entrepreneurship

Upcycling Plastic Waste: How is it Possible? - with Jasper Munier from Clariter

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Jasper is the Business Development Manager of North West Europe at Clariter, a clean-tech innovation company found in Poland that upcycles plastic waste into value-added chemicals. He has 18 years of experience as a consultant in finance and economics, and was also a coach at Yes!Delft, where he helped young entrepreneurs to set up their businesses.

With his expertise in finance, Jasper decided to become a part of the transition of the petrochemical and plastic industry. In this podcast episode, we talked about the importance of upcycling plastic waste, chemical recycling, and how it is financially feasible. We also discussed some important aspects of the development of bio-based polymers, and how statistics influence the perception of recycling rates. Additionally, we reflected on some insightful points about energy security and the dependency on fossil fuels and gas.

You can find out more about Clariter at https://clariter.com/ or reach out to Jasper via LinkedIn.

From Marine Litter to Valuable Goods - with Cyrielle Feumetio from Waste Free Ocean

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Started by studying Business Economics, Cyrielle integrated her passion for entrepreneurship with sustainability by working with Waste Free Ocean in a mission to tackle the problem of marine litter. Waste Free Ocean is an organization that aims to close the loop by collecting, sorting and converting ocean plastic waste into various products. Starting back in 2011, the organization has now been operating in 5 continents.

In this podcast, we followed Cyrielle's fascinating journey in developing recycled goods, organizing educational roadshow campaigns, and performing partnerships with companies. She also spoke to us about her strategy to avoid greenwashing. We together discussed the importance of creating value from waste, how it impacts the society and its benefits for the younger generation.

You can find out more about Waste Free Ocean at www.wastefreeoceans.org or reach out to Cyrielle at LinkedIn.

Correctly valuing materials and why it is time for the Circular Era - with Nick Gonios from Circulist

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In this episode, we spoke to Nick Gonios from Australia, a visionary entrepreneur on the mission to drive us from what he calls “industrialists” to become “circulists”. To turn words into action, Nick founded Circulist a circular platform for product designers and manufacturers that aims to accelerate the implementation of efficient circular product design.

With us, Nick spoke about concepts that are necessary to change the way how materials and resources are being valued in today’s economic frameworks in order to accelerate the shift to Circular Economy - something that Nick coins “Circular Economy Version 2”.

You can find out more about Circulist at www.circulist.com or reach out to Nick at LinkedIn.

From scary climate movies to the development of a plastic accounting protocol with Dominic Santschi from Ampliphi

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Dominic Santschi is a talented young entrepreneur from Switzerland. Following his passion for protecting the environment, he is on the mission to tackle the plastic crisis with his company, Ampliphi. In this podcast, he takes us on his journey starting with his childhood in the beautiful heart of Switzerland over the insurance business and a couple of other career stages into the field of sustainability straight to the development of a system that helps companies to calculate their plastic footprint.

We speak about the importance of measuring the impact of plastic consumption in order to generate trust via transparency, which is necessary to create science-based and measurable strategic progress towards a circular economy.

It’s time to act!

You can find out more about Ampliphi at www.ampliphi.io or reach out to Dominic at LinkedIn.

A world made of biopolymers and the holy grail of biodegradability - with Jörg Dörrstein from Biofibre

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Jörg Dörrstein is the CEO of a German company called Biofibre, which is developing sustainable plastic solutions out of renewable raw materials, ensuring that those resources do not compete with food production. Jörg tuned in from South of Germany to talk with us about the potentials but also complex challenges of industrializing bio-based plastic solutions.

We uncovered some myths about bio-based and biodegradable materials and talked about adopting new perspectives to lead us from the current non-sustainable plastic age into a future where we are able to tune the biodegradability of the materials that we produce. Understanding that the entire world is made out of biopolymers is one of such perspectives.

You can find out more about Biofibre at www.biofibre.de or reach out to Jörg at LinkedIn.