Chrysalis / Earthwake Entreprise

Three committed personalities and a major innovation

Faced with the scourge of plastic pollution, 11 million tons dumped in the oceans every year, Samuel Le Bihan, a committed actor, and François Danel, former director general of Action Contre La Faim, adopted a pragmatic approach: it is by giving value to plastic waste that they could encourage its collection. The two founders quickly surrounded themselves with an independent inventor, Christofer Costes. Christofer had developed a first prototype pyrolyzer. Indeed, pyrolysis is a chemical decomposition at very high temperatures without oxygen that allows the plastic to return to its original state: oil.

After several years of Research and Development, the Chrysalis solution, sized in four containers, was born. The process generates 65% diesel which can be used directly in engines. At the end of pyrolysis, 15% of gas is also produced, allowing the machine to be self-sufficient in energy. In addition to attracting developing countries that are heavily affected by plastic pollution, the Chrysalis invention has generated a great deal of interest in industrialized countries, including France.