The Challenge

​The 2019 Langley Idea X challenge is for students to invent a land or ocean based solution to the global problem of the proliferation of plastic into the environment. 

Inventing a solution for the this kind of plastic pollution could involve creating any one or a combination of the following. 

A PRODUCT.

• For example, will you design a new kind of 600-meter-long floater that floats in the world's oceans to trap debris?

 OR A PROCESS.

• For example, will you come up with an idea to engineer a new kind of enzyme that accelerates plastic degradation?

OR A POLICY.  

• For example, will you invent new kinds of economic incentives to reduce plastic waste? Will you articulate a policy that has or could create meaningful change in your community or province or country?  e.g. a new bylaw?