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As 2020 begins, we wanted to share with you the great idea of Sandrine Guyot and Laurent Pezé. Thanks to them, materials that are rarely reused have found a new use. But what are we talking about? Seashells! The Friendly Frenchy brand offers eco-responsible glasses made in France! The frames of these glasses are manufactured without any plastic, by mixing oyster, mussel or scallop shells, recovered from Breton and Norman food professionals, with vegetable oil. What is the result ? Two very elegant ranges of environmentally friendly glasses. It’s such a good idea that we wanted to relay it! http://bit.ly/38VZPyp

Les Grandes Idées’ team wishes you a wonderful year!

May this year bring the wishes, dreams, projects and achievements of all #changemakers to life.

Turn waste into resources.

“In five years, we have gone from 0 to 150 employees, with a revenue of 13 million euros at the end of 2019 and a fundraising of 15 million euros twelve months ago. Phenix shows that another way of doing business is possible.”

In 2015, Jean Moreau and Baptiste Corval founded Phenix, a start-up which is revolutionizing the concept of waste by proposing a redistribution system that guarantees a circular economy limiting our impact while creating many jobs. When it was created, Phenix first focused on finding a solution to fight against food waste in distribution. Since then, the company has widened its scope of intervention and offers solutions for other types of goods? Jean Moreau takes us to the heart of the operation of this beautiful company in this news Changemakers Times interview.