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Workshop on Circular Systems Innovation for Plastic Waste

Workshop on Circular Systems Innovation for Plastic Waste
on 1-2 November 2022 at Novotel Bangkok on Siam Square
Bangkok, Thailand
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In this interactive workshop will hear from key experts the challenges and innovations pertaining to circular and sustainable plastic waste management. The event is open to all wishing to contribute to this area of sustainable development irrespective
backgrounds and professions.
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Register at: https://bit.ly/3C8SHy8

Congratulations to The Incubation Network for its new podcast exploring the issues and solutions on plastic pollution.

An estimated 150 million tonnes of plastic are now floating in the ocean — that’s a truckload of plastic being dumped into the ocean every minute.

Watch the first episode with Umesh Madhavan from The Circulate Initiative on what each of us can do to solve this issue.

Watch here: https://bit.ly/3S91lTz
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Newsletter September 2022 Issue: Transforming to Plastics Circularity

In this issue of the newsletter, we would like to share with you our partnership with the Knowledge Exchange Innovation Center (KX) in promoting plastics circularity in Bangkok. We address the challenges of circular economy transition including changing consumer behavior, circular design, and innovation & entrepreneurship support.

We feature the following three main activities in the past few months happening in KX:
- Entrepreneurship Support- CE Accelerator for the Techbite program
- Design and Produce Products Using Recycled Plastics
- Waste Segregation and Behavior Change

Newsletter Apr-Jul 22 Issue: Empowering High School Youth Leaders in Developing Solutions for Thailand Waste Problem

Thailand National Innovation Agency (NIA)’s STEAM4Innovator program invited STEAM Platform to provide Strategic Communication training for five teams of high school youth leaders from regions of Bangkok, Khon Kaen, and Phuket, who have developed solutions for solving Thailand's plastic pollution and waste problems.

Bio Base Asia Pilot Plant in Thailand

The Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant (BBEPP) and the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA) are planning a joint venture to build the Bio Base Asia Pilot Plant (BBAPP), a multi-purpose biorefinery pilot plant modeled after the successful Belgian plant. The plant will be located in the Eastern Economic Corridor of Innovation (EECi) in Wangchan Valley, Rayong Province, Thailand. It will be the first of its kind in Thailand and the ASEAN countries. The pilot plant is currently under construction and will be fully operational in 2024.