As stated above, we are looking for startups with specific ideas/inventions that help accomplish this ambition.
The focus of startups applying should lie on designing out waste, production technologies with minimized environmental impact, marking technologies, product passports, tracking & tracing, collection, separation of waste streams, waste logistics, re-use models, novel recycling technologies, novel service models, and digital enabling technologies.
Our industry focus is in line with the EU Green Deal and CEAP which is electronics, information and communication technologies, batteries and vehicles, packaging, plastics, textiles, construction and buildings, furniture, high-impact intermediary products (steel, cement, chemicals), food, water, and nutrients. Additionally, we are broadly looking for innovations that support re-use of composite materials.