The startup cohort for the Puerto Rico project will aim to identify renewable life cycles for disposed tires, plastic waste and sargassum seaweed.

Invest Puerto Rico (InvestPR), the island’s business attraction organization, in strategic partnership with Newlab, a renowned center of invention based in Brooklyn, NY, will establish an innovative project to convert unmanaged or landfilled items, such as sargassum seaweed, plastics, and tires, into new value-added products.