{"id":57913,"date":"2025-05-08T17:22:53","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T15:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plasticodyssey.org\/mauritius-recycling-training-program\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T16:39:41","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T14:39:41","slug":"mauritius-recycling-training-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plasticodyssey.org\/en\/mauritius-recycling-training-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Mauritius: A Generation Of Entrepreneurs Committed To A Plastic-free Future"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”center” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” row_negative_margin=”disable_negative_margin” z_index=”” el_class=”headpage_article”][vc_column el_class=”toptobottom”][vc_column_text css=””]Discover the plastic waste recycling entrepreneurs who participated in the training program aboard the ship in Mauritius.[\/vc_column_text]<\/a><\/span>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” z_index=”” anchor=”more” el_class=”article_content” padding_bottom=”40″ padding_top=”20″][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”pt2 pb2″]From April 14 to 26, 2025, the Plastic Odyssey laboratory vessel made a stopover at Port-Louis<\/strong>, marking the 32\u1d49 leg of its global expedition against plastic pollution. This stopover in Mauritius<\/a> is part of the ExPLOI project (Expedition Plastique Oc\u00e9an Indien)<\/strong>, a scientific and civic mission carried out in partnership with the Indian Ocean Commission (IOC)<\/strong> and the IRD<\/strong>, with the support of the AFD<\/strong> and the FFEM<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

25\u1d49 edition of the OnBoard Laboratory – Port-Louis, April 2025<\/h2>\n

A particularly alarming environmental context: 75,000 tonnes of plastic waste are buried every year in Mauritius<\/strong>, of which barely 4% is recycled<\/strong>. A reality that threatens the lagoons and marine biodiversity of this emblematic Indian Ocean island.[\/vc_column_text][vc_gallery interval=”3″ images=”57767,57755,57764,57758,57761″ img_size=”full” onclick=”” css=”” enable_drag=”yes” direction_nav=”yes” control_nav=”yes” pause_on_hover=”yes”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1754579620543{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}” el_class=”mt1″]It was in this context that the 25\u1d49 incubation session on board<\/strong> was organized, bringing together a new class of Mauritian entrepreneurs<\/strong> with innovative projects in the recycling field. Over three days, participants benefited from an intensive program combining theoretical input, discovery of international initiatives and practical workshops in the on-board workshop<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Meet the Entrepreneurs<\/h3>\n

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Nitish Purbhoonauth \u2013 Yellowbox Company Limited<\/h2>\n

After a solid experience in the PET bottling industry with a major company in Madagascar, Nitish Purbhoonauth returned to Mauritius with the desire to put his skills to work for the environment. Through Yellowbox, he began to specialize in the collection and crushing of PET bottles, mainly for export.<\/p>\n

Today, its ambition is to develop local value-adding solutions, in order to reduce dependence on export channels and create value directly in Mauritius.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column el_class=”shadow2 mt2 shadowmobile”][vc_single_image image=”57780″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”” qode_css_animation=””][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n

Jacques Ollivier Mineur \u2013 Rogers Hospitality<\/h2>\n

Director of the Waste Management Division at Rogers Hospitality, Jacques Ollivier Mineur plays a central role in the deployment of a new waste management strategy in the south of Mauritius. He will be the technical manager of an ambitious project launched in partnership with Plastic Odyssey and Rogers Group: the island’s very first recycling microfactory, to be inaugurated on April 25, 2025 at the foot of the Plastic Odyssey ship in Port-Louis.<\/p>\n

Installed in a container and renovated by Velogic, this decentralized unit will be operated in Bel Ombre by a team of 4 people. Capable of processing up to 500 tonnes of plastic waste a year, it aims to reduce the proportion of waste sent to landfill at Mare Chicose by 80%.<\/p>\n

The project is based on an integrated approach to sorting and local recycling:<\/p>\n