BESE alumni startup Polymeron is transforming agricultural waste into high-performance biodegradable plastics, advancing the Kingdom’s national priorities in sustainability and innovation. By upcycling date byproducts — a hallmark of Saudi agriculture — and expanding into processing waste from the poultry sector, the company is helping shape a circular economy built on local resources. 

“One of the goals of Saudi Vision 2030 is to diversify the economy beyond oil,” said Rodrigo Jiménez Sandoval, co-founder and chief executive officer. Polymeron is following a business model that is sustainable and aligned to a waste-to-value strategy, with plans to repurpose about 20,000 tons of waste per year. “Through our company, we’re contributing to this effort by establishing a new industry in the Kingdom — a biodegradable plastics industry.”  

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