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Applications for the Plastics Innovation & Circularity Challenge in South Africa in 2023 are currently open.
This challenge is for you if you are based in South Africa, and have developed an innovative business/technological solution to problem plastics, such as:
- Technologies/systems to increase the rate of plastic collection
- Technologies/behaviour change to facilitate the separation of waste after use or at the source
- A solution to better manage low-value plastics (single-use plastics, multi-layered packaging) through reuse and recycling
- Digital technology to address plastic pollution (e.g. behaviour change, reduction of the use of plastics, collection/sorting, recycling, tracking system)
- And any other innovation that could stop the leakage of plastic into the ocean
- A prototype of any of the above, which you are ready to test.
Worth of Award
As the winning finalist of the plastic innovation and circularity challenge you will:
- Be awarded R175,000 to further develop your innovation and business
- Be featured on the partners’ websites and their social media channels
- Have a chance to pitch in front of investors and other stakeholders during the leading African event on ocean-impact innovation, Ocean Innovation Africa Summit,
- Automatically secure admission in OceanHub Africa’s 2023-2024 cohort, 1st Pan-African accelerator program designed to support blue entrepreneurs
Access prototyping and testing facilities at the V&A Waterfront (if suitable).
As the runner-up of the plastics innovation and circularity challenge you will:
- Be awarded R25,000 to further develop your innovation and business
- Be featured on the partners’ websites and their social media channels
- Have a chance to pitch in front of investors and other stakeholders during the leading African event on ocean-impact innovation, Ocean Innovation Africa Summit,
- Automatically secure admission in OceanHub Africa’s 2023-2024 cohort, 1st Pan-African accelerator program designed to support blue entrepreneurs
Access prototyping and testing facilities at the V& A Waterfront (if suitable).
Eligibility
- Your startup is contributing to plastic circularity
- You are an incorporated for-profit and operate in South Africa
- You are a scalable service or product currently or soon to be available on the market
- Your product or service is clearly innovative and/or your business model is disruptive
- You are looking to grow your economic, social, and environmental impact
How to Apply
You can access the application form here.
Deadline: January 29, 2023.