CLOSED: Beyond the Bag Challenge

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28/07/2020

City	New York
Challenge owner	Beyond the Bag Initiative Managing Partner: Closed Loop Partners Founding Partners: CVS Health, Target and Walmart Innovation Partner: OpenIDEO
Challenge website	https://www.openideo.com/challenge-briefs/beyond-the-bag-challenge?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=beyond-the-bag
Challenge award	Winning solutions are eligible to receive a portion of $1 million in funding and to participate in the Beyond the Bag Accelerator to access potential piloting opportunities
Theme / Sector	Circular Economy
Challenge blurb	How might we transport goods from retailer to destination in a way that is compatible with diverse retail systems, delivers ease and convenience for customers, and reduces environmental impact?
Challenge description	The Beyond the Bag Challenge aims to identify innovative new design solutions that serve the function of today’s single-use plastic retail bag, delivering ease and convenience for consumers while striving to lessen the impact on the environment. Successful solutions will strive to be compatible in diverse retail environments, deliver the ease and convenience of the single-use plastic bag, and reduce or eliminate the environmental impact. Solutions will address the packaging that transports products from point of sale to final customer destination. The Challenge is not seeking solutions to address inter-region shipping or long-distance delivery.
Open for submissions	Submission is closed.
Deadline for submissions	October 2nd 2020
Finalist announcements	November 30th 2020
Who can apply	Individuals, teams of individuals, and legal entities from all countries and territories are welcome and encouraged to participate Register through the OpenIDEO website

For application assistance: Contact Danish Cleantech Hub New York or Project Manager Mille Munksgaard mimu@di.dk