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Impact Boom Podcast - Social Enterprise & DesignEpisode 356 (2022) Sebastián Sajoux On Innovation Helping Start-Ups Align With SustainabilityOn Episode 356 of Impact Boom, Sebastián Sajoux of Arqlite discusses how designing sustainable building materials can lead to broader environmental impacts and why social businesses embrace innovation as a core practice to succeed.2022-11-1412 min
Build, Repeat. (A Paces Podcast)Plastic in Concrete?! - E65Great to chat with Sebastian Sajoux, CEO at Arqlite, a recycling technology company developing high-efficiency materials, made from 100% recycled plastic! We discussed how they create Smart gravel from hard to recycle plastic, how a focus on local solutions avoids CO2 emissions for concrete, regulations to remove the plastics from the environment, the need for government incentives to speed up the process to help the environment and more! https://carbotnic.com/arqlite Download Podcast Here: ...2021-09-2841 min
Fundraising Stories by Kamay Ventures2: Sebastián Sajoux y el fundraising de ArqliteLas empresas comprometidas con el medio ambiente, el reciclaje y la recuperación también levantan capital.
Esa es la historia de Arqlite.
Hoy desde USA, Sebastián nos contó como fueron las sucesivas rondas de inversión que llevó a cabo.
Encuentran a Sebastián acá, y a Arqlite aquí.
2021-05-2726 min
Social EntrepreneurWrap-up of Season Two and Kick-Off Season Three of Social EntrepreneurIn season two, we’ve been telling stories of a just and equitable transition to a clean energy future.The Coronavirus is a wakeup call. If you don’t know by now, the way we’ve been living isn’t working for the earth. Most of all, it is not working for the poorest inhabitants of the earth. Climate change, extreme weather, hurricanes, floods, droughts, melting glaciers, rising sea level , wildfires, degraded food supplies, tick-borne diseases, mosquito-borne diseases, climate refugees, political instability – these are just a few results of our current way of livi...2020-11-3008 min
Make Climate Cool Again#42 Everything Can Be Made Sustainably with ArqliteBusinessman, environmental crusader and successful entrepreneur, Sebastian Sajoux developed a unique world class proprietary upcycling technology to convert all non-recyclable plastics into an innovative product for use in construction projects and as a substitute for aggregate and gravel. The first large scale solution for a large scale problem that can be deployed at a competitive cost even with landfill tipping fees. Sebastian is passionate and dedicated to developing practical technological environmental sustainability solutions to protect the global natural environment, human and ecological health.
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Support t...2020-09-251h 10Social EntrepreneurAn Ecosystem of Environmental Entrepreneurship, with Sebastian Sajoux, ArqliteFor extended show notes, look here: https://tonyloyd.com/sebastian-sajoux/ 93% of plastic is not recycled. Only seven to nine percent of the plastic that is generated on an annual basis is recycled. Sebastian Sajoux explains, “The plastics go to a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF, pronounced “Murph”), and then go into a recycling system. Still, 50% of plastics that are manufactured are impossible to recycle with current technologies. “The number that’s really scary is, by 2050 the amount of plastic used and discarded will double.” “We are in this race to become more efficient in...2020-09-1233 min
Story of DesignSebastian Sajoux of Arqlite on Creating Circularity for Plastic and Plastic Waste ProblemArqlite is a Special Purpose Corporation with the technology to recycle all types of plastic. In this episode we converse with Sebastian Sajoux, the CEO of Arqlite, about how he envisions creating this systemic loop for plastic because it is the only way to save the world from all this plastic waste we have accumulated for more than a hundred years.2020-06-1224 min