About Community on the Rise

At Community on the Rise, our innovators are survivors of homelessness. Our team recycles plastic waste into beautiful, eco-conscious goods, making Community on the Rise the only nonprofit organization in Alabama recycling #5 polypropylene plastic waste onsite in our workshop. The hands of our community are changing recycling options in Birmingham, Alabama, and they are doing it while they work to restore themselves and climb toward their life goals. There is a special kind of strength and momentum present here, and it is built on community, equity, and love. We are reclaiming value: of our beautiful earth by transforming plastic waste into sustainable goods; and of our beautiful community by loving and valuing people for exactly who they are.Read their story