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At each stopover of the expedition, the Plastic Odyssey ship welcomes several local recycling entrepreneurs on board to develop concrete and effective solutions to fight against plastic pollution.
Plastic Odyssey connects change-makers in order to share good ideas, multiply local initiatives all over the world, and accelerate the transition to a world without plastic.
The OnBoard Laboratory program is part of the project’s “Clean Up The Past” strategy and aims to develop economically viable local businesses to transform existing plastic waste into resources.
Incubation on board
The OnBoard Laboratory is a unique acceleration program in the world for entrepreneurs who want to launch a social plastic recycling company. It includes support for the technical aspect, as well as several entrepreneurship training sessions.
Open to all
A few weeks before each stopover, local plastic recycling entrepreneurs can submit their applications to participate in the on-board incubation program on the Plastic Odyssey vessel.
World Initiative
The OnBoard Laboratory team selects between 8 and 10 projects at each session. Nearly 300 plastic recycling projects will be incubated around the world.
Support
Each session lasts about 2 weeks. The program includes technical training, practical workshops, prototyping of objects made from recycled plastic, field visits, and studies of business models.
The program is based on an international network of technical experts and allows each entrepreneur to prototype their objects directly on board thanks to the on-board recycling workshop. This dedicated space on the 200 m2 ship is composed of 10 plastic valorization machines, including a washing tank, a crusher, a compactor, an extruder, a press, and a plate oven. The entire valorization chain is available to entrepreneurs so they can transform plastic waste into useful resources locally.
Session #16
Fiji
Denarau Island
Do you have a plastic recycling project, advanced or in development? Would you like to join the Plastic Odyssey network and take part in our training program? You are in the right place!
Are you an entrepreneur and would you like to contact us about the OnBoard Laboratory? Are you a company and would you like to provide us with financial assistance? Write to us.
