Empowering companies to stop plastic pollution at the root since 2018.
Scientists estimate that we spill 8 million tons of plastic waste per year in the ocean(Jambeck et al. 2015). As an environmental engineer and diver, our founder I was distressed by this realisation especially after I was able to see it with my own eyes during my Master’s thesis in Eilat, Israel. I came home with the conviction that I had a role to play in the reduction of plastic pollution and that cleaning up was not the immediate solution. Afterall, when your sink is overflowing, you close the tap before you start mopping.
In June 2018, I first imagined Let’s Talk Waste to raise awareness on plastic pollution and find ways to cut it at the source. Later that year, I was awarded the 1st Jury Prize of the Social Impact Award Switzerland for my realistic business plan and convincing pitch. In February 2019, I was welcomed in the ArboLife (now known as Paradigm21) ecosystem as one of its projects working toward the economic, social and ecological transition. In September 2020, I was identified as a catalyst for systemic change by the Catalyst Lab program by collaboratio helvetica. In December 2021, I spoke from the heart about my view of how we should approach the waste transition at TEDxHSG in St Gallen. I was then 2 months pregnant with my baby girl.
After my maternity leave, I am back to serve my mission with increased passion. I am working with companies to create a better future for the generations to come which now include my daughter.
Let’s Talk Waste empowers your teams to act on this pollution through science based, collaborative and customizable solutions with playful and interactive activities.
