Upcycling
Nothing is lost, nothing is created, everything is transformed
Upcycling is a 3-year program, in partnership with the Fondation de la Mer, to develop plastic waste recovery channels to transform them into sustainable goods.
Thanks to this partnership, associations and startups - which have taken up the challenge of innovating from plastic waste - will be financially supported to enable them to reach a milestone in the development of their activities.
THE PROJECT
It is essential today to rethink our consumption patterns to introduce more circularity. Our UPCYCLING program aims to meet this challenge by combining ecology and economy through the creation of value locally from the plastic waste collected.
The KRESK Group, through its endowment fund KRESK 4 OCEANS, is very proud to commit itself alongside the Fondation de la Mer.
Thanks to this alliance we have the ambition to reconcile the protection of the oceans with the development of the local economy, a real virtuous circle." Didier TABARY
Conciliate ecology and economics
Upcycling is a way to create value by recovering plastic waste and reusing it as raw material to create a new sustainable object.
It is a form of super recycling that promotes the emergence of a circular economy. These wastes, which we no longer have a use for, can be transformed into materials, and even into products of higher quality or utility.
In the Ocean, our wastes are a poison. Collected on land and sorted, it is reinvented.
What is Upcycling?
La Ressource AAA is a resourcerie based in Orléans: as such, it collects objects whose owners no longer have any use for them, recovers them and redistributes them.
Tri-Haut pour l'Everest is a French association that has been working for 3 years to provide a solution for the treatment of plastic waste in the Solukhumbu, the Everest region of Nepal.
La Raffinerie is a multi-disciplinary Tiers lieux located in La Réunion, its raison d'être is: "A place and a collective, based in La Réunion, citizen, benevolent and resilient, committed to the promotion of human well-being, the preservation of the environment and the enhancement of cultural rights, through initiatives that encourage accessibility, diversity, collaboration, experimentation and interaction with its territory"
Dunkerque Clean Up is an association founded in 2019 by Dunkerque friends, concerned about the environment but above all motivated to protect their playground: the city, the sea, the port ... the northern coastline as a whole. Since 2019, the association has been organizing citizen litter picks open to the public, but also with private players in the area who wish to get involved.
Génération Recycleur aims to promote the circular economy by creating a unique and innovative experience.
The aim is to reduce the demand for new virgin plastics and close the loop by manufacturing sustainable with 100% recycled and locally sourced plastic.
LA RESSOURCE AAA
TRI-HAUT POUR L'everest
LA Raffinerie
DK Cleanup
Génération recycleur
ORLÉANS
GRENOBLE
LA RÉUNION
DUNKERQUE
SAINT MALO
Discover the network of French actors who innovate with our plastic waste!
The structures supported so far
Moi Jeu Tri is an international NGO present in 4 countries (Togo, Ivory Coast, Senegal, France), whose main mission is to train the citizens of today and tomorrow by involving African youth in environmental education programs, creating territorial ecosystems, training and integrating young people who are far from employment in circular economy professions, and supporting territories in their ecological transition.
moi jeu tri
INTERNATIONAL
Métamorf is part of the global Precious Plastic movement, which relies on collective intelligence and creativity to combat plastic pollution.
Métamorf
TOURAINE
Make the city clean by creating inclusive channels for recycling plastic waste, while promoting a job-creating circular economy
GBOBETO
BENIN
Works to promote the social integration of women in Casamance, by creating a plastic waste processing and recovery unit in response to the pollution of the Senegalese coast.
NIOR FAR
SENEGAL
Valorization of plastics in furniture, interior design and art objects + production of machine for the upcycling sector.
Valorization in jewelry and art objects
Valorization of plastics into interior furniture, decorative objects and awareness workshops.
Valorization of plastics into interior furniture, decorative objects and awareness workshops.
Cigarette butts into energy (treated as toxic waste)
L'ATELIER DES RECYCLEURS FOUS
SAUVAGE
RESAK
rehab
RECYCLOP
VENDÉE
NOUVELLE AQUITAINE - PACA
PAYS BASQUE
BRETAGNE - QUIMPER
PACA - MARSEILLE
Workshops on digital and traditional manufacturing, on waste recycling, digital mediation workshops
fablab La Verrière
ILE DE FRANCE
Promotion of 3D printing to give a second life to objects.
FABLAB34
PACA
Ecosystem of responsible creativity in the service of the circular economy, sobriety and responsible design.
LA MATIERE
NOUVELLE AQUITAINE
Fight against plastic pollution in the Mediterranean, and committed to low-tech research, local recycling experiments and the promotion of zero waste
MARE VIVU
MEDITERRANNEE
Projects in favor of sustainable fishing and maritime activities, as well as the preservation of the marine environment, in the Mediterranean
APAM
MEDITERRANNEE
Duo d'artistes s'intéressant au processus de transformation de déchets plastiques au profit d’une production artistique alternative et sensible.
LES PETITS LABOS
MARSEILLE
Awareness activities on plastic reduction, reuse and recycling.
AUTREMENT PLASTIQUE
MARSEILLE
Awareness activities on plastic reduction, reuse and recycling.
FALEPA CORSICA
CORSE
Duo of artists interested in the process of transformation of plastic waste for the benefit of an alternative and sensitive artistic production.
LES PETITS LABOS
MARSEILLE
Beautiful, sustainable, inspiring furniture from locally sourced recycled plastics.
LA PLASTIQUERIE
NOUVELLE AQUITAINE
Régénération was born out of a growing environmental awareness of the endangered ocean due to plastic pollution linked to overproduction and overconsumption. The association offers those who wish to do so, the means of raising awareness and producing against these issues. An eco-committed artistic movement, which has chosen to use recyclable, innovative and biodegradable materials in its creation, production and communication process. A recycling microfactory and design studio are born.
SAVE LA MERMAID
PROVENCE
Sea turtle conservation network. Collecting, sorting and transforming plastic waste into small souvenirs, the proceeds of which are used to invest in other recycling materials.
RASTOMA
AFRIQUE CENTRALE
Reinspire young people in the Abidjan district by recycling plastics by hand in a short circuit. The aim is to transform plastic waste into useful objects.
RECYCLAGE SANS FRONTIERE
CÔTE D'IVOIRE
Eco-design through the development of fun, innovative projects. And recycling plastic with clean-energy machines like solar power.
MILVI
PROVENCE
Restore young people's confidence in scientific subjects in a fun way, and help them to become key players in the defense of the environment
LA MAISON UPCYCLING
PARIS/LYON
Based on the circular economy, Plasnat transforms household and industrial plastic waste by hand into greenhouses, compost bins and outdoor furniture.
PLASTNAT
NORMANDIE
Collect, sort, repair and transform maritime and nautical equipment. Bringing together those involved in reuse. Raising public awareness of the need to protect oceans.
LA RECYCLERIE MARITIME
LE CROISIC
Putting culture at the service of the environment to bring about lasting changes in behavior. Raising awareness of the need to collect, sort and recycle waste to preserve the planet and reduce marine pollution.
TERANGAGEE
SENEGAL
Raising awareness, sorting and valorizing waste to better design objects. Adds value to plastic waste by creating new recycled and recyclable objects.
FILS & PLASTIC
PROVENCE
Save La Mermaid's mission is to inspire action and change mindsets by raising awareness of marine plastic pollution in order to preserve biodiversity and ocean ecosystems for future generations.
The aim is to establish a connection with the ocean by showing that ecology is accessible to everyone and the importance of taking action by cleaning up our oceans, the lungs of our planet.
SAVE LA MERMAID
PROVENCE
Raising awareness, sorting and valorizing waste to better design objects. Adds value to plastic waste by creating new recycled and recyclable objects.
FILS & PLASTIC
PROVENCE
