to acquire permits to be allowed to do cleanup operations within coastal waters. They also have to hire competent people to man radios, radar sets and charts, to be sure no-one gets run over by a passing cargo ship.
I have full faith in 4Ocean, but it is nice to see that somebody is asking the tough questions that we're all afraid to get answers for. Your skepticism is acknowledged and respected, and I fully applaud the logical direction in which you take it (to simply do more research).
Also y'all in the comments have gotta chill. This guy made it absolutely clear that he respects 4Ocean and does not think it was a scam. All he's explaining is that he became skeptical, looked up his answers, and got most but not all of them. His issue was with transparency, not with what 4Ocean is actually doing.
Ad: "how can a single bracelet clean the ocean?..."
Me: "it cant." skip ad.
I seen this ad so much, that I think ads are costing them more than cleaning the ocean... Seriously, 20$ for 1$ bracelet? for 19$ I would go and pick up 0,5kg of trash myself.
Same.
I'd pick it up for free. I remember when I was 8 and fishing in the sea for the first time, instead of fish i caught a pile of trash. They had to cut the line.
But do ou actually pick up 0.5 kg of trash?
@@evelinke for 20$ I would... And if I would want to spend money on it, I would just donate it to someone who I can verify that they spend money wisely. For 20$ you could remove far more trash than this.
@@syriuszb8611 it's not about what you ~would~ it's about what you ~actually do~.
That would explain why their videos start with "how can a single bracelet save the ocean?" the first thing is the bracelet, then, the cleaning.
Simple marketing. How many items in the our grocery stores are called health something? The products could be cereal, crackers, bacon or whatever. Overworked, ill informed consumers rely on the packaging and advertising to provide "education".
But how many bracelets need to be sold before the cleaning starts that's the question.
Is this the desperation of losing $40?
Yep this bloke cant handle that all of his 40 bills didnt go to cleaning up the ocean
This video just made me want to buy more 4ocean bracelets
All 4Ocean does is sell people a good conscience. They don't really make any impact on cleanup or recovery efforts and have a bad habit of using local programs to boost their own sales.
I live in Florida, where if you can believe it the ocean is kinda important for both our ecosystems and economy. I'm sad to say that as this company got more popular, our local efforts saw a downturn in support because, after all, the people buying the bracelets already did their part in their minds. And every time there's a spike in 4Ocean media attention, there's a visible drop in our donations.
TL;DR if you want to actually make a difference, either donate to well-established charities or do something that we desperately need more of and donate your time and a pair of hands. A couple dozen people cleaning an estuary does infinitely more good than giving $20 to some big cleanup effort.
Maybe you could name well-established charities working with oceans? Looks like you have some experience with the topic
I live in Central Florida and would love to know of any good local charities or organisations I could help if you happen to know any.
CMD 3 well said mate
I cannot agree more
The funniest part is those bracelets beads will all eventually probably end up back in the ocean eventually
Yes exactly. Totally agree !
Ohhhh shit
I've thought the very same thing and just find that sadly ironic.
Mine broke while swimming in the pacific and I found the whole thing pretty ironic 😅😅
Which they collect and make more money of 😂
this is such an underrated channel. i absolutely love it.
It’s situations like this that makes me worry if there are any organization trustworthy enough for me to cooperate in. Whether they’re in it for helping the planet instead of the money.
You may not know for sure however , click on www.cleanup the oceans . Along with Boyan Slat his support Network . He too has to be self funding because No Gov.of the world claims part if any responsibility towards cleaning up the Monstrosity of a mess mankind has abused the oceans with.
Media& Gov are slow on the Uptake to assist however, Boyan Slat & Support Network have ongoing work -- progression shown from creeks& estuaries into river cleaning dumpsters solar powered & currently being delegated out to 100 dirtiest Rivers W.W.
Since then they are starting to re use all plastics collected as you’ll see. Away from all Bureaucratic tripe - these people Deserve O. B. E. Awards !! Tell others tx, messenger, tweet Facebook etc👍
When the ad start:
"How can a single bracelet save the ocean"
I always say "You cant" then skip the ad LOL
That's the same that I do 😂
Men of culture.
"One pound at a time" I thought the bracelet was $1.25
NadeEver ME😂
Just hire me. Id be gladly collect 5kg of plastic for 40$
You should do it for free.
Also, they're doing 1kg for $40. You've undercut yourself🤣!
Im in for 20kg
They don't pay people to clean up the beaches. They rely on volunteers, based on the constant job postings at HQ (seems like turnover is high).
wehaveapiperdoone He addressed this in the video. They have a paid crew that pick up the majority of the trash. Any trash the volunteers pick up doesn’t go towards the “1 lb of trash per bracelet” count
They definitely deserve that money
Love it. I am a general contractor and business owner. You have to make money to stay open and you have to eat and pay rent. Good points in the comments. I love this mission. I want to be part of it here in Texas.
Their names are Chad and Brody? Ya, they're just lining their pockets.
Lmao
Never trust a Chad
*_Chad_* & *_Brody_*
2 fuckin bros
no homo just in case
Chody
Except it’s not. It’s Andrew and Alex.
I remember going to the 4ocean website after wanting to find ways to actually help with cleanups rather than buying a bracelet and I couldn't find anything.
I did that too. I ended up being disappointed.
Wow, impressive. Same here
You can just go and pick up trash on your own you don’t need to wait for an event to go do it
@@hayleyf.w.5556 its nice going on missions with new people a fun trip then help clean some trash around your town:)
@@2high4this412 yeah that sounds more fun and motivating, so people should create their own events 😄
U spent 40$ to bad mouth someone in front of a camera and u raked in enough money from RUclips didn't you ?
Your $40 went to some cheese burgers 🍔 and movie 🍿 rentals. But hey, the ocean did get cleaned :)
I'm from Indonesia (Bali to be exact) and I have no idea about 4ocean until those bracelet ads popping up on RUclips. I've heard bunch of other organizations that actually done beach clean up around here but not 4ocean. Maybe it's just me. I wonder if there are any locals like me tho
laksmiadityarani I’ve seen their truck parked by the beach in Canggu. I guess they clean up there.
Same here in the Caribbean
I'm from Bali too can you share other organization thats actually clean here
I am living in Bali and have consistently seen 4Ocean trucks filled with plastic in Canggu
@@cocacoyaaa5648 Yeah. There are One Island One, Bye Bye Plastic Bags Bali, Bali Darling, Trash Hero, Udayana students, and more I think. Last February they colaborated to hold bali's biggest clean up
I got a 4ocean ad on this lmao
gangster old guy yoooo same
Same! Lol
I get WAY TOO MANY of those!!,
me too!
...I didn't even know 4ocean existed until I clicked on this video. I got adblock so I've never seen any ads on RUclips
Now to stop the real problem, dumping trash in the ocean in the first place!!
a ton of non profits sell bracelets/trinkets/tshirts. remember those livestrong bracelets everyone was wearing in the early 2000s?
Great video. You don’t make accusations but rather you throw food for thought about the organization. You’re bringing accountability and transparency about organizations that claim to care deeply about important issues. Thank you.
Thanks, I'm glad you see it that way. Indeed, I only want to see some transparency. If you're claiming a mission, and asking people to fund that mission with a purchase, I don't think it's too much to ask that you reveal exactly how you're tackling that mission.
Danye Har in complete agreement. Keep up the good work!
agreed
Ironically, I literally found a 4ocean bracelet on the beach in Myrtle Beach South Carolina. That's where they will all end up. Lose lose.
Carmen O'Brian its the dirtiest place in sc
lots of good memories at myrtle. too bad people treat it like crap :(
I've never been there before so i dont know what it looks like but i wish i could help😢 i live far away so sadly i can't. 😭
That's the pokemon evolution of plastic: Raistic⚡️
@@carmenobrian6996 second that lol. i go to other beaches now for years just because it is not worth it going there anymore, always leaves me in shock
I bought a bracelet and intend on buying more. I do my part to clean up where I can but I am only one person. I say these guys are doing the right thing. They obviously love the ocean and use it so why not do something to give back to it. The inhabitants of the ocean can't speak for themselves but if they could I am very sure they would be sending these people a huge thank you! Thank you 4ocean I wear this bracelet everyday and even in my photo shoots and film projects.
Hey I’ve got £20 lying around
Proceeds to spend £40
Yey am british
£££ 🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴 👍
Sam Ashby
:)
“I thought ‘hey I’ve got 20 dollars sitting around’ and I bought two of the bracelets right then and there”
What kind of 20 dollars is that?
BinaryInf an investment for a video
@@adammc5811 He invested $20 and got back $40 in bracelets?
Right I was confused about that one
apparently his wife's $20 was hanging out with his $20... If DUDE ever invites you to "sit around" over at his house... show up with empty pockets... and sea weed falls in (?)
That's called misspeaking.
Shouldn't we, at some point, think of reducing plastic production!?
Not until the big guys starts recycling, 99% of all the plastic laying around can be made into new stuff infinite times, it hurts my soul to know that..
@@kendarr there are different grades of plastics. Some cannot be recycled.
Plastic is a byproduct of oil refinement. therefore using it IS an act of recycling. If we didn't use the stuff it would be thrown away directly into landfills.
Yeah for sure, but that doesn’t solve the problem of the tonnes of plastic *already* in the oceans
Us simple mortals can't really do much of a change, only big corporations and massive producers can make the biggest change, we can't stop consuming plastic if that's all that's available to us and eco-friendly products prices are ridiculous.
Whoa, I got an ad about collecting trash before it goes into the Ocean.
My biggest question is what happens to the collected plastic? What are the disposal cost and can they guarantee it is not a repeating cycle?
$20 for a measley pound is what stopped me bothering donating
Mitchell Jack mate I’m British I saw twenty pound for a pound
Only one pound of trash! Make it 10 make it 20!!.
Bruh just get a trash picker and clean
PineapplePangolins Dr. SchzweebleSchzwooble a
Ok, how is this?
Clean a pound from the ocean. Hmm? You won’t? I’m not surprised, not many people would. If somebody would give you $20 would you suddenly feel motivated? Possibly.
dude , i'd clean for 5 dollars per pound of trash
if i'm getting paid 20 dollars per pound of trash ,i'm probably never gonna go look for a job
do it ;))
@@emmazst4805 who is going to pay him? You?
Novel Hasan he could start his own business...then he can realise how hard it actually is
I would do it for free because all anyone cares about is money thus the reason of this video
I really have absolutely no idea how this video got on my phone. Just started playing. Ironic because I was going to get these for myself and my girlfriend. Glad I checked it out just incase!
If anyone can tell me the manufacturer name of the machinery 4ocean (or their partner) is using to clean/sort/wash/pelletize the collected plastic it would be greatly appreciated. Am setting up a mini operation in southern Japan and looking for information to get the best machines for the jobs.
Thanks
I just rolled my eyes when I saw the 20 dollar bracelet made from trash.
I'd buy it simply so I could do a review and call it garbage in my best Gordan Ramsey impression
No kidding. *Cleans plastic from oceans.* *Also makes jewelry from said plastic which they are trying to clean up in the first place.*
Elizabeth Rose well, arguably, the issue with recycling plastic is that there needs to be a market for recycling to work. If recycled goods aren’t bought, then recycling facilities can’t really exist. So, it is important to at least use the plastic and turn it into a product.
However, the bracelet is super cheap looking and this plastic could probably be put to better use.
I got one In a Easter egg hunt at my great aunts house
They should GPS the boat with a live link. Smacks of a Fyre organisation
I agree. Maybe we should start a petition for that, and also having the company's financial records exposed? Would that work, I wonder?
@@Meme-go9ts no it wouldnt. Petitions dont do shit. Remember where there was a petition for a rule 13 approval. Thousands of people signed that and what? It got approved
That has to be shared with the 4ocean staff. Great idea.
Save your $20, drive to the beach (or lake/river if no beaches are nearby), spend an afternoon picking up trash. You've just done astronomically more than 4ocean's claims in one afternoon.
I'd like video like this about the cash you spend on fossil fuels and how your dollars are going to the account of the top 1% :)
Interesting ... the Top1% - many Australians aft bushfires, floods & Covit19 Virus Were F L A BB E R G A S T E D when 2.3Billion on arms was plucked out of nowhere 😳
I live on the ocean and do spend time picking up trash. Though not enough! I also contribute to 4ocean and am glad they are doing their work. I certainly hope that they are not taking advantage of people’s contributions. As for this video, it seemed like the whole video was speculation. I’m not sure that is productive. I would be more interested in some facts than opinion. That’s why I don’t watch Fox News.
This inspired me to not buy the bracelet and just wake up super early once a week and just pick up trash on my beach for free. Thank you 🐢
I live in southern Illinois... very far from a Ocean beach. So I don’t know how bad it is on my own. But I hear it’s huge.
I wish I had a beach near me to do that! You're lucky.
@@jordanschwarzlose9218 Go to a river, creek, ditch; it will eventually lead to the ocean
now I want to do that too
Do both
I think the point of the video is fair. Accountability is never too much to ask, especially for a for-profit company that markets itself as being on a noble mission.
I emailed them about the OPR Vessel, and they sold IT!! As a marine Engineer I knew that it would happen. They didn’t realize the cost to get it going and get it in compliance with the USCG and ABS. 4Ocean should let everyone know about it.
Actually it not a scam that’s the answer to the video to avoid waste of time
4Ocean don't sell bracelets, they sell good conscience. Not helping resolving anything, but at least it help feeling better while keeping using shit-ton of plastic every year.
You’re not wrong. Feeling good about yourself is a new hot commodity
Well said!
Desi M lmao I had a stroke reading that
@@sylent8351 lmao same
Hahahaha! True!
Just the sheer budget for online ads is a red flag. I've worked for local and international non-profits and we NEVER even come close to 4ocean online ad budget. Never. Even UN agencies don't have that much budget allocated for consumer-targeted marketing. Not that these non-profits, the big ones, don't have funding to allocate, it's that the funds are better used for programs and projects that actually have an impact on their cause.
Edit: Please donate to non-profits instead. Visit their websites, there's usually a pie chart at the bottom showing what percent of the funds go to projects/programs and what percent goes to overhead costs. Some have 90% going to projects, to beneficiaries, to the cause you actually want to support.
They put in about $200,000-500,000 on this RUclips video
non-profits still have too much overhead. Better to donate to the Salvation army, or just give money directly to poor people.
I don't really like the company but that's a terrible comparison. Advertising is an investment. If you really did work for a non profit organisation and they didn't invest in advertising it's because they were stupid, not broke.
@@nerychristian the salvation army? They misappropriated millions in funds
But do they give out bracelets tho?
The first 3 minutes and I already got my senior project in the bag
This inspires me to incorporate and tell everyone I’m gonna solve an unsolvable problem in return for bracelets that cost 10000x less than I sell them for!