This breakout session is organised in collaboration with The Dutch Embassy in Mexico, CIDI UNAM and Impacthub Mexico
TACKLING WASTE IN MEXICO CITY
In recent years, Mexico City has made renewed efforts to tackle its vast waste problem. But creating change of behaviours and mindsets of citizens, government and businesses still have a long way to go. That is why last year What Design Can Do launched The No Waste Challenge, a global design challenge on waste and circularity. In Mexico City, we called on designers and creatives to apply with their best ideas and design proposals tackling waste in Mexico. The result was a whopping 205 submissions with creative, innovative and impactful ideas addressing the many different waste issues in Mexico City. In this session you will meet the creative entrepreneurs behind the proposals that impressed the Mexico Jury the most. Learn more about their proposals, what drives them, what challenges they are facing and what they need to move ahead. In a fast-paced programme you will be introduced to the Mexico nominations and learn about the variety of projects that are happening in and around the city.
Sustrato, Andrea de la Peña, winner of No Waste Challenge México 2021
OBJECTIVE
Meet the 10 nominees of the No Waste Challenge Mexico, get introduced to new solutions for waste issues in Mexico, ask questions, start conversations and make new connections
SPEAKERS
Juan Octavio Ferreyra (MX), Founder of Plasticar
Eleazar Guevara (MX), Co-Founder of Nucycles
Mauricio Enriquez (MX), Founder of Ecolam
Miguel Angel Avila Macias (MX), Founder of Poopis
Ricardo Cuenca Sánchez (MX), Founder of Bloqueplas
Alejandro Hernandez Camas (MX), Founder of Ecocyc
Jan Heinvirta (MX), Founder of Perfekto
Ricardo Muttio Limas (MX), Founder of Radial and winner No Waste Challenge Mexico 2021
Gerardo Montes de Oca Sierra (MX), Founder of Hagamos Composta and winner No Waste Challenge Mexico 2021
Andrea de la Peña (MX), Founder of Sustrato and winner No Waste Challenge Mexico 2021
MODERATOR
Diego Alatorre Guzmán, Professor Industrial Design at UNAM and chair of the selection committee of the No Waste Challenge Mexico.
LOCATION
Break-out room A
FORMAT
Pitch presentations
ATTENDANCE
In-person only
LANGUAGE
Spanish