Plastic Ocean Waste to Sustainable Products | Watches Made from Ocean Waste | Joago Interview

Ready to join the sustainable wave? Listen in to this enlightening episode with Jose Ruiz - CEO & Founder of Joago - who is creating sustainable products completely from ocean waste.

Joago is on a mission to clean up our oceans by removing and recycling the waste that is polluting them and creating beautiful products instead.

Jose started out by creating luxury watches but has plans to create so many more, including sustainable surfboards, which he previews for us here during the interview.

However, he isn’t just going to stop there. His goals are not only to own the entire recycling process for his products but also to create a community of people who are passionate about cleaning up our oceans.

So don’t miss out on this amazing interview to hear exactly what Joago is up to.

Chapters

0:00 - Plastic Ocean Waste to Sustainable Products

1:46 - Joago Intro

3:41 - Joago’s recycling process

4:40 - First watch

6:51 - Plastic pollution problem

7:58 - Why watches?

8:26 - Joago products

10:28 - Market saturation

10:55 - Joago sustainable surf boards

12:28 - 3D printed surfboards

13:19 - Completely recycled plastic

14:15 - Mechanical vs Chemical recycling

15:58 - Developing countries tradeoffs

16:51 - Ocean waste collection vessel

18:01 - Ocean waste gyres

20:05 - Cut it off at the source

21:35 - Let’s make it happen

22:00 - Joago goals for next 6 months

22:49 - What Jose is learning

24:02 - Jose’s tip for other ecopreneurs

25:21 - How to get in touch with Jose: jose@joago.com

26:11 - Keep an eye out for Restoring Habitats

 

 

Check out Joago’s website:

https://joago.com/

Check out this interview that I mention at the end of the episode:

YouTube: https://youtu.be/eN-KK4_jJxY

or

Audio: https://podcast.greenbusinessimpact.com/e/the-future-of-plastic-revealed-it-s-seaweed-flexsea-interview/

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