Working in industries that generate hundreds of millions of pounds of plastic waste each year, the founders saw a better alternative.
GOLDEN, Col., October 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — More than 90 companies participated in Cleantech Open’s 2022 accelerator program, 77 competed in regional competitions in the US, and 18 finalists competed nationally at the Global Forum hosted at VERGE22 in London San Jose, California on 25-27 October2022. Breakaway Plastics was named the US National Winner of the Cleantech Open’s 2022 CTO Global Forum for the commercialization of a novel non-toxic and recyclable polypropylene fabric that can replace unsustainable PVC fabric and agricultural plastic films.
Tony honorableCEO of Renegade Plastics, commented, “Cleantech Open has been an amazing accelerator program that has helped us with strategy development, customer discovery and investor introductions. Additionally, our mentors helped us sharpen our approach and the guidance and guidance received from Cleantech’s Open ecosystem was second to none. It will help us succeed in building a circular economy for the plastic fabric industry.”
“Cleantech Open finds, funds and nurtures the world’s most promising cleantech startups,” said Renegade Plastics co-founder, Curran Hughes. “We are grateful to meet and learn from them to achieve our common goal of a green global economy.”
Renegade Plastics introduced fabrics that are better for our people and planet. Their mission is to drastically reduce plastic waste and greenhouse gas emissions from the production of non-consumer plastics with an evolutionary alternative. They have exclusive rights to polypropylene-based fabrics that allow them to eliminate toxic PVC fabric today and replace it with a fabric that is non-toxic, recyclable, low carbon and 30-40% lighter with little to no loss of strength . Due to their high UV, thermal and chemical resistance, Renegade Plastics materials also have a useful life of 2-10…
