Entrepreneurship in the service of the climate emergency

ERANOVA

Submitted to the Sci. Committee : After the evaluations made by our volunteer assessors, innovations with the strongest impact potential are submitted to the Scientific Committee. The managing directors are responsible for the choice.

Replacing plastic with a bio-based material produced by algae

Submission date April 19, 2023 Founders Philippe Michon Development location Port Saint Louis du Rhône, France

Detailed project

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What is the issue addressed?

Eranova's solution responds to the problem of pollution linked to green algae and to plastic pollution

How is the problem solved?

Eranova upcycles algae into recyclable bio-based materials, and in cultivating them captures CO2.

What is the customer target?

The solution is for all plastic users, or a market of 350 million tonnes per year.

How is this solution different?

A patented solution using a pollutant as a resource