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