The Delaware Solid Waste Authority Waste & Recycling Innovation Prize Grant
In context
This call is open to startups, small and medium-sized businesses and non-profits and 4 others, at idea and R&D stage, prototype and pilot stage and pre-seed. Funding is a prize or award. Coverage is read from the notice itself: United States.
This is a topical innovation prize awarded by Diamond Challenge to teams developing advancements in waste management or recycling that promote sustainability. It targets entrepreneurs and innovators at any stage working on waste and recycling solutions.
About this grant
The Diamond Challenge is an entrepreneurship competition for high school students worldwide. Students build business and social venture ideas addressing real-world problems they are passionate about, and teams with the most promising ideas receive prize funding to develop their venture or support higher education aspirations. The programme aims to build entrepreneurial skills, networks and feedback opportunities for young innovators. The Delaware Solid Waste Authority Waste & Recycling Innovation Prize is one of several topical prizes within the competition. It is awarded to teams that develop an advancement in the waste or recycling industry that fosters sustainability within both the community and the environment. Topical prizes sit alongside the grand prizes in business and social innovation tracks, which are presented by CSC and award $12,000 for 1st place, $8,000 for 2nd and $4,500 for 3rd. The page does not state a specific dollar amount for the Waste & Recycling Innovation Prize itself, nor a separate application deadline for it. Overall, the competition is described as offering more than $100,000 in awards.
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Eligibility
The competition invites high school students worldwide to participate as teams. The page describes the competition as open to students globally, with the grand prizes split into business and social innovation tracks. No specific eligibility rules for the Waste & Recycling Innovation Prize are stated beyond the general high school student focus.
How it's scored
The Waste & Recycling Innovation Prize is awarded to teams that develop an advancement in the waste or recycling industry that fosters sustainability within the community and environment. No scoring weightings, rubric or panel composition for this prize are described on the page. The page notes that participants receive feedback and that the platform draws on 2,000+ mentors, judges, speakers and workshop leaders.
Key requirements
- ✓Team must develop an advancement or innovation in waste or recycling industry
- ✓Project must foster sustainability within community and environment
- ✓Submission to Diamond Challenge (specific application process and timeline required)
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Frequently asked questions
- Who can apply for The Delaware Solid Waste Authority Waste & Recycling Innovation Prize?
- Eligibility covers organisations in US; startup, sme, nonprofit, social-enterprise, university, individual, consortium. See the eligibility criteria above for the full conditions.
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About this sector
Circular economy funding supports reuse, repair, remanufacturing, product redesign and secondary materials markets. Grants tend to back pilots with businesses and local authorities, while tenders buy collection, sorting and recovery services. Applicants are usually asked to show the material flows involved and who will buy the recovered output.
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