During Slush, the biggest startup event of the year in Helsinki (Finland), held in the Helsinki Expo and Convention Center, we had the opportunity to meet Reetta Kaila, Technology & Development Manager at Wärtsilä to present our impact startup during a matchmaking session.

Last week Wärtsilä published the article “Pushing the boundaries of technology together in Slush” on their site where they mentioned OCEANPLASTIK as a potential startup to collaborate with on circular economy initiatives.

“OCEANPLASTIK was a great fit for Wärtsilä’s business and purpose,” Kaila says.

“They have found a quick, easy-to-adapt way to efficiently clean up rivers and seasides from plastic trash and by that prevent the plastics from ending up in the seas. Plastic trash is a huge issue in East Asia, where people live in poverty but still have smartphones enabling them to use OCEANPLASTIK’s app to seek, report and collect trash and earn cryptocurrency based on the weight of plastic collected. It’s like the Pokemon Go, game but with value.”

It’s a true honor and confirmation that we are doing the right thing when a company such as Wärtsilä publish an article that features OCEANSPLASTIK on their website.

Click here to read the full article on Wärtsilä’s website.

OCEANPLASTIK is currently looking for equity partners so we can start to develop our ecosystem and launch the MVP in Q4/2020 to clean up and recycle plastic waste.

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About Wärtsilä
Wärtsilä is a global leader in smart technologies and complete lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets.

By emphasizing sustainable innovation, total efficiency and data analytics, Wärtsilä maximizes the environmental and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers.

In 2018, Wärtsilä’s net sales totaled EUR 5.2 billion with approximately 19,000 employees.

The company has operations in over 200 locations in more than 80 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.