In the midst of July, 30 busy teams of promising entrepreneurs from across Europe cleared their schedule to immerse themselves in the Academy programme of the 2019 European Social Innovation Competition.

The European Social Innovation Competition 2019 moved into its second phase after the announcement of this year’s 30 Semi-Finalists. Alongside this the 2019 Impact Prize is also open for applicants until 16th August.

From compostable diapers to recyclable building material: meet the 30 Semi-Finalists across 19 European countries that have been selected for the 2019 European Social Innovation Competition: Challenging Plastic Waste.

The 2019 Judging Panel came together for the first this week to choose this year’s 30 Semi-Finalists.

In anticipation of the end of the Competition’s entry period Thursday 4th April 2019, 12:00:00 noon (CET), we have explored some exciting initiatives from around the world that are already doing great work in this field.

The 2019 edition of the European Social Innovation Competition will reward the most innovative approaches to reducing plastic waste and improving re-use and recycling of plastic at a systemic level – but how exactly could this be done?

The 2019 edition of the European Social Innovation Competition opened last week with a day of talks, debates and workshops based around innovative ideas to reduce levels of plastic waste. 

We launched today at Cankarjev Dom in Ljubljana, Slovenia. This year we are looking for ideas that reduce plastic waste through improving existing processes or through introducing brand-new products and initiatives.