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

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

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

Watch here: https://bit.ly/3S91lTz

How do we solve the plastics waste issue in South and Southeast Asia | Changing Tides Podcast Changing Tides with The Incubation Network is a limited video podcast series, which aims to offer insights into the plastic waste issue in South and Southeas...

STEAM Platform Newsletter September 2022 Issue: Transforming to Plastics Circularity
>> https://www.steamplatform.org/newsletter/Transforming-to-Plastics-Circularity

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

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

Interested in Circular Plastics Economy for Policy Makers? Register (https://bit.ly/3A5noD9) for our upcoming webinar co-hosted with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Thursday, 25 Aug 2022, 1-2 pm GMT+8

This webinar will focus on policy insights, life cycle thinking, technical knowledge, ecosystem building, and business practices exemplified by case studies.

We look forward to your participation.

Introduction of Circular Plastics Economy for Policy Makers | STEAM Platform Plastics Circularity E-Learning Course Pre-Launch

Come and Meet these amazing young entrepreneurs from Thailand on 19 August, 2022 during TECHBITE 4.0 DEMO DAY 19.08.22 at KX Knowledge Xchange locate at 110/1 Thanon Krung Thon Buri, Bang Lamphu Lang, Thon Buri, Bangkok, Thailand 10600, just a few minutes walk from Wongwian Yai BTS station.

Subscribe to www.steamplatform.org and learn more about our activities focusing on the circular economy, sustainability, innovation, and entrepreneurship.

Featuring Circular Economy Start-ups at TECHBITE 4.0 Demo Day TKN22 Creating an upcycling polymer solution that is flexible and adaptable to consumers to help solve the plastic waste problem in Thailand Their Polymer solution can improve the mechanical strength of the upcycling polymer product made by combining plastic waste (without chemical additive) and bio...

Many thanks to Dr. Liu Lerwen for an engaging seminar on “Transition to a Circular Economy”.

Our students gained valuable insights on sustainability and had the opportunity to ask questions about the challenges, real life industry practices and shared their ideas with Dr. Liu.