Circular economy project accelerator serving businesses and communities.

Business and technical support network for Washington State.

What is the circular economy?

How we support circular economies

  • Accelerate

    Providing technical support to help accelerate teams that will improve the state’s circular economy to an investment-ready status.

  • Regenerate

    Developing equitable local economies while reducing waste, keeping materials in use longer, and regenerating natural systems.

  • Nurture

    Nurturing projects that incorporate waste prevention, repair, reuse, recycling, and/or composting models.

Watch a recap of the inaugural year of NextCycle Washington.

Pitch Showcase Recap

On September 23, 2024, NextCycle Washington Circular Accelerator teams pitched their repair, reuse, recycling, composting, and end use projects to a panel of judges and 100+ audience members. Watch a video recap of the event to see how these teams are making an impact on Washington’s circular economy.

Learn more about the organizations that make up participating teams: TEAMS

NextCycle Washington Teams

  • Book Hill Group

    Designing products, such as garment bags and household accessories, for laundry, textiles, and wardrobes that will utilize recycled content.

  • Birch Biosciences

    Developed a recycling approach for plastic using enzymes to depolymerize plastic, starting with non-bottle PET.

  • Community Gearbox

    An app that facilitates the sharing, co-ownership, and mobilization of products that would otherwise be thrown away or left unused and prevents the purchase of new, community-redundant items.

  • Duwamish Valley Sustainability Association

    A youth-led team developing an engineered solution using anaerobic digestion to generate low-carbon, sustainable fuel while building community capacity.

  • GeerGarage

    An online company that facilitates the peer-to-peer rental of outdoor gear by matching renters with available products.

  • Glacier

    Building AI-enabled robots that automate sorting, making recycling lower cost and more effective for recycling facilities of all sizes and budgets.

  • Glass Packaging Institute

    Working to improve the feasibility and economics of recycling glass in underserved and more rural areas of Washington State.

  • Ground2ground Glass

    Expanding efforts to process glass into a natural sand substitute in Walla Valley, Washington.

  • Just Right Bite

    Creating an insect-based pet food that is circular in nature.

  • Okapi Reusables

    Operating a reusable cup network at cafes and coffee shops.

  • Regenerated Textiles

    Seattle-based circular economy for textile waste - transforming landfill-bound clothing into new materials.

  • Restaurant 2 Garden

    A decentralized, hyperlocal system that composts local restaurant food waste into fertilizer and redistributes it to community gardens.

  • South King Tool Library

    Expanding the “Tool Library in a Box” model in South King County.

SEE ALL TEAMS

 NextCycle Washington is an initiative of:

 

Special thanks to the following organizations for supporting the development of NextCycle Washington and the success of Cohort 1.

 

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