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About the America Recycles Innovation Fair
The America Recycles Innovation Fair was held on November 14, 2019 and showcased recent advances in recycling technology, product development and materials usage. Exhibitors showcased new recyclable products, goods made from recycled content, innovative education and communication methods or materials that promote more effective recycling, recycling and manufacturing research, and new technologies that are advancing recycling today and into the future. The Innovation Fair connected the public as well as potential investors with recycling innovators, thereby spurring market development and adoption of new technologies that increase recycling rates as well as create new products comprised of post-recycled content.
Organizations helping to improve the recycling system through innovative research, new technologies, and processes, education and outreach, or recycled-content products were invited to apply to be an exhibitor at the America Recycles Innovation Fair on November 14, 2019 from 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm Eastern time (ET) in the Pavilion Room of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center located at 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, 20004. The Innovation Fair was open to the public.
List of Exhibitors
Organization Name | Short Description |
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AMP Robotics | Advanced artificial intelligence guided robotics |
Axion | Composite rail ties and construction products sourced from waste |
Berry Global | Sustainable packaging solutions |
Colgate | Recyclable toothpaste tube |
Continuus Materials | Composite building material from mixed paper and plastic |
Critical Materials Institute, Ames Laboratory | Acid-free hydrometallurgical process for recovering rare earth elements from e-wastes |
CTC Foundation | High-temperature gasification of unsorted plastics to yield a syngas |
DC Department of Public Works | Waste Less, Recycle More outreach campaign |
Don't Waste Durham | Demonstrating the role of technology in the advancement of recycling |
Eco Teen Action Network’s Plastics Hub | Teen-led project of the Smithsonian Conservation Commons and the Global Co Lab Network that is proposing a reusable take-out container program in the DC-Maryland-Virginia (DMV) area |
EcoRich Elite II | Industrial composters that can be used in on-site composting on a large scale |
End of Waste Foundation | Uses blockchain technology to subsidize losses for Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs) and glass processors through contributions by environmentally-conscious businesses and consumers |
First Solar, Inc. | Enabling a circular economy through high-value recycling for thin-film photovoltaics |
Food Rescue | A tool that helps students log, personalize, and prevent food waste |
GO Box | User-friendly software and durable hardware that empowers food vendors and their customers to choose reusables that eliminate single-use plastic containers and cups |
Hallotex | Collects old textiles, shreds the garments and upcycles garments currently viewed as waste into new textile fibers |
Igloo | World’s first cooler made from biodegradable materials |
Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries | Safe, economically sustainable, and environmentally responsible recycling through networking, advocacy, and education |
Interior Removal Specialist | Furniture removal and recycling program |
Keep America Beautiful | Three innovative recycling initiatives launched in 2019 |
Keurig Dr. Pepper | Recyclable K-Cup® pods |
Machinex Industries | SamurAI®, a sorting robot that employs artificial intelligence to identify materials |
MariMatic Oy | Pneumatic waste collection system – collects waste via vacuum through underground pipes |
Maryland Environmental Service | Variety of innovative and effective recycling programs |
Materials Recovery for the Future | First curbside recycling pilot program in U.S. to research flexible plastic packaging with other single-stream materials |
Mattress Recycling Council | Recycling 1.5 million mattresses a year through Bye Bye Mattress program |
MSW Consultants | The GAP System: a customizable platform for characterizing recyclables |
Nestlé | Poland Spring: on track to be the first major bottled water brand in the U.S. to convert its portfolio to 100% recycled plastic |
Pennsylvania Recycling Markets Center (RMC) | A non-profit with a mission to reduce or eliminate barriers that lead to new expanded end uses for Pennsylvania’s recycled materials |
Plastics Industry Association | Innovative model for exploring new end market opportunities for recycled plastics |
Pour Away | Liquid recycling system that separates liquids from trash before disposal/recycling |
ReCell Center - Argonne National Laboratory | Advanced battery recycling research and development program |
Recycle Across America | Society-wide standardized labels for recycling bins |
Recycle Coach | Recycling education made fun, engaging, and memorable |
RecycleGO | Distributed ledger platform bringing transparency to recycling |
Recyclist | Software that takes a data-first approach to offer real-time visibility into recycling programs |
RePolyTex LLC | Processes mixed plastics into fine powder to create construction products |
Revolution | Collects and recycles agricultural plastic to create new products |
Revolution Systems | Equipment that brings recycling to smaller communities |
SCRAPP | A cloud-based, consumer-led initiative to increase participation in recycling |
Solid Waste Association of North America | Educating the public about recycling through education, advocacy, and research |
The Recycling Partnership | Non-profit that leverages corporate funding to transform recycling |
Titus | Secondary MRF to address sorting limitations at primary MRFs |
U.S. EPA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) | Source of early capital for innovative small businesses in the green technology space |
Van Dyk | Newly-built, 18,000-square foot Material Test Center to research and improve recycling |
Questions
Please contact Mya Sjogren (sjogren.mya@epa.gov) or Kristinn Sharpe (sharpe.kristinn@epa.gov) with any questions.
You may need a PDF reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA’s About PDF page to learn more.- Directions to the Pavilion Room (PDF)(1 pg, 206 K)