Competition to replace use of plastics

Through the first innovation event under the name "SUP Free Hackathon," Lidl Hellas and the A.C. Laskaridis Charitable Foundation are seeking new technological solutions to replace some of the single-use plastics (SUP) that next year must be withdrawn.

Speaking to Kathimerini, Lidl Hellas' director of communications, Vassiliki Adamidou, and the Foundation's executive director, Angeliki Kosmopoulou, stressed the need for technologies developed by young entrepreneurs to reduce pollution from plastics.

Adamidou says Lidl could take up one of the ideas presented at the December 11-13 online event, provided it is adjusted to the retailer's business model for environmental protection. Kosmopoulou, for her part, hopes that these business proposals could get a foothold in the market through the Hackathon competition.

"We believe that the concentration of creative...