Recycled Plastics: How premium brands build a reliable supply – the HolyPoly approach
Can premium brands source reliable recycled plastics? HolyPoly's Fridolin Pflüger on the coming supply crunch, cost parity, and 60-80% carbon…
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Chemicals – key challenge and core solution provider
95% of products contain chemicals. Henkel, VITO, RWTH Aachen, and Fraunhofer on scaling circular chemistry: depolymerization breakthroughs and the €25B…
Metals – A highly circular industry
Industry and policy leaders discuss the opportunities and constraints of creating a more circular metals system navigating rising demand and…
The Heart of Europe Collaboration
The conversation highlights need for shared infrastructures, coordinated industry support and policy alignment to make circular business models viable at…
Close the Gap – Refurbishing Electronics to Close the Digital Divide
IT Asset Disposition: collecting used IT devices from corporate partners, conducting data wipes, refurbishing or recycling, deploying to impact projects.
PadMad – Upcycling Textiles for Menstrual Health & Girl’s Education
This crisis leads to girls missing school and exams, forces them to improvise pads with unhygienic materials, and leaves them…
Sea Ventures – Turning Fish Waste into Animal Feed
Sea Ventures upcycles 60-70% fish waste into animal feed - Kenya gap 33M tons (needs 55M, produces 22M). Women training,…
E-Waste Initiative Kenya – Repairing and Reusing Electronics
EWIK repairs refurbishes e-waste Nairobi/5 cities, 6-month youth training with young mothers childcare support, research mapping value chain for EPR…
Africa Collect Textiles and Green Forest Solutions – The need for global EPR systems
ACT tackles textile waste through collection/upcycling. Alternate EPR pilot: Netherlands schemes pay fees for Kenya-bound secondhand, funding infrastructure.
Mr Green Africa – Recyclates as cheap as Virgin Plastics
Mr. Green Africa navigates challenges of a fragmented supply chain, competes with the cost of virgin plastic, and plans to…
Taka Taka Solutions – Waste Collection in Kenya
Taka Taka competes against $1/ton dump sites with zero gate fees - moved from premium to below-average pricing, now pivoting…
Dandora – A Tour through Kenya’s largest Dumpsite
Dandora Dumpsite waste pickers earn $2-3 daily facing toxic smoke and hierarchy. Cricket Writes shows how Artistic Junction builds community…