Making It Circular

💡In case you missed it.. 🎥All sessions of Making It Circular! Challenge are available in @Pop_Machina YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=peSmzg… 🙏A huge thank you again to all speakers, moderators, participants and contestants! #makingitcircular #circulareconomy #circular #plastic

🎉Tadaaa! The results of our competition (4/4) 🥇for #RelicPlastic from UK, promoting #recycled #plastic & #product #transparency 🏆2000 € from @UNESDA, support from Benedict Peax on investment readiness & @Pop_Machina on #business modelling relicplastic.com

🎉 Tadaaaa! The results of our competition (3/4) 🥈 for @Salubata1000, a startup from France, producing shoes from recycled materials 🏆1000 EUR from @UNESDA, support from Benedict Peax on investment readiness & @Pop_Machina on #business modelling. salubataofficial.com

🎉Tadaaaa! The results of our competition (1/4) 4⃣ th place for #Romix, a #socialenterprise from Albania, aiming to support #recycling in #manufacturing involving #women from the #Roma communities 🏆Support from @Pop_Machina on #business #modelling romix.al

Meet our contestants! 🧩4 inspiring stories of #social #entrepreneurship and #circulareconomy and #plastic salubataofficial.com relicplastic.com lapalanquee.org/fablab/ romix.al

⏳The competition is about to start! 5⃣ #entrepreneurs will showcase their best ideas about #circular #plastic 🏆The first winner will receive a monetary award of €2000 and the second €1000 courtesy of @UNESDA Stay tuned to learn more about the winners!

🙏Our first day came to an end and we would like to say a huge thank you to all speakers, moderators and attendees for the inspiring discussions we had today! See you all tomorrow for the #startup #competition on #circular #plastic #makingitcircular #popmachina #circulareconomy

Our last session about #companies and #Circular #plastic has started! #makingitcircular #PlasticWaste #plasticpollution

Speaking at the Making @ItCircular Challenge this morning, our DG Nicholas Hodac said: 🗨️ “We want to make our contribution to accelerate the transition towards a #CircularEconomy” Learn more on our #Circular #Packaging Vision 2030 👉 bit.ly/2ZoQPS3

📼 In case you could not join our morning session on #institutions and #circularity, you can find our session here: 👉youtube.com/watch?v=peSmzg… #makingitcircular #PlasticWaste #plasticpollution @REFLOW_project @ICLEI @UNESDA @VejleKommune @Pop_Machina

How #research is shaping #circulareconomy #ecosystems is on right now at @ItCircular Systemic thinking and unravelling complexity is key by Frenzi Ritter, researcher & industrial ecologist at @MetabolicHQ #makingitcircular linkedin.com/in/frenzi-ritt…

📢Back on track for our second session starting with @krisbachus presenting @Pop_Machina ! Join the discussion about recent #research on #circularity by @circulareconomy @MetabolicHQ and @fablabbcn

@Pop_Machina @REFLOW_project @ICLEI @UNESDA @fablabbcn @KU_Leuven @CircularCityEU Warm thank you to @lysmehouloko for moderating our first session and interesting discussion!

📢We are online! 🟢Our first session on #institutions and #circularity is ongoing! #makingitcircular #circulareconomy #plastics #cities #metabolism Stay tuned for more updates!

🤔How can we create value from #plasticwaste? 1⃣ day for our event and we are thrilled to introduce Sorën Lex, CEO of #Plasticpreneur, a team of passionate entrepreneurs aiming to #closetheloop with #plastic #recycling! 👉Still time to register here: makingitcircular.com

2⃣ days for our event and we are excited to introduce Joke Cornelis, #responsible #sustainability and #quality engineer at ViTeS Group. ViTeS is a socio-economic organization active in #employment opportunities and #poverty alleviation. 👉Register: makingitcircular.com

🛠️How can the #makermovement support the transition to a #circular economy? 📍Meet Kris Bachus research manager at @HIVA_KULeuven & project coordinator of @Pop_Machina who will present the overall approach and experience of Pop-Machina. 👉Register: makingitcircular.com

Happy to introduce Frenzi Ritter, researcher & industrial ecologist at @MetabolicHQ 📍Frenzi supports #cities and #multistakeholder groups to analyze their urban #metabolism and build #holistic #circulareconomy #strategies 👉Register: makingitcircular.com