Chair AIMPLAS-UV invites you to the first edition of PlastiGO!: Hackathon for innovative solutions in the plastic sector sustainability, a creative conference where you can decelop innovative ideas to improve recycling and plastic circularity along with other students.
Who is it aimed for?
Degree, Master's Degree and Doctoral Proramme students involved in Chemical Engineering, chemistry, Materials and Environmental Sciences.
Date: 10 December 2025
Location: València Chamber Business School, Paterna Technological Park.
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. (followed by drinks and networking). Parallel event to PLASREC 2025 – 3rd International Seminar of Plastif Recycling, organised by AIMPLAS
https://www.aimplas.es/jornadas/iii-plasrec-seminario-internacional-reciclado-plasticos/.
What challenges do we face?
We are looking for solutions regarding the collecting, separation and selection of plastic/fabric waster and valuation technologies via recycling —mechanic, chemical, physical, biological— or biodegradation and compostability.
Reasons to participate?
- Develop real solutions for plastic sustainability challenges.
- Collaborate with student of different areas and levels.
- Learn creativity and innovation methodologies.
- Win economical prizes and participation certificates.
- Broaden your contact network with researchers, mentors and companies.
Prizes
- Participating Teams
- Participation certificate.
- Networking with sector professionals during the first day of PLASREC: 3rd International Seminar on Plastic Recycling.
- Finalist Team
- Finalist certificate.
- Networking with sector professionals during the first day of PLASREC: 3rd International Seminar on Plastic Recycling.
- Recognition in the media.
- 100 € prize per team member.
- Equipo ganador
- Certificado de ganador.
- Networking with sector professionals during the first day of PLASREC: 3rd International Seminar on Plastic Recycling.
- Recognition in the media.
- Assessment and guidance to further develop the idea in university entrepreneurship programmes.
- Free participation in the second day of PLASREC: 3rd International Seminar on Plastic Recycling. .
- 250 € prize per team member.
How to partcipate?
- Inscription
Fill this form. Inscription are made individually, so all team members must submit it. In case of previous interest in a group of individuals, it must be pointed out in the comment section. Individual inscriptions are allowed, participants will be assigned a team depending on their profile.
Inscription form: PlastiGO!: Hackathon for innovative solutions in the plastic sector sustainability: Fill form
Deadline: 27 November at 2:00 p.m.
Attention: 20 spots available.
- Selection
Organisation will select the accepted and reserve participants, and will communicate the teams to the future participants with a pre-selection of the themes depending on their profiles to prepare the hackaton.
- PlastiGO!
The rest is easy: use all your knowledge and innovative skills, compete, learn and grow.
More information on Chair AIMPLAS-UV website and its profile on LinkedIn.
Come with your ideas, your energy and your will to transform the future of plastics.
See you in PlastiGO!
José Badia
Head of Chair AIMPLAS-UV
