€ 103,115.00
Welcome to the PPOSF
(Precious Plastic Open Source Fund)
Update (April 2024): the Precious Plastic Open Source Fund is currently closed for further rounds
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How was the money distributed?
- 50%Research > for the wild ideas that needed some trust
- 30%How-to > existing solutions waiting to be open sourced
- 10%Retroactive > for those who shared without anything in return
- 10%Admin > to cover the management costs of the fund
The PPOSF was a project to fund existing recycling solutions through How-to guides, research projects to develop innovation and retroactively reward people that contributed to open-source without financial incentives.
Watch the video to learn more:
Watch the video to learn more:
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50%
Research
Dedicated to projects that are researching and developing a specific area of small scale plastic recycling.
10%
Admin
Here, the boring part :)
Dedicated to pay for all the costs associated with running the fund.
Dedicated to pay for all the costs associated with running the fund.
10%
Retroactive
Dedicated to retroactively reward people that shared their precious know-how throughout the years.
30%
How-to
Dedicated to existing small scale plastic recycling solutions to be documented and shared open source.
How is the money distributed?
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50%
How-to
For existing solutions waiting to be open
sourced.
sourced.
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30%
Research
For the wild ideas that need some trust.
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10%
Retroactive
For those who shared without anything in return.
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10%
Admin
To cover the management costs of the fund.
Check the awarded projects
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Total applications FUNDED:
67
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