Plastic Odyssey

Plastic Odyssey aims to help reduce plastic pollution in the ocean and alleviate poverty at the same time. To achieve that, Plastic Odyssey is developing low-tech and open-source solutions to either turn plastic waste into a resource at a local scale or to reduce our global plastic footprint. In 2020, Plastic Odyssey will start circumnavigating the globe for three years to promote plastic recycling and reduction on a boat powered by plastic garbage. This world premiere is made possible thanks to an innovative technology called plastic-to-fuel or pyrolysis. Plastic Odyssey will sail along the most polluted coasts of our planet (Africa, South America, and South-East Asia) to build at each stopover small modular recycling plants that will meet different needs. In the meantime, Plastic Odyssey will investigate alternatives to plastic and zero waste solutions aboard the vessel in order to build a plastic-waste-free world.



Last year, we have :

built a boat, powered by plastic waste, transforming it into liquid fuel!

... with a community of passionate people ;)

We went around france to raise awareness about plastic pollution in the ocean, and to spread the word : solutions DO EXIST!

but France is small, the world is BIG and we need to take action where people need it the most

This is a map of the main contributors to plastic leakage into the environment (by The Ocean Cleanup)

so here we are : preparing our journey on these areas to understand the problem and try to find solutions to it!

So we had to see the reality of the world. We went to Burkina Faso, here is a video so you can understand what we aim to do : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTBxymtwp-4 (english subtitles included)

What we want next :

Finding the best people to develop and spread viable, relevant technologies to treat plastic waste, we will then embark these on the boat to show what can be done, but also to learn A LOT wbout how to implement them and what can or annot work locally. This can only be possible thanks to passionate, skilled and experiences contributors who help us on all the topics related to plastic waste management.

Also, we wand to spread a message : technology will not save us, we need to stop producing more and more waste, which is so difficult to treat, and find better alternative, changing habits and behaviours

please join us in our adventure and together let's build this world :)