Watch a short recap of the 2024 Summer Showcase.

Recording of Phil Roos, director of Michigan EGLE, delivering keynote address during the NextCycle Michigan Summer 2024 Showcase.

In early June, 15 new teams began their cohort with NextCycle Michigan. Learn about the recycling, composting, repair, reuse, and end market development projects these teams will advance over the next six months, culminating with a pitch showcase in Oct 2024.

The NextCycle Michigan Summer Showcase put the spotlight on 17 teams as they pitched their reuse, recycling, composting, and recycled-content projects. Read more to learn about the big winners!

Thirty people representing the new cohort of entrepreneurs, small business owners, non-profits and community leaders entered the immersive two-day Accelerator Academy, jumpstarting project development through interactive group exercises and one-on-one coaching, along with a bit of self-reflection.

17 teams have been selected to participate in the next accelerator cohort focused on advancing solutions for organic material recovery and innovative technologies for recycling.

SHAPE aims to solve packaging waste pollution by transforming existing practices and developing sustainable materials and designs that align with collection, sorting, recycling, and upcycling used packaging.

After six months of business and technical support, mentoring, and planning, teams pitched their recycling, reuse, and composting projects vying for prizes totaling $50,000.

The event included workshops and sessions to support 14 teams in further developing their businesses and projects focused on recycling, recovery, and reuse initiatives.

14 teams have been selected to participate in NextCycle Michigan accelerator tracks focused on improving recycling supply chains (RSC) and supporting intergovernmental initiatives & public-private partnerships (I2P3).

After having received months of business and technical support, mentoring, and planning to accelerate their circular economy projects, 15 teams presented at the celebratory showcase hosted at TechTown Detroit’s Industry Innovation Center on April 20, 2023.

This two-day event included workshops and sessions, networking, and coaching for the new NextCycle teams. A broad range of topics was covered, from the teams’ work-to-date to permitting; from DEI to sales and marketing; and from building partnerships to business canvassing.

NEXTCYCLE MICHIGAN ANNOUNCES 16 TEAMS FOR INNOVATION CHALLENGE PROGRAMS

The NextCycle Showcase is the closing milestone for participating teams and an opportunity to highlight the innovative initiatives accelerated through the program which are advancing recycling, recovery, and reuse projects across Michigan.

The Showcase & Pitch Competition distributed $30,000 in awards as 15 teams pitched Michigan-based projects focused on recycling technology and organic recovery initiatives.

A recent article published by Recycling Today talks about the evolution of recycling market development and how the time is right for the U.S. to take action.

Article from Resource Recycling magazine highlighting opportunities in Michigan to recover more organic material currently going to landfill and the teams in the first FLOWS cohort.