NEWS

We are glad to share some exciting news! BlueCycle is a winner of the fourth edition of Future on Stage, Maison&Objet’s launching pad for international remarkable young companies, setting the pace in innovation, business, and creativity. The jury of Future On Stage, chaired by Mélanie Leroy – Managing Director of SAFI/Maison&Objet and members are Vincent Continue reading "%s"

BlueCycle will be in Naples for the first time, participating at the fifth edition of EDIT Napoli, an innovative design fair created to support promote and celebrate a new generation of designers. The exhibitors, selected by curators Emilia Petrucelli and Domitilla Dardi, reflect the fair’s orientation towards presenting independent international entries who are challenging the Continue reading "%s"

On July 5th, the Blue Tech Summit IL.23, the first of a series of events, took place in the port of Haifa. BlueCycle attended the event following the invitation of the Israeli National Center of Blue Economy. At the summit, in which have participated representatives of international investment platforms, start-ups, as well as government and Continue reading "%s"

Strengthening BlueCycle’s collection network in Greece BlueCycle collaborates with the Municipality of Glyfada and redefines the future of marine plastic waste genergated from fishing activity in the area, putting the waste into the past! On Thursday 30 March 2023, BlueCycle’s plastic fishing and shipping equipment collection point was officially put into operation at the area’s Continue reading "%s"

BlueCycle, the only effort in Greece to recycle and upgrade marine plastic waste following the circular economy model, is nominated for the Earthshot Prize 2022, the most prestigious global environment prize in history. The Earthshot Prize, launched in 2020 by Prince William and the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, is awarded Continue reading "%s"

We are pleased to announce that BlueCycle has won 1st place in the Industrial Design category of the Guiltless Plastic international competition, organized by Rossana Orlandi. BlueCycle participated with the series of 3D printed furniture Second Nature, which are made of plastic fishing and shipping equipment that we collect from all over Greece, designed by Continue reading "%s"

In March, as part of the Plastic Busters MPAs program funded by MIO-ECSDE, the pilot action “Establishing a derelict fishing gear management scheme and promoting co-responsibility to tackle fisheries & aquaculture-related litter”, carried out and coordinated by the environmental organization iSea, was launched in collaboration with the Management Authority of Thermaikos Gulf Protected Areas and Continue reading "%s"

The famous Milano Design Film Festival, the annual cinema & design meeting of Milan, is coming to Greece for the first time! As a precursor to the main events of the Greek edition of the festival that are scheduled to take place in Athens in 2021, a series of mini-events will be held from 2 Continue reading "%s"

Another island was added to the nationwide network for the collection of plastic fishing and shipping equipment. On Saturday 12 September 2020, BlueCycle visited in Ano Koufonissi at the invitation of the President of the Community, Mr. Antonis Kovaios, with the aim of installing a new collection point for discarded fishing equipment and the collection Continue reading "%s"

BlueCycle presented as a good practice the circular economy program it implements for marine plastic waste, generated mainly from fishing and shipping activity, at the international conference “Plastics: Circular Economy Solutions to combat Marine Litter”. The event was organized by the Association of Plastic Manufacturers of Greece in collaboration with the organization “Waste Free Oceans” Continue reading "%s"

At the invitation of the NTUA research team that directs and coordinates the research program “ENI CBCMED_CROSS_BORDER COOPERATION: INNOMED-UP Promoting UPcycling in Circular Economy through INNOVATION and education for creative industries in MEDiterranean cities“, we participated in the interactive webinar series on “Promoting the circular economy in the creative media for the revitalization of Athens”. Continue reading "%s"