00:00I finally found the solution to the Sargassum crisis.
00:03Every Sargassum season, right on schedule.
00:05New players with Miracle Solutions.
00:08Here's what 15 years on the Sargassum frontlines taught me.
00:11The more viral the video, the smaller the operation.
00:14The German government BioWaste Caribbean project just flew me to Munich for a different approach.
00:19I attended IFAT, the world's largest environmental technology fair.
00:23Cutting-edge circular economy technologies.
00:25Germany processes 12 million tons of organic waste every year.
00:29Not studying it, not piloting it, doing it.
00:32At industrial scale, profitably, for decades.
00:36Industrial composting makes high-value fertilizers.
00:39Biogas turns organic waste into energy.
00:41Parolysis converts biomass into biochar.
00:44All large scale, all applicable to Sargassum.
00:47None of them are magic.
00:48All of them work with the right policies that attract investment.
00:52I've been testing all variety of Sargassum solution in Punta Cana for a decade and a half.
00:57Three years ago, we even started shipping our fresh, frozen Sargassum to Finland.
01:02A Finnish biotech company called Origin Biocean has turned Dominican Sargassum into cosmetics.
01:08Real products.
01:09Already in Maramico textiles and European skincare.
01:13Patents and real investors.
01:14That is what real solutions look like.
01:17So what is the solution to the Sargassum crisis?
01:20All of it.
01:21Composting.
01:22Biogas.
01:23Bioplastics.
01:24Cosmetics.
01:25The answer isn't one fairytale technology.
01:27It's the right mix for your context backed by real policy and real investment.
01:32Anyone telling you they have the solution is probably selling you something.
01:36Here's what I know after a week in Munich.
01:38The solution to Sargassum is not about technology.
01:41We know that exists.
01:42The DR needs policies that help create a viable business model.
01:46Origin Biocean is already planning a biorefinery in the Caribbean.
01:50The Dominican Republic doesn't have to be a victim of this crisis.
01:53We could be the global hub for solving it.
01:56We now have a government Sargassum cabinet.
01:58Good.
01:59Here's what we need from it.
02:00Duty-free import of the equipment that makes this possible.
02:03Incentives to support real projects with real business models.
02:07And a clear signal to international investors that the DR is open for business on Sargassum solutions.
02:13Germany built the world's first circular economy one policy decision at a time.
02:18The question is whether the Dominican Republic will lead or let another country in the region do it first.
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