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Pivot Point | MIdland, MI

Pivot Point collects and refurbishes household appliances to provide affordable goods to low-income individuals while promoting recycling and reducing landfill waste.

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Volt Harbor Inc. | Ann Arbor, MI

Volt Harbor is developing an affordable, commercial-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) made from retired, second-life electric vehicle (EV) batteries.

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Resourceful Recycling | Chesaning, MI

Resourceful Recycling aims to pilot and scale a curbside compost and food waste pickup service for residents and businesses in Shiawassee County, Michigan.

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Go See The City | Tampa, FL

The team’s GO Zero initiative is a tech-enabled platform that enables businesses to sell surplus food (that would otherwise go to waste) at a discount before closing by creating same-day coupons.

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Drury Brothers Inc. | Durand, MI

Drury Brothers has developed a proprietary roll-off box with an internal sliding wall mechanism that eliminates the need for plastic liners.

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Detroit Training Center | Detroit, MI

DTC is developing GRIT - training program for contractors, builders, and skilled laborers teaching construction and demolition material reuse techniques.

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2DaLoop | Sterling Heights, MI

2DaLoop is developing an AI-powered platform that identifies electronic devices via UPC symbol, classifies device components and materials, and optimizes pathways into repair, recycling, and other secondary markets in Michigan.

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Michigan Fibershed | Dexter, MI

Michigan Fibershed is working to create a regenerative circular natural fiber textile economy in Michigan, focusing on sustainable practices using locally grown feedstocks like wool, flax, and hemp.

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Manistique High School | Manistique, MI

The team aims to introduce single-stream recycling in Manistique by providing recycling carts to households in the city and utilizing drop-off locations in the rest of Schoolcraft County.

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Food Rescue US | Lansing, MI

The project aims to expand their food rescue system that uses volunteers and a web-based platform to redirect and divert surplus perishable food.

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City of Kalamazoo | Kalamazoo, MI

The City of Kalamazoo aims to open a recycling drop-off super center to provide increased access to recycling services for materials not included in curbside collections, such as EPS foam, tires, plastics, electronics, and textiles.

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City of Detroit | Detroit, MI

The city of Detroit and collaborative partners aim to improve food waste management in the city by scaling and streamlining food waste reduction and recovery at industrial-scale composting sites.

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Plantwise Academy | Muskegon, MI

Plantwise Academy is launching a hands-on education and skills-based pilot program equipping students with sustainable knowledge and career training.

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MAC Gardens | Detroit, MI

MAC Gardens is developing an app to engage Detroit area coffee shop consumers and office building workers to properly separate food waste and redirect edible food to those in need.

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C’Mon Betty | Ann Arbor, MI

C’Mon Betty is launching a health-conscious condiment brand made from fresh surplus or blemished produce, packaged in fully recyclable containers.

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Capture Tech | Ann Arbor, MI

Capture Tech is creating Biochar Capture Packs (BCPs) that work to remove nonpoint contaminants from waterways and repurpose them into restorative fertilizers and soil amendments.

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Bunberry Farm | Calumet, MI

Bunberry Farm is developing an enriched compost product from a broad range of local waste byproducts including food waste, rabbit manure, sawdust and wood shavings.

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Vitriform3D | Knoxville, TN

Vitriform3D is seeking to establish a regional-level factory in Michigan that will convert glass waste into engineered stone for wall cladding panels.

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Sequestro | Ann Arbor, MI

Sequestro is developing an under-sink filtration device that utilizes waste wood pulp to adsorb PFOS and PFOA and provide PFAS-free drinking water to homes.

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Urban Quarries | Redford, MI

Urban Quarries is seeking to develop a site to process construction and demolition waste and street-sweeping debris into repurposed aggregate for cement and asphalt production.

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Orange Sparkle Ball | Atlanta, GA

Orange Sparkle Ball is developing a digital platform that facilitates the collection of materials using electric autonomous robots to deliver the materials for reuse, recycling, refurbishment, and redistribution.

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Mycocycle | Bolingbrook, IL

Mycocycle is launching innovation hubs in Michigan, transforming non-inert waste—such as carpet, rubber, textiles, gypsum, and asphalt—into sustainable, low-carbon bio-composite materials for use in compounding and manufacturing.

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ENVIWA | Dearborn, MI

D2Solar is testing the feasibility of introducing used solar panels into Detroit urban farms, block clubs, and community-based organizations.

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D2Solar | Detroit, MI

D2Solar is testing the feasibility of introducing used solar panels into Detroit urban farms, block clubs, and community-based organizations.

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Axia Institute | Midland, MI

Axia is seeking to launch a pilot project to collect, sanitize, and reintroduce used prescription pill bottles at major pharmacies and healthcare providers in Midland County. ·

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Iosco County & Partners | Iosco County, MI

Iosco County, along with Oscoda Area Schools, Develop Iosco, and several communities within the county, are collaborating to implement three recycling drop-off locations enabling residents to recycle paper, cardboard, plastic containers, and glass.

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Huron-Clinton Metropolicy Authority | Brighton, MI

This collaborative team, led by the Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority (HCMA) and supported by Resource Recycling Systems (RRS), seeks to expand its existing composting operation at the Kensington Metropark Farm Center and establish best practices for operating and managing the program to create quality compost and become a model to scale to other locations in the Metroparks district.

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Royal Oak & Partners | Royal Oak, MI

The local city government along with several non-profit and private organizations, conducted a three-month food waste drop-off pilot program. The data from the pilot will help re-envision sustainable materials management and inform options for additional comprehensive food waste reduction and recycling solutions.

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Rogers City & Presque Isle County | Rogers City, MI

The local city government in collaboration with Presque Isle County, seeks to identify ways to improve upon recycling at the drop-off center, including the possibility of partnering with neighboring Alpena County and its new regional recycling facility.

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Holland, Ottawa County, Hope college | Holland, MI

The local city government along with Padnos, Ottawa County, Holland Board of Public Works, and Hope College seek to pivot a previous drop-off program focused on landfilling materials, into a drop-off program emphasizing recycling and material recovery.

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Pontiac Regional Chamber & Partners | Pontiac, MI

The local city government of Pontiac and regional neighboring communities seek to develop a regional recycling drop-off center allowing residents and businesses of Northern Oakland County to recycle traditional materials (e.g., paper, cardboard, glass, plastic, and steel/aluminum) as well as more challenging materials like appliances, mattresses, polystyrene foam, and textiles.

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Grand Rapids & WeCare Denali | Grand Rapids, MI

This collaborative team made up of the local city government and WeCare Denali, seeks to develop a food scrap drop-off pilot program utilizing community gardens and farmer’s markets as collection sites and processing the material into finished compost.

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Bay City | Bay City, MI

The local city government seeks to improve organics management and reduce food waste by determining the need and feasibility for a public-private partnership composting operation.

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Veolectra | Farmington Hills, MI

This for-profit product development company seeks to create a demonstration system for repurposed electric vehicle battery packs and cells that generate power for portable power stations.

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Recycle Ann Arbor | Ann Arbor, MI

This non-profit organization seeks to model Michigan’s first stand-alone (non-retail) container redemption center for deposit-eligible bottles and cans, and a refillable bottle system to support local dairies and microbreweries.

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OkaTerra | Grand Rapids, MI

This for-profit start-up seeks to expand its regenerative-material furniture brand to Michigan, utilizing locally sourced waste materials and engaging underserved communities for employment opportunities.

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Let Us R.E.S.T. | BEnton Harbor, MI

The non-profit organization is seeking to run a pilot program to prove the effectiveness of a mobile recycling unit that offers a convenient drop-off point for recyclables.

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Takeout Takeout | Lansing, MI

The Takeout Takeout team is focusing on building brand awareness, as well as improving inventory systems and operational efficiencies.

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Prairie Robotics | Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

The Prairie Robotics team is focusing on expanding from identifying contamination in the recycling stream to also identifying good materials and creating a rewards based system. The team will work on connecting with potential clients and quantifying GHG emissions prevention.

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PittMoss | Ambridge, PA

The PittMoss team is focusing on expanding to Michigan and will work to build connections with potential clients and partners, as well as locate feedstock opportunities and identify facility locations in the state.

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Nowhere Collective | Chicago, IL

The Nowhere Collective team is focusing on expanding outside Chicago and will work on developing strategic partnerships in Michigan, transitioning to a tech-enabled business, and developing ways to collect and measure waster diversion data.

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RoCo | Pittsburgh, PA

The RoCo team will focus on identifying currently landfilled polypropylene streams and building partnerships with feedstock suppliers, compounders, and brand owners to develop a pilot in Michigan.

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Great Lakes Recycling | Oak Park, MI

The Great Lakes Recycling team will focus on refining its operations plan and developing infrastructure to serve as a reliable destination for EV batteries, connecting with other EV battery recyclers, and identifying funding resources.

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Fibarcode | Ann Arbor, MI

The Fibarcode team will focus on refining its business plan, identifying additional project partners and investors, and locating feedstock.

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Design Declassified | Grand Rapids, MI

The Design Declassified team will focus on expanding the collection of plastic waste from residential and commercial sources, refining operational and business plans, and identifying funding resources.

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Chippin’ In | Detroit, MI

The Chippin’ In team will focus on enhancing its business plan, applying technical support toward sorting and distribution aspects, identifying investors, and crafting a compelling pitch.

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New Horizon | Marshall, MI

The New Horizon team is focusing on expanding the compost site and identifying consistent feedstocks from food manufacturing by-products.

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Hemp 4 Humanity | Three Rivers, MI

The Hemp 4 Humanity team will focus on developing a comprehensive business plan and aligning with partners to set up infrastructure that will process waste from industrial hemp production, agriculture, and building deconstruction into viable building materials.

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emmet county recycling | petoskey, MI

The Emmet County Recycling team aims to develop a replicable compost program business plan including assessing the pricing structure, staffing model, and capital budget planning to achieve long-term success.

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Eastside Compost | Lansing, MI

Eastside Compost is focusing on scaling up their collection and composting operations to serve more customers, this includes planning for additional infrastructure, composting techniques, and marketing campaigns.

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Wood Work Detroit | Detroit, MI

The Wood Work Detroit team will focus on assessing feasibility and developing a business strategy to collect wood from urban tree removal, snags, and pruning to be repurposed into furniture, wooden products, and musical instruments.

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Bioworks Energy | Grand Blanc, MI

The BioWorks Energy team is focusing on connecting with generators of food waste streams and marketing partners to develop anaerobic digestion facilities for food waste processing and renewable energy production.

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Plastus | concord, mi

Plastus is a biotech company that converts organic waste into biodegradable bioplastics to produce PHA bioplastics. The integration of PHA’s should lead to a decrease in fossil fuel use and significantly reduce carbon emissions.

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necoTech

necoTech is creating asphalt from mixed plastics that will be used for the replacement of deteriorating roads, bridges, and highways. this process will divert recyclable waste from Michigan landfills and be produced at a significantly lower cost.

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Goodwill Industries of West Michigan | Muskegon, MI

This is a collaboration between Goodwill Industries of West Michigan and HydroBlox to utilize recycled plastic to be manufactured into stormwater drainage systems. This project will simultaneously address plastic waste, create job opportunities, and create effective flooding and storm water management for Michigan roads.

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Recharge Recycling LLC | Fenton, MI

ReCharge Recycling seeks to develop a phased approach to collect, discharge, test, refurbish and ultimately process and recycle Lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles and other sources. The project will be based in the Flint area.

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VMX International | Detroit, MI

VMX International is seeking to develop a recycling center in the city of Detroit focused on lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles. This is a vertical expansion that builds on decades of experience working as a total waste management service for Auto manufacturers and suppliers.

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Edge Materials Management | Standish, MI

Edge Materials Management currently processes post-industrial scrap in East Michigan. They seek to expand to post-consumer materials, with an initial focus on agricultural and Marine film plastic. They are participating in NextCycle to develop a supply and logistics network and siting equipment to pre-process and clean the materials.

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Public Thread | Grand Rapids, MI

Public Thread seeks to develop and market a line of recycling collection bags made from waste vinyl billboards. These are an alternative to carts for use in circumstances where there is no space for a cart, such as multi-family housing, university housing and/or commercial settings.

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Biz Aid LLC | Coldwater, MI

Biz Aid LLC seeks to develop and expand a hub and spoke collection network in parts of Southwest Michigan that lack recycling access. This will provide more recycling opportunities for residents in these regions and will result in more marketable material, such as PET bottles or OCC, being diverted from the landfill.

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Architectural Salvage Warehouse of Detroit | Detroit, MI

The Architectural Salvage Warehouse of Detroit (ASWD) deconstructs buildings in Southeast Michigan to keep environmental resources out of the waste stream and to make affordable housing materials available to low- and moderate-income families. ASWD is participating in NextCycle as it seeks to relaunch following an overhaul to integrate a new inventory, online retail system, and a new showroom. The newly integrated systems will allow the business model to become more profitable and provide more services to the community.

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Noble Polymers | Grand Rapids, MI

Noble Polymers seeks to pivot its business model to focus on producing post-consumer recycled content resin and other sustainable polymer inputs such as hemp plastic and plastic from MSW. This material will be used for producing recycling carts in Noble’s sister company Cascade Cart Solutions, in addition to other products.

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KLAW Industries LLC

KLAW Industries, accepted as a ROADS Team, is addressing the MRF glass waste stream by developing and scaling a process to remove contamination from MRF glass and in turn using recycled glass as a partial replacement for cement in concrete.

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Technisoil Industrial

Technisoil International (NeoPave) initiative aims to pilot roads made using plastic waste in Michigan through partnership with Emmet and St. Clair Counties.

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GAIA Analytical Sciences

GAIA Analytical Sciences is developing a novel method for rapid road repair based on a cold pour method which includes a high percentage of scrap tire rubber in the mixture.

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American Classic Construction and Supply

Currently, there are only 2 locations in the state of Michigan that grind asphalt shingles. American Classic Construction & Supply is pursuing the development of a portable grinding operation to service all of Michigan.

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Rampf Group Inc | Northville, MI

Rampf Group Inc. seeks to test the efficacy of Hot Melt Adhesives, produced from recycled PET, mixed with Asphalt. The pilot will help fill potholes and repair roads in rural parts of Michigan.

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Pink Elephant Events | Detroit, MI

Pink Elephant seeks to expand zero-waste event services in Southeast Michigan to recover valuable materials for marketing and diversion from the landfill. This can expand the supply of sought-after materials, such as Cardboard, Aluminum cans, and PET bottles while directing glass and organic waste to recovery pathways.

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