The Young Entrepreneurs Challenge https://youngentrepreneurschallenge.com/ Win £10,000/12,000€ + mentorship to get your tech solution to a sustainability problem off the ground. Fri, 09 Feb 2024 14:51:14 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://youngentrepreneurschallenge.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-YEC25-Favicon-32x32.png The Young Entrepreneurs Challenge https://youngentrepreneurschallenge.com/ 32 32 Devi Pathak https://youngentrepreneurschallenge.com/olivia-simpson Mon, 11 Sep 2023 15:21:10 +0000 https://youngentrepreneurschallenge.com/?p=88 Olivia’s idea aims to tackle single-use plastics in the medicine industry using waste cooking oils and algae.

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]]> Olivia’s business, Symbiotex, aims to tackle single-use plastics in the medicine industry by taking waste cooking oils and one of the worlds fastest growing organisms, algae, to create a range of home-compostable 3D printable filaments and pellets for injection moulding.

“To be a winner is just tremendous. I feel so excited, happy, ecstatic, proud… proud of myself!”

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]]> Marion Cantillon https://youngentrepreneurschallenge.com/marion-canton Mon, 11 Sep 2023 15:07:19 +0000 https://youngentrepreneurschallenge.com/?p=84 Marion’s idea revolves around a zero-waste circular economy replacement for plastics used in farming.

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]]> Marion’s business, Pit Seal, aims to remove plastic sheeting and waste tyres used in the silage process with an edible spray on solution biofilm. This biofilm aims to create a zero-waste circular economy whilst also decreasing methane emissions.

“…it was great meeting such talented and likeminded people.”

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]]> Idan Gal-Shohet https://youngentrepreneurschallenge.com/idan-gal-shohet Mon, 11 Sep 2023 15:01:24 +0000 https://youngentrepreneurschallenge.com/?p=81 Idan’s idea is to revolutionise the fashion industry using fibres harvested from potato waste.

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]]> Idan’s business, Fibe, aims to revolutionise the fashion industry by utilising cutting-edge technology to extract cellulosic fibres from potato harvest waste. These are then transformed into fibres compatible with conventional textile machinery.

“It didn’t take away time from the actual development of our product”

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]]> Evan Davies https://youngentrepreneurschallenge.com/evan-davies Mon, 11 Sep 2023 14:16:17 +0000 https://youngentrepreneurschallenge.com/?p=55 Scrapp shows users how to dispose of a product's packaging correctly.

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]]> Evan’s business Scrapp is a mobile app and tablet station that separates waste at the point of disposal. Through a scan of a product’s barcode, Scrapp shows users how to dispose of a product’s packaging correctly.

“When I applied, I didn’t think I’d be making it to the final and getting this far in the competition!”

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]]> Anjali Devadasan https://youngentrepreneurschallenge.com/anjali-devadasan Mon, 11 Sep 2023 14:14:06 +0000 https://youngentrepreneurschallenge.com/?p=50 Anjali’s idea aims to turn cars into a source of renewable energy.

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]]> Anjali’s business, Synergy, aims to decrease greenhouse emissions by generating low-cost renewable energy along your journey. Synergy provides efficient, recyclable, vertical-axis wind turbines that rotate due to the airflow of passing vehicles.

“It was really exciting to be able to pitch in front of the audience and judges!”

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