About The Circular Economy Innovation Competition

The Western Placer Waste Management Authority (WPWMA) is powering the Circular Economy Innovation Competition for its third year. The competition invites innovators, researchers, and entrepreneurs to turn waste into repurposed value. WPWMA is on a mission to find innovators and entrepreneurs that can find a way to utilize recoverable waste products in their waste streams that are otherwise going un-utilized (ending up in the landfill).

Participants will have the opportunity to showcase their ideas/innovations, receive mentorship to bring their visions to life and compete for cash and in-kind awards.

We are seeking innovations that utilize utilize recoverable waste products in WPWMA's waste streams that are otherwise going un-utilized (ending up in the landfill).

Specifically, we are seeking innovations that allow WPWMA to:

• Maximize recovery of materials, avoiding increases in landfill disposals
• Reducing costs (transportation, energy usage, etc.)
• Enhancing revenues
• Creating consistency (decreasing volatility of international markets)

Important Dates

Application Deadline: February 21, 2025

Pitch Competition Date: April 16, 2025

APPLY HERE TODAY!

Awards

Participants will have the opportunity to showcase their ideas/innovations, receive mentorship to bring their visions to life and compete for cash and in-kind awards.

Awards:

• $20,000 Cash Prize

• In-kind Services and support to be announced

2024 Winner of Circular Economy Innovation Competition

The Circular Economy Innovation Competition is powered by the Western Placer Waste Management Authority.

The Demo Day event took place in person at the Roseville Venture Lab, 316 Vernon Street Roseville CA.

Fiber Global, Inc. won 1st Place prize of $20,000.

2024 Innovator Award

Judges were so impressed by Eco-Builder that they decided to create the Innovator Award of $5,000.

The 2024 Finalists

Congratulations to our Finalists!

• Clean & Go
• Eco-Builder
• Fiber Global
• GreenGo
• Ouros Industries
• Palm Bin
• SeaNails
• Sustainable Energy Inc.

About The Western Placer Waste Management Authority (WPWMA)

The Western Placer Waste Management Authority (WPWMA)s mission is to create solutions and transform waste into a resource for a sustainable environment and prosperous economy. The WPWMA’s communities use a mixed waste approach to recycling – where residents and businesses toss all waste in a single bin that is sorted for recyclable and compostable materials for them at the WPWMA’s Materials Recovery Facility. As recycling markets can be volatile and demands for non-traditional recyclable materials arise, the WPWMA has been able to quickly adapt – “mining” through the entire waste stream for valuable commodities and items that many may not assume are “recyclable.”

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