Plastic Odyssey Lab: Meet plastic recycling entrepreneurs

Plastic Odyssey collects and develops plastic recycling technologies and solutions to disseminate them as open source to as many people as possible. They are embarked on a laboratory ship that will set off in 2022 for a world tour along the most polluted coasts of the planet. At each stop on its world expedition, the Plastic Odyssey floating recycling workshop will welcome entrepreneurs from around the world to help them test, prototype and develop their plastic recycling solutions.

Plastic Odyssey and its partner Crédit Agricole are organizing “PO Lab: meeting with plastic recycling entrepreneurs” at Village By CA in Paris on February 16 from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

On the program:

1 – Pitch of the winning projects of the PO Lab

Looking back at the 1st edition of the PO Lab, with the pitches of the 5 winners:

  • Conchyl'Innov, Charlotte Rhone
  • Plasti-Cycle, Daovone Sribouavong
  • Recycled plastic skateboard, Jason Knight
  • Purple Alternative Surface, Pierre Quinonero & Sebastien Molas
  • My plastic imprint, Alban Desbarax & David Le Gall

`2 – Round Table: Plastic pollution & recycling solutions in Africa and Asia: context, challenges and perspectives

With inspiring speakers:

  • Matthieu Witvoet: 27-year-old eco-adventurer, member of Circul'R, who in 2017 completed a world tour by bicycle to learn about best practices in plastic recycling.
  • Pascale Martel Naquin: Former Director of the association CEFREPADE, which has been supporting skills building and waste recovery actions for over 20 years, especially in Haiti and sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Said Benhamida: Director and co-founder of Mika, a startup that collects and recycles plastic waste along the Moroccan coast.
  • Jean-Baptiste Grassin: Director of Nomad Plastic and Head of Research and Strategy at Plastic Odyssey.

This meeting can be followed on Webex.

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Le Village by CA is a network of startup accelerators supported by Crédit Agricole. It leverages innovation ecosystems to support the transformation of regional businesses. Learn more: //www.levillagebyca.com/
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