Re-X Earlier than Recycling Prize To Prolong the Lifetimes of Manufactured Merchandise

By Imran Last updated Jan 15, 2025

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Ten groups obtain a collective $1.5 million and Part 3 opens to returning rivals.

Newest Announcement

The U.S. Division of Power’s (DOE’s) Superior Supplies and Manufacturing Applied sciences Workplace (AMMTO) immediately introduced the Part 2 winners of the Re-X Earlier than Recycling Prize, a contest to determine, put together, and develop modern methods to increase the lifetimes of merchandise or elements by way of reusing, repairing, refurbishing, remanufacturing, or repurposing (“Re-X”) earlier than pursuing recycling. From residence items and headlights to furnishings and meals service objects, these artistic initiatives purpose to cut back life cycle power and emissions, strengthen round provide chains, and reduce the demand for virgin supplies.

Throughout Part 2, rivals leveraged nationwide laboratory skilled evaluation, refined their plans to additional their improvements towards provide chain implementation, and cultivated a community of mentors and companions to optimize the neighborhood impression potential of their initiatives.

“The Part 2 winners now have the chance to place their plans into motion to advance our nation’s round financial system,” stated AMMTO Director Chris Saldaña. “The impacts of those Re-X initiatives will strengthen regional manufacturing provide chains, enhance U.S. safety of provide, create jobs, and cut back environmental burdens.”

Every Part 2 winner will obtain $150,000 in money and as much as $100,000 in technical help from a DOE nationwide laboratory. In complete, the Re-X Earlier than Recycling Prize has a money pool of $4.5 million, plus as much as $1.1 million in nationwide laboratory evaluation session and technical help.

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Part 3 Opens

The prize’s third and remaining section is now open to returning rivals. Throughout this section, rivals will exhibit substantial progress in direction of implementing their innovation in a viable Re-X provide chain, whereas constructing ecosystem partnerships via neighborhood engagement and creating an actionable plan to proceed their mission past the prize interval. Part 3 submissions are due by 5 p.m ET on Dec. 8, 2025.

Description

In January 2025, the U.S. Division of Power (DOE) introduced that 10 groups from seven states and Washington, D.C., received Part 2: Put together! of the Re-X Earlier than Recycling Prize. Part 3: Develop! is open to returning contributors solely.

DOE introduced the launch of the Re-X Earlier than Recycling Prize on Nov. 27, 2023. This three-phase competitors is designed to develop modern methods to increase the lifetimes of merchandise or elements by way of reusing, repairing, refurbishing, remanufacturing, or repurposing (“Re-X”) end-of-use merchandise earlier than recycling.

By stimulating novel concepts and personal funding in round financial system approaches, the initiatives developed via this prize will cut back life cycle power and emissions, strengthen round provide chains for rising clear power applied sciences, and reduce the demand for virgin supplies.

The Re-X Earlier than Recycling Prize is led by DOE’s Workplace of Power Effectivity and Renewable Power’s Superior Supplies and Manufacturing Applied sciences Workplace (AMMTO) and managed by the Nationwide Renewable Power Laboratory. Go to the Re-X Earlier than Recycling Prize web page on the American-Made program web site for extra info.

Improvements that allow new or expanded Re-X provide chains also can have interaction communities and labor, advance range, fairness, inclusion, and accessibility, and assist implement the White Home Justice40 Initiative. As well as, this prize will additional the Biden-Harris administration’s clear power aim of reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Comply with the Re-X Earlier than Recycling Prize on the official competitors platform to study extra about ongoing competitor actions. Go to the Re-X Earlier than Recycling Prize web page on the American-Made program web site for extra info. Discover out extra about prizes and competitions from DOE’s Workplace of Power Effectivity and Renewable Power.

You may examine Part 1 and Part 2 winners right here.