Podcast appearances and mentions of shaun frankson

Join Ernesto as he talks with Shaun Frankson, co-founder of Plastic Bank, who shares what it's like running a business that impacts billions of people on this planet by turning plastic waste into currency. Plastic Bank empowers the Social Recycling movement that stops ocean plastic and helps alleviate poverty.  

Welcome to Episode 52 of the Sustainable Ecommerce Podcast! https://sustainable-ecom.com/ep52 My guest today is Shaun Frankson, co-Founder of Plastic Bank.  They're a Canadian technology company on a mission to stop plastic before it reaches the ocean.  To date the partnerships they've enabled between brands and coastal communities have prevented almost 4 billion bottles worth of plastic from entering the ocean, 88 million KG. They're not just collecting that plastic from shorelines and dumping into landfill though, they're fundamentally rethinking waste as a resource and turning it back into recycled flake at scale. While big brands can get involved and actually work with them to secure a predictable source of fully traceable averted plastic to help replace virgin plastics, any brand in any region can get involved, make an impact in the plastic pollution problem as well as huge social impact in the lives of families and communities most affected by the issue.

32 million tons of plastic waste were generated in 2012, only 9 percent of the total plastic waste generated in 2012 was recovered for recycling. We are killing our planet with plastic, seeing this problem Shaun Frankson and his partner David Katz, co-founded The Plastic Bank where recycling plastic generates a triple bottom line social enterprise that makes plastic waste a currency in developing countries to help reduce global poverty. https://selfdiscoverymedia.com/2015/02/09/p1507b-plastic-renewing-lives/

Shaun Frankson is the CTO and co-founder of the Plastic Bank. In this podcast we discuss Plastic Bank’s model and perform a deep dive on Plastic Bank’s blockchain and token platform. This is a great example of how blockchain can be used for social good.   What is blockchain? Blockchain is a secure digital ledger that provides a trusted way for peer to peer data exchanges in an encrypted manner.   The Plastic Bank Plastic Bank transforms plastic waste into a form of currency to help create ethically sourced ecosystems where communities that collect this plastic receive an above market rate for it. Plastic Bank uses blockchain technology to work with some of the poorest communities in the world to offer them a digital ID and a digital savings account to provide them with financial inclusion. Plastic Bank’s message is if you have to use plastic ensure that it is plastic that was stopped from entering the ocean and that is used to improve lives and regenerate communities.   Tackling poverty Shaun explains that when you look at the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the first one is poverty. Poverty is the focal point of many other issues including ocean plastic. Plastic Bank uncovered that about 80% of ocean plastics comes from developing countries with almost no waste management systems. They recognise that by creating a business solution where recycling can be an earned income for anyone not as an endpoint in life but as a starting point to a better life, a starting point to education, career training that can provide for all the things a family needs, then this can address both the plastic problem and the poverty problem. When Shaun looked at bringing technology to bring financial inclusion to the poorest places in the world he came upon a number of problems: no phones, limited connectivity or data, and issues of illiteracy. They had to design a whole interface for first time illiterate person that’s never used a phone, without any reference to any technology and potentially lives somewhere with poor data connectivity. Plastic Bank designed a system where when they open up a new branch they give the local team a first phone where they can create accounts for non-phone holders upon verifying their ID and age. This will automatically create for them a digital ID and a digital wallet for them to receive the cash earned from the plastic they collect. Like that they can earn their first phone through this system and provide them with full access over their account.   Hitting the 1 billion plastic bottles milestone The Plastic Bank measured that it takes 50 bottles to reach 1 kilo of plastic. 1 billion plastic bottles resulted in 20 million kilogrammes of plastic waste that was prevented from entering the oceans. It took them 4 years to reach 500 million collected plastic bottles, this year to reach the next 500 million and in the next 12 months they expect to recycle well over another billion bottles worth of plastic. The Plastic Bank has a target, that by 2025, they will be becoming a billion dollar company, impacting a billion lives and preventing a billion kilos of plastic from entering the ocean every year.   Plastic Bank’s Blockchain Need for a digital reward programme where we can ensure that the right people get the right amount of reward. For example, how to ensure in a country like Haiti that you put millions of dollars into the country and ensure it goes to the right people in a safe manner. Whilst on the other side their client would want a system that is attack proof. They desire a system that is valid and legitimate. This is where blockchain becomes a valuable tool as it provides trust to the data, trust to the impact stats, and trust the right people in some of the poorest parts of the world would receive the right amount of money for their labour in collecting the plastic. IBM Montpellier’s blockchain team stepped in to provide support to Shaun’s tea...

Shaun Frankson, Co-Founder & CTO of Plastik Bank, is the second guest of our podcast. Shaun survived a serious traffic accident, then turned his life upside down and started his first company at the age of 23. At the age of 29, together with partner David Katz, he started the successful "Plastic Bank" project, which is now operating worldwide. Since then, he has been working tirelessly and with the greatest motivation as CTO to turn plastic into a currency and thus to counteract global poverty step by step. An inspiring conversation about a remarkable path in life, the intrinsic motivation of wanting to change something in the world and why Europe seems to be one step ahead with the idea of Purpose.

On this episode of the cavnessHR podcast we talk to Shaun Frankson - Plastic Bank CoFounder and CTO - Making Plastic Waste Currency to Fight Ocean Plastic and Poverty cavnessHR website: https://www.cavnessHR.com Jason's email: jasoncavness@cavnessHR.com @cavnessHR   across social media @jasoncavnessHR across social media We talk about the following How Shaun created a system to strategize the _____ out of anything. Gamifying plastic recycling. Why are we addicted to plastic? How they are helping the world's bottom billion Shaun's Bio Shaun Frankson is the co-founder and CTO for Plastic Bank, a social enterprise that makes plastic waste a currency to FIGHT Ocean plastic while reducing global poverty at the same time.    Plastic Bank creates ethically sourced recycling ecosystems that ignite a Social Plastic revolution, uniting & enrolling humanity for local action that creates a global impact.   Shaun is globally recognized as a leading authority on blockchain for good and designing systems for the world's bottom billion.    Shaun's mission is to inspire others to live a life of purpose and love every minute of it. Shaun's Social Media Shaun's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaunfrankson/ Company Website: https://plasticbank.com/ Company FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/PlasticBank/ Company Twitter: @plasticbank Company Instagram: @plasticbank Shaun's Advice I think one of the most intimidating things is thinking that you need to have all the answers. Anytime you're trying to do something big, you're not the person day one who can do everything you're trying to do. You just need to commit to become the person you need to be. Just figure it out as you go and  don't need to be intimidated by the fact that you don't have all the answers and that's a good thing. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Épisode 247 : Le zéro déchet sur Instagram ? C’est une thématique forte qui commence à se faire entendre de façon notable sur les Réseaux Sociaux. Les sociauxnautes de réunissent pour changer les choses, pour imaginer un monde sans plastique, mener des actions citoyennes de nettoyage de plages et plus généralement aliment alerter sur les dégâts liés aux déchets plastiques. En tapant le hashtag -#zérodéchet, on trouve plus de 520 000 publications. -#zerowaste, son équivalent en anglais, propose 3,6 millions de publications. Des conseils de grand mère, des tutos vidéos , des photos d’actrices et acteurs du quotidien. Ils se réunissent pour changer les choses. Pour imaginer un monde sans plastique, mener des actions citoyennes de nettoyage de plages et plus généralement aliment alerter sur les dégats liés aux déchets plastiques. Le plastique au coeur de toutes les préoccupations. Le plastique est sans aucun doute l’un des plus grands fléaux pour l’environnement. Les emballages, à eux seuls, constituent la moitié des déchets plastiques fabriqués dans le monde. Environ 50% du plastique consommé n’est utilisé qu’une seule et unique fois avant d’être jeté, et la dégradation d’une simple bouteille en plastique prend plus de 450 ans. Sur les Réseaux Sociaux, l’overdose de plastique commence à se faire entendre. Les Hashtags: #zérodéchet, on trouve plus de 520 000 publications. #zeroplastic 92,3k publications. #noplastic : 903 175 publications #plasticwaste 111726 publications #plasticpollution 462 900 publications #plasticocean 110 837 publications —— @plasticobsessedjapan Instagram : 6k followers Le compte Instagram @PlasticObsessedJapan, dénonce le phénomène du sur-emballage au montage en soulignant l’absurdité. Dans les supermarchés japonais, on peut observer les fruits emballés de façon absurde dans plusieurs couches de plastiques. De la même façon, les pots en verres sont recouverts d’un emballage plastique, et même les lots de cannette. —— Notre planète est submergée par les débris plastiques dont la grande majorité provient des pays les plus pauvres du monde, où l‘élimination ou le recyclage sont en grande partie impossibles. [Plastik Bank : unmouvement citoyen anti-plastique et anti-pauvreté][1] 40 K L’idée d’un jeune entrepreneur Américain David Katz Pour débarrasser la planète des déchets plastiques, Plastic Bank paie les ramasseurs de déchets dans les pays en développement. Cette structure est une véritable Arme anti-déchets et pauvreté ! Les déchets de plastique deviennent ainsi une « monnaie d’échange » qui permet aux ouvriers de sortir de la pauvreté, tout en contribuant à la dépollution Le processus est financé par la fabrication de billes en plastique utilisables par l’industrie (Marks and Spencers, Starbucks ou Henkel par exemple), notamment pour les imprimantes 3D qui peuvent, bénéfice supplémentaire, fabriquer des outils nécessaires dans la vie des ramasseurs eux-mêmes. Le mouvement « Social Plastic » En 2013, David Katz est rejoint par Shaun Frankson, qui invente la notion de « Plastique social », à l’image de l’« économie sociale ». L’idée est non seulement de ramasser le plastique qui s’accumule sur la terre et dans les mers, mais de travailler à la source du problème, en sensibilisant les fabricants d’emballages à la nécessité de réduire la proportion de plastique. Sur leur compte instagram Des packagings / objets qui ont été conçus avec leur « plastique social » Des marques qui ont rejoint le mouvement Des jolies photos d’animaux pour faire culpabiliser Des photos de paysages saccagés pour faire réagir Des photos / vidéos d’actions sur le terrain > Dans la mangrove à Bali @vonwong 114k followers sur Instagram Le projet artistique et militant de Benjamin Von Wong, "Mermaids hate plastic" En 2050, il y aura plus de plastique que de poissons peuplant les océans. Pour nous sensibiliser à la cause environnementale, et en particulier à la pollution des océans par le plastique, le jeune photographe canadien Benjamin Von Wong met en scène une sirène noyée dans un océan de bouteilles en plastique. Objectif : rendre la pollution plastique plus partageable avec une sirène et 10.000 bouteilles en plastique L’objectif de Von Wong est de susciter l’intérêt du public pour ce sujet souvent considéré comme ennuyeux et pessimiste. Uns mission utiliser le beau et le sensationnel pour que le sujet puisse être relayé et partager sur les RS. Les 10.000 bouteilles utilisées pour le shooting ont été prêtées par une usine de tri locale. En quelques jours, une petite armée de bénévoles a trié chaque bouteille par couleur et retiré leur 10.000 bouchons et étiquettes. Elles ont ensuite été disposées dans entrepôt prêté par un ami du photographe pour créer une scène aussi belle que flippante. Cette série photo impressionnante et incontestablement engagée est accompagnée d’une pétition visant à réduire la surconsommation de plastique : #MermaidsHatePlastic. —— [Plastic Odyssey][4] : une expédition autour du monde contre le plastique 4,1K abonnés Instagram Les jeunes du Plastic Odyssey – Simon Bernard, Alexandre Dechelotte, Bob Vrignaud et Benjamin de Molliens, âgés de 24 à 30 ans Embarquez à bord du premier navire qui avance grâce aux déchets plastiques Le constat : 19 tonnes de plastique entrent dans l’Océan chaque minute Une fois en mer, il est trop tard. Le plastique coule ou se décompose en micro-particules impossibles à récupérer. Leurs Objectifs : Étudier : les cultures, les rapports aux plastiques et les besoins locaux Initier : la création de petites usines du recyclage et des initiatives de réduction des déchets Faire éclore des initiatives locales dans les régions les plus touchées par la pollution plastique. **Leur expédition : ** Départ fin 2020 :Leur navire « Ulysse », Ce bateau de six mètres de long, équipé d’un pyrolyseur, est capable de transformer des déchets plastiques non recyclables en carburant. Depuis dix jours, lPlus de 30 escales sur les 3 continents les plus touchés par la pollution plastique Amérique du sud - Afrique - Asie Leurs machines de réutilisation plastique seront toutes en open source Sur leur compte : Ils donnent un rdv par mois pour venir parler des problématiques plastique on pouvait suivre l’avancée des travaux sur le bateau avant la première mise à l’eau Les marques s'engagent contre le plastique Reflétant l'inquiétude grandissante du public face au désastre imminent auquel notre monde naturel est confronté, les marques mettent à jour leurs références écologiques. Les marques se trouvent maintenant dans une position où elles doivent s’aligner sur l’esprit soucieux de l’environnement des consommateurs modernes (que la nature de leurs activités reflète ou non ce qu’elles disent). La durabilité et l'environnementalisme façonnent désormais bon nombre des campagnes marketing Lego Redoublant d'efforts pour faire face à la crise actuelle du plastique, Lego a lancé ses propres blocs en canne à sucre . Le géant danois du jouet a lancé une gamme de briques en forme de plante, baptisée "Plantes à partir de plantes ». Ikea Ikea a également intensifié ses activations de marque; en 2019, pour promouvoir l'ouverture de son nouveau magasin durable à Greenwich, la marque a lancé deux grands bateaux de bain dans la Tamise afin de nettoyer la rivière de plastique. Ce plastique a ensuite été collecté et utilisé pour fabriquer une sculpture à afficher au magasin. . . . Le Super Daily est le podcast quotidien sur les réseaux sociaux. Il est fabriqué avec une pluie d'amour par les équipes de Supernatifs. Nous sommes une agence social media basée à Lyon. Nous aidons les entreprises à créer des relations durables et rentables avec leurs audiences. 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This week on the IBM Blockchain Pulse, your host, Matt Hooper, explores a totally unique use case of blockchain. He’s joined by his guest, Shaun Frankson, co-founder and CTO of The Plastic Bank. Together with his co-founding partner and the CEO of The Plastic Bank, David Katz, they’re working on converting ocean plastic into forms of currency. They’re creating a reward system for people to earn and spend plastic bank digital tokens — and using blockchain to realize this vision. This is a real-life, totally innovative example of blockchain being used for social good.   What Shaun and his co-founder David have created is nothing short of remarkable. They’ve created a new system of value. And is that not what blockchain can be at its most exciting?   Tune in to learn about all the good that The Plastic Bank has been up to in the past several years, the origin of their company, their mission statement and current goals, how blockchain is utilized in their company, and more!   Key Takeaways: [:01] About today’s episode. [2:25] What is The Plastic Bank? And how did Shaun and David come up with the idea to start it back in 2013? [3:05] What is the root cause of ocean plastics? And when did they recognize the opportunity it provided and the possible value exchange? [5:39] Shaun further explains his early quote after co-founding The Plastic Bank: “The entire idea almost starts with a metaphor that if you walked into the kitchen and the sink was overflowing … and all you had was a bucket and a mop, what do you do first? You turn off the tap.” [8:23] Some of the first regions and communities they were first able to work with, and why. [10:41] Join the conversation! If you want to learn more about how leading innovators and humanitarians are using blockchain to create new models for change, advance collective knowledge, and solve what impacts us all, visit IBM.com/Blockchain/For-Good. [11:33] What were some of the first forms of exchange for ocean plastics when they first started up The Plastic Bank? [14:50] When was their eureka moment? [16:57] When did they realize that blockchain would help them realize their vision at-scale? [19:20] What is the specific nature of The Plastic Bank’s collaboration with IBM? [20:42] What “blockchain for social good” means to Shaun. [23:42] Matt notes some of the key takeaways from this week’s episode.   Sources Mentioned: The Plastic Bank The Ocean Cleanup IBM.com/Blockchain/For-Good   Follow-up with Our Guest: Shaun Frankson’s LinkedIn   Looking for More Episodes? Visit ibm.com/blockchain — and for news and updates, follow @IBMBlockchain on Twitter!

Hi Everyone!Welcome to Champions of Change. I am Lindsay Christianson and we've got another great episode for you! In it I talk with Shaun Frankson of The Plastic Bank. Where they make plastic waste into a currency to alleviate extreme poverty, ocean plastic. They create new plastic production through an ethically sourced system to collect and sell recycled Social Plastic® for use in manufacturing by global brands. Shaun is a digital strategist and movement maker. His goal is to enrol humanity to save the planet. He is best known for creating a million person following and being a leader in block chain technology to build trust, transparency, and authentication.We have an open conversation about his near fatal car accident and how he created a fulfilling life of purpose. We talk about creating your foundation to living a fulfilling life of purpose is giving more to the world than you take.He provides some questions to ask your self when working to find your purpose. I found it very inspiring talking to Shaun. I got a better understanding on how the block chain works, and how you can define your job by creating your own opportunities.Tune in for an hour and eavesdrop on our conversation about making contribution with impactful choices.Our Guest, Shaun Frankson,  and with your host Lindsay Christianson.www.Plasticofffsets.com http://shaunfrankson.comwww.Plasticbank.org

Shaun Frankson is on a mission to cut down on ocean pollution AND economic empowerment. He is the co-founder of @PlasticBank, which uses block chain technology to monetize recycling plastic in developing countries! You will be amazed to learn how this works!

What we cover: To say that guest titan Shaun Frankson and his business partner David Katz are thought-leaders would likely be one of the bigger understatements of our time. With the launch of their company The Plastic Bank in 2013, they have essentially turned plastic into funds and in doing so – by monetizing a resource that was once only considered garbage to millions of people living in impoverished conditions – they are not only preventing plastic from building up in our oceans, but are creating a global opportunity for collectors to earn an income and alter the trajectory of their lives.  Their goal is to reach and impact 1 billion people – people they call recycling entrepreneurs – positively. They have launched The Plastic Bank in countries like Haiti, for example, where 75% of the population has no power, where 12,000,000 people live in dire poverty. They are helping these people take back control over their own destinies. And it’s working.  In simple terms, how The Plastic Bank works is like this: a collector, or a recycling entrepreneur, collects the plastic from off the ground and in the waterways and brings it in to one of The Plastic Bank’s recycling centres. From there, the collector is given access to things like cash, or cooking oil, or the ability to charge their phone – which may seem insignificant to those of us who have a charger, but we have power to do that, right? (In Haiti, when you’re making $2 a day in some cases, and spending upwards of 30- to 60-cents just to charge your phone, you’re spending 30% of your income on this pricy task. So The Plastic Bank is changing that.) But they haven’t stopped there. They are in the process of digitizing a currency, so that collectors won’t have to put themselves in the dangerous position of carrying cash, which can be risky. The Plastic Bank is enabling collectors to house their families, feed and clothe families, and even pay for tuitions – they are changing lives and they are changing the world. I saw Shaun speak at a recent TED event here in Vancouver, and I knew I had to reach out to him. He is one of the neatest guys I’ve had the good fortune of connecting with. This is a guy who is fully sleeved, the most impressive tattoo artwork I’ve ever seen up-close. But it’s not like bad guy tattoo-ness; instead he’s plastered in his positive life affirming philosophies. Create, inspire, strategize. And in case he deviates, he’s got the 7 habits of highly effective people tattooed on his arms to serve as his guideposts. One of the things Shaun said in his TED that really struck me was that caring for our planet and caring for the people on it is not a hippie thing, it’s not a millennial thing, it’s a human thing. Yes, being a responsible consumer is a human thing.  And how do we do that?  Well, for starters, Shaun made a really cool distinction for me when I asked him why plastic is ‘bad”? It’s not that it’s bad, it’s that our habits around it are bad. Yes, we need to recycle, but we also need to reach out to the brands we love and ask them -- demand of them, really -- to use #SocialPlastic, which is ultimately what The Plastic Bank’s team makes with the plastic that’s being kept out of water ways when it is amassed by collectors.  Go ahead: Hop on Social Media and directly address the companies and brands we most use and say: "Hey @place brand here, here’s hoping you’re considering the use of #SocialPlastic." Shaun will inspire you to think big -- really big -- there's just no way around that simple fact.   MJDionne.com