{"id":757,"date":"2024-05-27T09:15:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T23:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/?p=757"},"modified":"2024-05-27T09:22:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T23:22:12","slug":"vanessa-vongsouthi-samsara-eco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/vanessa-vongsouthi-samsara-eco\/","title":{"rendered":"Vanessa Vongsouthi, Samsara Eco"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized nba-caption-filter transcript__wrapper\"><div class=\"transcript__content\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.csiro.au\/epws24\/files\/2024\/05\/Vanessa-Vongsouthi-1-e1716765262639-911x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-760\" style=\"width:307px;height:auto\"><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vanessa Vongsouthi is the Research Co-Founder and Head of Science Operations at Samsara Eco, a start-up that has secured $54 million to scale its innovative technology for infinitely recycling plastics, including PET and nylon 6,6. 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