Ten teams were just named winners of Phase 1 of the competition! Each team will now receive $50,000 in cash and $30,000 in technical assistance from a U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory.
The following teams have proposed innovative and promising solutions that will substantially increase the amount of critical materials recovered from domestic electronic-scrap waste streams:
- Infinite Elements Inc., El Paso, Texas
- Garner, Roseville, California
- Tikal Industries, Chicago, Illinois
- RareTerra, Berkeley, California
- Insource Materials Collective, Rancho Palos Verdes, California
- Critical Materials Recycling, Boone, Iowa
- GaCycle, West Lafayette, Indiana
- Su Research Group UIUC, Urbana, Illinois
- Intel-E-Waste LLC, State College, Pennsylvania
- Galvanix, Cleveland, Ohio.
Read the announcement from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office to learn more about prize winners and their concepts.
Phase 2 of the competition is now open to both new competitors and Phase 1 winners. In this phase, competitors will prototype and create a techno-economic strategy for their innovation for the chance to win $150,000. Phase 2 submissions are due September 9, 2025, at 5 p.m. Eastern Time.
