E-SCRAP Prize
Pays U.S. entrepreneurs up to $800,000 per team, across three phases, to build cheaper ways of recovering critical materials from electronic scrap.
The E-SCRAP Prize is a prize from the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies Office (AMMTO) that pays U.S. entrepreneurs up to $800,000 per team, across three phases, to build cheaper ways of recovering critical materials from electronic scrap — from mobile phones, appliances and office equipment. It looks for partnerships that optimize material separation an…
The prize wants teams working across the e-scrap recycling value chain -- from mobile phones, appliances and office equipment -- who can cut the cost and environmental impact of recovering critical materials before they're discarded. It looks for partnerships that optimize material separation and recovery, tackle a specific technical, supply-chain or logistics hurdle, and grow the domestic circular supply of critical materials.
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