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The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
“This collection of rugs showcases the problematics of plastic as a material, of waste colonialism and the current commercial waste industry, and inspires us to think twice about our habits and industrial practices. The collection is composed of ten maps showcasing the ten most polluted rivers on Earth, in maps stitched to scale, ‘pixel by pixel’, from images taken from Google Earth. The rugs are made from recycled PET plastic, taken from plastic debris from oceans and rivers, and turned into soft, cozy and resistant rugs.”
“Our design process starts with a simple question. How? How can we upcycle plastic bottles creatively to create new forms of empowerment to local communities? How can we do better?” says Catalán de Ocón. “Our objective is to think about the validity of the object in the long term, and to prevent it from becoming obsolete after only a few minutes. The right use of the bottle would allow it to be transformed into a coherent, functional and desirable product for the market,” he says. Marta Matos Gil, founder of The AdaPETation Network, welcomed the initiative and the impact it can have in raising awareness of the issue of plastic waste in one of the most important design events in the calendar year.
“People like Álvaro Catalán de Ocón that can see the beauty and recognise the value of plastic are so important in elevating the conversation about how best to treasure the material and make sure it is used wisely,” says Matos Gil. “The way PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers seek to empower local communities and traditions is beautiful. The installation in Brooklyn was an incredible opportunity to showcase artisan talent from around the world. Designed to bring solutions together this is just one project that we believe exemplifies the regenerative mindset we want to inspire with the AdaPETation Network.”
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
“This collection of rugs showcases the problematics of plastic as a material, of waste colonialism and the current commercial waste industry, and inspires us to think twice about our habits and industrial practices. The collection is composed of ten maps showcasing the ten most polluted rivers on Earth, in maps stitched to scale, ‘pixel by pixel’, from images taken from Google Earth. The rugs are made from recycled PET plastic, taken from plastic debris from oceans and rivers, and turned into soft, cozy and resistant rugs.”
“Our design process starts with a simple question. How? How can we upcycle plastic bottles creatively to create new forms of empowerment to local communities? How can we do better?” says Catalán de Ocón. “Our objective is to think about the validity of the object in the long term, and to prevent it from becoming obsolete after only a few minutes. The right use of the bottle would allow it to be transformed into a coherent, functional and desirable product for the market,” he says. Marta Matos Gil, founder of The AdaPETation Network, welcomed the initiative and the impact it can have in raising awareness of the issue of plastic waste in one of the most important design events in the calendar year.
“People like Álvaro Catalán de Ocón that can see the beauty and recognise the value of plastic are so important in elevating the conversation about how best to treasure the material and make sure it is used wisely,” says Matos Gil. “The way PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers seek to empower local communities and traditions is beautiful. The installation in Brooklyn was an incredible opportunity to showcase artisan talent from around the world. Designed to bring solutions together this is just one project that we believe exemplifies the regenerative mindset we want to inspire with the AdaPETation Network.”
Reduction in environmental pollution and emissions as waste is reused
Material for insulation purposes
High durability
Easy to store and transport
Simple and low-cost technique
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More than 14 communities and 128 families participated
1,725 eco-bricks were recollected
8,000 USD in vouchers for supermarkets were distributed to the families who participated – a huge relief in COVID times
110,350 m2 of waste was recycled
More than 110,350 m2 of constructions will be built
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
“This collection of rugs showcases the problematics of plastic as a material, of waste colonialism and the current commercial waste industry, and inspires us to think twice about our habits and industrial practices. The collection is composed of ten maps showcasing the ten most polluted rivers on Earth, in maps stitched to scale, ‘pixel by pixel’, from images taken from Google Earth. The rugs are made from recycled PET plastic, taken from plastic debris from oceans and rivers, and turned into soft, cozy and resistant rugs.”
“Our design process starts with a simple question. How? How can we upcycle plastic bottles creatively to create new forms of empowerment to local communities? How can we do better?” says Catalán de Ocón. “Our objective is to think about the validity of the object in the long term, and to prevent it from becoming obsolete after only a few minutes. The right use of the bottle would allow it to be transformed into a coherent, functional and desirable product for the market,” he says. Marta Matos Gil, founder of The AdaPETation Network, welcomed the initiative and the impact it can have in raising awareness of the issue of plastic waste in one of the most important design events in the calendar year.
“People like Álvaro Catalán de Ocón that can see the beauty and recognise the value of plastic are so important in elevating the conversation about how best to treasure the material and make sure it is used wisely,” says Matos Gil. “The way PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers seek to empower local communities and traditions is beautiful. The installation in Brooklyn was an incredible opportunity to showcase artisan talent from around the world. Designed to bring solutions together this is just one project that we believe exemplifies the regenerative mindset we want to inspire with the AdaPETation Network.”
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
“This collection of rugs showcases the problematics of plastic as a material, of waste colonialism and the current commercial waste industry, and inspires us to think twice about our habits and industrial practices. The collection is composed of ten maps showcasing the ten most polluted rivers on Earth, in maps stitched to scale, ‘pixel by pixel’, from images taken from Google Earth. The rugs are made from recycled PET plastic, taken from plastic debris from oceans and rivers, and turned into soft, cozy and resistant rugs.”
“Our design process starts with a simple question. How? How can we upcycle plastic bottles creatively to create new forms of empowerment to local communities? How can we do better?” says Catalán de Ocón. “Our objective is to think about the validity of the object in the long term, and to prevent it from becoming obsolete after only a few minutes. The right use of the bottle would allow it to be transformed into a coherent, functional and desirable product for the market,” he says. Marta Matos Gil, founder of The AdaPETation Network, welcomed the initiative and the impact it can have in raising awareness of the issue of plastic waste in one of the most important design events in the calendar year.
“People like Álvaro Catalán de Ocón that can see the beauty and recognise the value of plastic are so important in elevating the conversation about how best to treasure the material and make sure it is used wisely,” says Matos Gil. “The way PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers seek to empower local communities and traditions is beautiful. The installation in Brooklyn was an incredible opportunity to showcase artisan talent from around the world. Designed to bring solutions together this is just one project that we believe exemplifies the regenerative mindset we want to inspire with the AdaPETation Network.”
For more information visit our network and our LinkedIn page.
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
“This collection of rugs showcases the problematics of plastic as a material, of waste colonialism and the current commercial waste industry, and inspires us to think twice about our habits and industrial practices. The collection is composed of ten maps showcasing the ten most polluted rivers on Earth, in maps stitched to scale, ‘pixel by pixel’, from images taken from Google Earth. The rugs are made from recycled PET plastic, taken from plastic debris from oceans and rivers, and turned into soft, cozy and resistant rugs.”
“Our design process starts with a simple question. How? How can we upcycle plastic bottles creatively to create new forms of empowerment to local communities? How can we do better?” says Catalán de Ocón. “Our objective is to think about the validity of the object in the long term, and to prevent it from becoming obsolete after only a few minutes. The right use of the bottle would allow it to be transformed into a coherent, functional and desirable product for the market,” he says. Marta Matos Gil, founder of The AdaPETation Network, welcomed the initiative and the impact it can have in raising awareness of the issue of plastic waste in one of the most important design events in the calendar year.
“People like Álvaro Catalán de Ocón that can see the beauty and recognise the value of plastic are so important in elevating the conversation about how best to treasure the material and make sure it is used wisely,” says Matos Gil. “The way PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers seek to empower local communities and traditions is beautiful. The installation in Brooklyn was an incredible opportunity to showcase artisan talent from around the world. Designed to bring solutions together this is just one project that we believe exemplifies the regenerative mindset we want to inspire with the AdaPETation Network.”
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Reducing the production of waste by increasing and promoting recycling and recovering material wheneverpossible.
Ensuring that materials and procedures used don’t present any risk to the health of workers and to the environment.
Making sure that the use of materials, resources and the incorporation of safe and innovative technologies promoteenvironmental protection and minimise the environmental impacts.
Coaching and engaging employees to perform in a conscious and responsible manner, for the importance ofeveryone in guaranteeing product safety and for improving environmental performance.
Implementing good practices in order to comply with applicable legislation and other requirements that will leadto the environmental preservation.
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Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
“This collection of rugs showcases the problematics of plastic as a material, of waste colonialism and the current commercial waste industry, and inspires us to think twice about our habits and industrial practices. The collection is composed of ten maps showcasing the ten most polluted rivers on Earth, in maps stitched to scale, ‘pixel by pixel’, from images taken from Google Earth. The rugs are made from recycled PET plastic, taken from plastic debris from oceans and rivers, and turned into soft, cozy and resistant rugs.”
“Our design process starts with a simple question. How? How can we upcycle plastic bottles creatively to create new forms of empowerment to local communities? How can we do better?” says Catalán de Ocón. “Our objective is to think about the validity of the object in the long term, and to prevent it from becoming obsolete after only a few minutes. The right use of the bottle would allow it to be transformed into a coherent, functional and desirable product for the market,” he says. Marta Matos Gil, founder of The AdaPETation Network, welcomed the initiative and the impact it can have in raising awareness of the issue of plastic waste in one of the most important design events in the calendar year.
“People like Álvaro Catalán de Ocón that can see the beauty and recognise the value of plastic are so important in elevating the conversation about how best to treasure the material and make sure it is used wisely,” says Matos Gil. “The way PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers seek to empower local communities and traditions is beautiful. The installation in Brooklyn was an incredible opportunity to showcase artisan talent from around the world. Designed to bring solutions together this is just one project that we believe exemplifies the regenerative mindset we want to inspire with the AdaPETation Network.”
For more information visit our network and our LinkedIn page.
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
“This collection of rugs showcases the problematics of plastic as a material, of waste colonialism and the current commercial waste industry, and inspires us to think twice about our habits and industrial practices. The collection is composed of ten maps showcasing the ten most polluted rivers on Earth, in maps stitched to scale, ‘pixel by pixel’, from images taken from Google Earth. The rugs are made from recycled PET plastic, taken from plastic debris from oceans and rivers, and turned into soft, cozy and resistant rugs.”
“Our design process starts with a simple question. How? How can we upcycle plastic bottles creatively to create new forms of empowerment to local communities? How can we do better?” says Catalán de Ocón. “Our objective is to think about the validity of the object in the long term, and to prevent it from becoming obsolete after only a few minutes. The right use of the bottle would allow it to be transformed into a coherent, functional and desirable product for the market,” he says. Marta Matos Gil, founder of The AdaPETation Network, welcomed the initiative and the impact it can have in raising awareness of the issue of plastic waste in one of the most important design events in the calendar year.
“People like Álvaro Catalán de Ocón that can see the beauty and recognise the value of plastic are so important in elevating the conversation about how best to treasure the material and make sure it is used wisely,” says Matos Gil. “The way PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers seek to empower local communities and traditions is beautiful. The installation in Brooklyn was an incredible opportunity to showcase artisan talent from around the world. Designed to bring solutions together this is just one project that we believe exemplifies the regenerative mindset we want to inspire with the AdaPETation Network.”
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
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The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
“This collection of rugs showcases the problematics of plastic as a material, of waste colonialism and the current commercial waste industry, and inspires us to think twice about our habits and industrial practices. The collection is composed of ten maps showcasing the ten most polluted rivers on Earth, in maps stitched to scale, ‘pixel by pixel’, from images taken from Google Earth. The rugs are made from recycled PET plastic, taken from plastic debris from oceans and rivers, and turned into soft, cozy and resistant rugs.”
“Our design process starts with a simple question. How? How can we upcycle plastic bottles creatively to create new forms of empowerment to local communities? How can we do better?” says Catalán de Ocón. “Our objective is to think about the validity of the object in the long term, and to prevent it from becoming obsolete after only a few minutes. The right use of the bottle would allow it to be transformed into a coherent, functional and desirable product for the market,” he says. Marta Matos Gil, founder of The AdaPETation Network, welcomed the initiative and the impact it can have in raising awareness of the issue of plastic waste in one of the most important design events in the calendar year.
“People like Álvaro Catalán de Ocón that can see the beauty and recognise the value of plastic are so important in elevating the conversation about how best to treasure the material and make sure it is used wisely,” says Matos Gil. “The way PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers seek to empower local communities and traditions is beautiful. The installation in Brooklyn was an incredible opportunity to showcase artisan talent from around the world. Designed to bring solutions together this is just one project that we believe exemplifies the regenerative mindset we want to inspire with the AdaPETation Network.”
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Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
Reassure consumers & provide trust to end-users (B2C), increasing public interest in recyclability and recycled content
Demonstrate compliance with legislation (B2B) & verify claims via third-party assessments
Show transparency about recyclability and waste origin and source
Support corporate sustainability claims about recycled content and recyclability of plastics
“This collection of rugs showcases the problematics of plastic as a material, of waste colonialism and the current commercial waste industry, and inspires us to think twice about our habits and industrial practices. The collection is composed of ten maps showcasing the ten most polluted rivers on Earth, in maps stitched to scale, ‘pixel by pixel’, from images taken from Google Earth. The rugs are made from recycled PET plastic, taken from plastic debris from oceans and rivers, and turned into soft, cozy and resistant rugs.”
“Our design process starts with a simple question. How? How can we upcycle plastic bottles creatively to create new forms of empowerment to local communities? How can we do better?” says Catalán de Ocón. “Our objective is to think about the validity of the object in the long term, and to prevent it from becoming obsolete after only a few minutes. The right use of the bottle would allow it to be transformed into a coherent, functional and desirable product for the market,” he says. Marta Matos Gil, founder of The AdaPETation Network, welcomed the initiative and the impact it can have in raising awareness of the issue of plastic waste in one of the most important design events in the calendar year.
“People like Álvaro Catalán de Ocón that can see the beauty and recognise the value of plastic are so important in elevating the conversation about how best to treasure the material and make sure it is used wisely,” says Matos Gil. “The way PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers seek to empower local communities and traditions is beautiful. The installation in Brooklyn was an incredible opportunity to showcase artisan talent from around the world. Designed to bring solutions together this is just one project that we believe exemplifies the regenerative mindset we want to inspire with the AdaPETation Network.”
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
“This collection of rugs showcases the problematics of plastic as a material, of waste colonialism and the current commercial waste industry, and inspires us to think twice about our habits and industrial practices. The collection is composed of ten maps showcasing the ten most polluted rivers on Earth, in maps stitched to scale, ‘pixel by pixel’, from images taken from Google Earth. The rugs are made from recycled PET plastic, taken from plastic debris from oceans and rivers, and turned into soft, cozy and resistant rugs.”
“Our design process starts with a simple question. How? How can we upcycle plastic bottles creatively to create new forms of empowerment to local communities? How can we do better?” says Catalán de Ocón. “Our objective is to think about the validity of the object in the long term, and to prevent it from becoming obsolete after only a few minutes. The right use of the bottle would allow it to be transformed into a coherent, functional and desirable product for the market,” he says. Marta Matos Gil, founder of The AdaPETation Network, welcomed the initiative and the impact it can have in raising awareness of the issue of plastic waste in one of the most important design events in the calendar year.
“People like Álvaro Catalán de Ocón that can see the beauty and recognise the value of plastic are so important in elevating the conversation about how best to treasure the material and make sure it is used wisely,” says Matos Gil. “The way PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers seek to empower local communities and traditions is beautiful. The installation in Brooklyn was an incredible opportunity to showcase artisan talent from around the world. Designed to bring solutions together this is just one project that we believe exemplifies the regenerative mindset we want to inspire with the AdaPETation Network.”
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
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“This collection of rugs showcases the problematics of plastic as a material, of waste colonialism and the current commercial waste industry, and inspires us to think twice about our habits and industrial practices. The collection is composed of ten maps showcasing the ten most polluted rivers on Earth, in maps stitched to scale, ‘pixel by pixel’, from images taken from Google Earth. The rugs are made from recycled PET plastic, taken from plastic debris from oceans and rivers, and turned into soft, cozy and resistant rugs.”
“Our design process starts with a simple question. How? How can we upcycle plastic bottles creatively to create new forms of empowerment to local communities? How can we do better?” says Catalán de Ocón. “Our objective is to think about the validity of the object in the long term, and to prevent it from becoming obsolete after only a few minutes. The right use of the bottle would allow it to be transformed into a coherent, functional and desirable product for the market,” he says. Marta Matos Gil, founder of The AdaPETation Network, welcomed the initiative and the impact it can have in raising awareness of the issue of plastic waste in one of the most important design events in the calendar year.
“People like Álvaro Catalán de Ocón that can see the beauty and recognise the value of plastic are so important in elevating the conversation about how best to treasure the material and make sure it is used wisely,” says Matos Gil. “The way PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers seek to empower local communities and traditions is beautiful. The installation in Brooklyn was an incredible opportunity to showcase artisan talent from around the world. Designed to bring solutions together this is just one project that we believe exemplifies the regenerative mindset we want to inspire with the AdaPETation Network.”
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
“This collection of rugs showcases the problematics of plastic as a material, of waste colonialism and the current commercial waste industry, and inspires us to think twice about our habits and industrial practices. The collection is composed of ten maps showcasing the ten most polluted rivers on Earth, in maps stitched to scale, ‘pixel by pixel’, from images taken from Google Earth. The rugs are made from recycled PET plastic, taken from plastic debris from oceans and rivers, and turned into soft, cozy and resistant rugs.”
“Our design process starts with a simple question. How? How can we upcycle plastic bottles creatively to create new forms of empowerment to local communities? How can we do better?” says Catalán de Ocón. “Our objective is to think about the validity of the object in the long term, and to prevent it from becoming obsolete after only a few minutes. The right use of the bottle would allow it to be transformed into a coherent, functional and desirable product for the market,” he says. Marta Matos Gil, founder of The AdaPETation Network, welcomed the initiative and the impact it can have in raising awareness of the issue of plastic waste in one of the most important design events in the calendar year.
“People like Álvaro Catalán de Ocón that can see the beauty and recognise the value of plastic are so important in elevating the conversation about how best to treasure the material and make sure it is used wisely,” says Matos Gil. “The way PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers seek to empower local communities and traditions is beautiful. The installation in Brooklyn was an incredible opportunity to showcase artisan talent from around the world. Designed to bring solutions together this is just one project that we believe exemplifies the regenerative mindset we want to inspire with the AdaPETation Network.”
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
“This collection of rugs showcases the problematics of plastic as a material, of waste colonialism and the current commercial waste industry, and inspires us to think twice about our habits and industrial practices. The collection is composed of ten maps showcasing the ten most polluted rivers on Earth, in maps stitched to scale, ‘pixel by pixel’, from images taken from Google Earth. The rugs are made from recycled PET plastic, taken from plastic debris from oceans and rivers, and turned into soft, cozy and resistant rugs.”
“Our design process starts with a simple question. How? How can we upcycle plastic bottles creatively to create new forms of empowerment to local communities? How can we do better?” says Catalán de Ocón. “Our objective is to think about the validity of the object in the long term, and to prevent it from becoming obsolete after only a few minutes. The right use of the bottle would allow it to be transformed into a coherent, functional and desirable product for the market,” he says. Marta Matos Gil, founder of The AdaPETation Network, welcomed the initiative and the impact it can have in raising awareness of the issue of plastic waste in one of the most important design events in the calendar year.
“People like Álvaro Catalán de Ocón that can see the beauty and recognise the value of plastic are so important in elevating the conversation about how best to treasure the material and make sure it is used wisely,” says Matos Gil. “The way PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers seek to empower local communities and traditions is beautiful. The installation in Brooklyn was an incredible opportunity to showcase artisan talent from around the world. Designed to bring solutions together this is just one project that we believe exemplifies the regenerative mindset we want to inspire with the AdaPETation Network.”
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
The UPM life cycle assessment was carried out in accordance with ISO 14040 and based on cradle-to-gate systemboundary. As the biorefinery is currently in the process of being built, the LCA will be gradually updated with primary data.The study has been critically reviewed by an independent third party according to ISO 14044.
The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
“This collection of rugs showcases the problematics of plastic as a material, of waste colonialism and the current commercial waste industry, and inspires us to think twice about our habits and industrial practices. The collection is composed of ten maps showcasing the ten most polluted rivers on Earth, in maps stitched to scale, ‘pixel by pixel’, from images taken from Google Earth. The rugs are made from recycled PET plastic, taken from plastic debris from oceans and rivers, and turned into soft, cozy and resistant rugs.”
“Our design process starts with a simple question. How? How can we upcycle plastic bottles creatively to create new forms of empowerment to local communities? How can we do better?” says Catalán de Ocón. “Our objective is to think about the validity of the object in the long term, and to prevent it from becoming obsolete after only a few minutes. The right use of the bottle would allow it to be transformed into a coherent, functional and desirable product for the market,” he says. Marta Matos Gil, founder of The AdaPETation Network, welcomed the initiative and the impact it can have in raising awareness of the issue of plastic waste in one of the most important design events in the calendar year.
“People like Álvaro Catalán de Ocón that can see the beauty and recognise the value of plastic are so important in elevating the conversation about how best to treasure the material and make sure it is used wisely,” says Matos Gil. “The way PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers seek to empower local communities and traditions is beautiful. The installation in Brooklyn was an incredible opportunity to showcase artisan talent from around the world. Designed to bring solutions together this is just one project that we believe exemplifies the regenerative mindset we want to inspire with the AdaPETation Network.”
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
“This collection of rugs showcases the problematics of plastic as a material, of waste colonialism and the current commercial waste industry, and inspires us to think twice about our habits and industrial practices. The collection is composed of ten maps showcasing the ten most polluted rivers on Earth, in maps stitched to scale, ‘pixel by pixel’, from images taken from Google Earth. The rugs are made from recycled PET plastic, taken from plastic debris from oceans and rivers, and turned into soft, cozy and resistant rugs.”
“Our design process starts with a simple question. How? How can we upcycle plastic bottles creatively to create new forms of empowerment to local communities? How can we do better?” says Catalán de Ocón. “Our objective is to think about the validity of the object in the long term, and to prevent it from becoming obsolete after only a few minutes. The right use of the bottle would allow it to be transformed into a coherent, functional and desirable product for the market,” he says. Marta Matos Gil, founder of The AdaPETation Network, welcomed the initiative and the impact it can have in raising awareness of the issue of plastic waste in one of the most important design events in the calendar year.
“People like Álvaro Catalán de Ocón that can see the beauty and recognise the value of plastic are so important in elevating the conversation about how best to treasure the material and make sure it is used wisely,” says Matos Gil. “The way PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers seek to empower local communities and traditions is beautiful. The installation in Brooklyn was an incredible opportunity to showcase artisan talent from around the world. Designed to bring solutions together this is just one project that we believe exemplifies the regenerative mindset we want to inspire with the AdaPETation Network.”
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
“This collection of rugs showcases the problematics of plastic as a material, of waste colonialism and the current commercial waste industry, and inspires us to think twice about our habits and industrial practices. The collection is composed of ten maps showcasing the ten most polluted rivers on Earth, in maps stitched to scale, ‘pixel by pixel’, from images taken from Google Earth. The rugs are made from recycled PET plastic, taken from plastic debris from oceans and rivers, and turned into soft, cozy and resistant rugs.”
“Our design process starts with a simple question. How? How can we upcycle plastic bottles creatively to create new forms of empowerment to local communities? How can we do better?” says Catalán de Ocón. “Our objective is to think about the validity of the object in the long term, and to prevent it from becoming obsolete after only a few minutes. The right use of the bottle would allow it to be transformed into a coherent, functional and desirable product for the market,” he says. Marta Matos Gil, founder of The AdaPETation Network, welcomed the initiative and the impact it can have in raising awareness of the issue of plastic waste in one of the most important design events in the calendar year.
“People like Álvaro Catalán de Ocón that can see the beauty and recognise the value of plastic are so important in elevating the conversation about how best to treasure the material and make sure it is used wisely,” says Matos Gil. “The way PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers seek to empower local communities and traditions is beautiful. The installation in Brooklyn was an incredible opportunity to showcase artisan talent from around the world. Designed to bring solutions together this is just one project that we believe exemplifies the regenerative mindset we want to inspire with the AdaPETation Network.”
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities. Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change. Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959.
The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
About Circ
Circ is on a mission to power the clean closet with patented technology that recycles global fashion waste back into textiles, over and over again. Circ is protecting our planet by reducing the need and demand for petroleum, trees, and other materials harvested from nature to manufacture clothes. Circ is building a truly circular economy for the fashion
industry. Headquartered in Danville, Virginia, a former epicenter of textile production in the United States, Circ is an Earthshot Prize Finalist, a Certified B Corporation revitalizing the future of material technology and manufacturing, and has been named in Fast Company’s list of World’s Most Innovative Companies of 2024. To learn more about Circ, visit www.circ.earth.
The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
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The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
About CARBIOS
CARBIOS is a biotech company developing and industrializing biological solutions to reinvent the life cycle of plastic and textiles. Inspired by nature, CARBIOS develops enzyme-based processes to break down plastic with a mission to avoid plastic and textile pollution, and accelerate the transition to a circular economy. Its two disruptive technologies for the biorecycling of PET and the biodegradation of PLA are reaching industrial and commercial scale. Its biorecycling demonstration plant has been operational since 2021 and a first industrial plant, in partnership with Indorama Ventures, is currently under construction. CARBIOS, founded in 2011 by Truffle Capital, has received scientific recognition, notably with the cover of Nature, and is supported by prestigious brands in the cosmetics, Food & Beverage and apparel industries to enhance their products’ recyclability and circularity. Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe are members of a packaging consortium founded by CARBIOS and L’Oréal. On, Patagonia, PUMA, PVH Corp. and Salomon collaborate with CARBIOS in a textile consortium.
Visit www.carbios.com/en to find out more about biotechnology powering plastic and textile circularity.
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CARBIOS is eligible for the PEA-PME, a government program allowing French residents investing in SMEs to benefit from income tax rebates.
About Us
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities.
Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change.
Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959. To discover more, please visit our website at www.selenis.com
About Selcare
Selcare is a brand of Selenis, producer of specialty resins for a diverse range of medical applications.
Selenis is a member of the IMG Group, present in the polymers market since 1959. Selenis aspires to improve patient safety with solutions specifically developed for the medical value chain.
Our Selcare brand offers high performing medical grade plastics and a wide range of supporting services.
The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
About Magnomer
Magnomer is a startup offering patented coatings technology to help transform normally detrimental to recycling shrink sleeves into recycling preferred design. Magnomer’s Magmark SS coatings add magnetization to shrink sleeves, allowing them to be pulled out and captured during the recycling process by existing magnets. Magmark coatings are transparent and food safe, and print on using just one additional print station at the label converter. No changes to branding or design are necessary and Magmark coatings, an alternative to wash off inks, can be used on PETG or CPET films. Magmark SS has received industry recognition from the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) based on commercial scale trials. It has also been pre-qualified by How2Recycle for use on PETG, and can be used in compliance with U.S. Plastics Pact guidelines.
Please visit our website www.magnomer.com
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About Us
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities.
Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change.
Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959. To discover more, please visit our website at www.selenis.com
The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
About Us
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities.
Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change.
Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959. To discover more, please visit our website at www.selenis.com
About Syre
Syre is a textile impact company on a mission to decarbonize and dewaste the textile industry through textile-to-textile recycling at hyperscale, starting with polyester. At unprecedented speed and scale, Syre aims at driving the green shift of the textile industry to a future where every textile fiber sees a new day. The company’s textile-to-textile recycling solution provides circular polyester with quality on par with virgin polyester, but with a superior sustainability performance. Founded in 2023, Syre is initiated by Vargas and H&M Group. For more information: www.syre.com
The AdaPETation Network, the first regenerative network within the polymers industry that seeks, promotes and powers the best solutions to the systemic issues surrounding plastics, has teamed up with Spanish designer, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón to shine a light on recycling heroes around the world.
ACdO’s social impact initiative, PET Lamp and Plastic Rivers weaved its way into the heart of the conversation between plastic producers, collectors, recyclers and consumers about how to close the loop on plastic waste last month with an illuminating pop-up exhibition at NYCxDesign. The show, which counted on the sponsorship of AdaPETation, a solution-seeking organization created in 2021 by Evertis and Selenis (IMG Group) was hosted at the Sure We Can recycling centre, community space and sustainability hub in Brooklyn, New York.
The first stop on a world tour to showcase the systemic issues surrounding plastic waste, the exhibition was designed to honour the hard-working recycling industry and talented artisans from all over the world. PET Lamp, Plastic Rivers and AdaPETation are taking a fresh look at our relationship with trash, inviting indigenous wisdom and systems thinking into the 21st century conversation about exactly how the human species weaves itself into the earth’s fragile ecosystems and works with the planet’s finite resources.
Regenerative in its outlook, the Spanish designer has been co-creating his remarkable lighting collections and tapestries with artisans from Ghana, Thailand, Chile, Colombia Japan, Australia and Ethiopia since 2012. Celebrating local weaving traditions, PET Lamp works with artisans to upcycle post-consumer PET plastic into designer pieces that have been added to the permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Museo del Diseño de Barcelona, Barcelona, amongst others. Awarded the Ro Plastic Prize 2021 in the Urban Public Furniture Design category in Milan, Plastic Rivers is a critical design piece, “a product manifesto”, says its creator, Álvaro Catalán de Ocón.
UPM
We deliver renewable and responsible solutions and innovate for a future beyond fossils across six business areas: UPM Fibres, UPM Energy, UPM Raflatac, UPM Specialty Papers, UPM Communication Papers and UPM Plywood. As the industry leader in responsibility, we are committed to the UN Business Ambition for 1.5°C and the science-based targets to mitigate climate change. We employ 16,600 people worldwide and our annual sales are approximately EUR 10.5 billion. Our shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. UPM Biofore – Beyond fossils. www.upm.com
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About Us
Selenis is a supplier of high quality and innovative specialty polyester solutions for diverse applications. Their mission relies on employing their profound knowledge of polymers, formulations, and processing, in partnership with their clients to develop future-fit solutions and commit to create opportunities.
Selenis is a global business with production sites in Portugal, Italy and the USA. Their production facilities have batch and continuous SSP units, permitting the production of a wide range of polymers to meet highly technical markets. Their production configurations provides Selenis the flexibility to produce both amorphous and crystallised products.
Committed to playing a role in society’s collective response to the plastic waste challenge, Selenis creates partnerships across the value chain to create long term solutions. Highly focused on sustainability, Selenis centers their innovation in developing resins with up to 50% recycled content and solutions that are fully recyclable in the PET stream. Their progress in molecular recycling turns waste into the building blocks of their specialty resins, contributing to the fight against climate change.
Selenis and their sister company, Evertis, are members of the IMG group, an international business headquartered in Portugal with operations around the world. Our businesses have been pioneers in the polyester industry since 1959. To discover more, please visit our website at www.selenis.com
Bormioli Pharma
Bormioli is a leading manufacturer of glass and plastic packaging solutions, serving the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical markets with complete systems, including bottles, closures and accessories. Renowned for its innovation and quality, Bormioli Pharma provides sustainable and advanced packaging options to actively support the sustainable transition of the pharma industry.
