Circular Economy Innovation Competition - Info Session
Join us on Jan. 21st at 12 pm PST to learn more about the Circular Economy Innovation Competition!
Join us for an information session on the Western Placer Waste Management Authority: Circular Economy Innovation Competition – an opportunity for innovators and entrepreneurs to showcase their innovations, technologies, and businesses while receiving mentorship, and the opportunity to win prize money and in-kind services.
If you are an innovator, researcher, or entrepreneur looking to or already working to turn waste into repurposed value we want to hear from you. The Circular Economy Innovation Competition is a new competition providing innovative ideas, technologies, and startups in the circular economy and waste space with the opportunity to compete for $20,000 in an in-person pitch event the week of April 27th, 2025.
In this session you will learn more about the origin of the competition as well as the timeline from applications to pitch event.
Apply Here - application deadline is Feb. 27th
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)
- Waste water leaching and treatment
- Material traceability