Think Beyond Plastics Innovation Challenge (app due April 30)
Announcing the 2019 Plastics Innovation Challenge! Launched in 2012, the Think Beyond Plastic Annual Innovation Challenge seeks to inspire the human spirit to raise global #innovation and for upstream innovations in new materials, green chemistry and new product delivery models. Each year, it attracts a growing global audience of #entrepreneurs, #innovators, #scientists and #students, committed to viable solutions to plastic pollution. The 2019 Plastics Innovation Challenge, in partnership with The Klosters Forum, aims to engage innovators around the world in a #solutions-oriented effort to stem the flow of plastics into our ocean, in three tracks: -New materials and chemistry to replace current fossil-fuel based plastics -Waste reduction, avoidance and recycling -Innovative product delivery systems Three winners will each receive a prize valued at US $40,000 comprised of $25,000 seed funding and a place at the 2019 Think Beyond Plastic accelerator, valued at $15,000. Winners will be invited to showcase at Think Beyond Plastic’s 5th annual Investor Forum. Applications are accepted now through April 30, 2019.