#26 Mark Hartnell, Director of Textiles at Seaqual Initiative (Upcycling marine plastic company)

This week, I’m joining Mark Hartnell, he’s the director of textiles at Seaqual Initiative, an organization that supports ocean cleaning and raises awareness of plastic marine pollution.Gathering communities part of the blue economy like NGO’s and fishermen, Seaqual Initiative collects ocean litters and recycles the plastic found in it. Recently, they’ve developed their very first product: SEAQUAL® YARN and successfully figured out how to create yarns from plastic waste. With a very specific process, they innovated to separate the polymers giving strong outcomes comparable to a classic polyester yarn.Mark is aiming for more circularity and sustainability in the blue economy, as well as becoming a global and local solution. Dive into this fascinating discussion and discover Mark’s upcoming challenges for social and environmental justice.  CONTENT TO FIND YOUR WAY IN THE EPISODE 0:50 Mark presents himself and explains us what is Seaqual Initiative2:20 What does sustainable fashion mean according to him ?3:40 How can Seaqual be one of the solutions to become more sustainable ?6:30 The process of Seaqual Yarn9:00 About micro particles: are they a huge problem for the industry ?13:45 The KPI’s he’s looking at17:50 Seaqual Initiative business model21:20 What’s the vision for Mark’s company ?23:45 The biggest challenges 23:30 How can the fashion and textile industries accelerate the sustainable revolution ?26:55 What does he want to close the door to in our industry ?27:55 What does he look out to get inspired?29:35 Who would he like to listen to in this podcast  ? KEY LEARNINGS « I don’t think sustainable fashion exists. It’s something that we’re looking for, it’s a target that we’re aiming for and we should all be aiming for it. » « Seaqual is about doing good within the blue economy. Everything to do with the ocean and the communities from the ocean: how can we help them to become more sustainable ? How can we move towards circularity ? How can we create collaborations in communities and provide solutions ? »« We need to be a global company providing global solutions to a global market. »  TO SUPPORT SMART CREATION THE PODCAST Don’t forget to share and talk about the podcast to your friends and colleagues, it’s easy and it helps the podcast a lot, and please rate it 5 stars and leave us a comment on Apple Podcast. To know more about Smart Creation and Première Vision https://www.premierevision.com/fr/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.