InvestPR Makes Circular Economy Viable

Together with Newlab, they developed a pilot project to minimize the environmental impact related to waste

Ella Woger-Nieves, Chief Executive Officer, Invest Puerto Rico.

In a bid to promote the circular economy on the island, in which waste can be reused to generate a new product of value, the organization Invest Puerto Rico (Invest PR), together with the Brooklyn-based innovation center Newlab, will carry out a pilot project to reduce the amount of solid waste that ends up in the 29 landfills -which exceed capacity- by transforming plastics, rubber and sargassum.

The "Waste to x Project" initiative arises from the situation faced by Puerto Rico, an island that despite its territorial extension, generates an average of 5.56 pounds of waste per person daily, compared to 4.91 pounds in the United States, according to data from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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