Solve the Plastic Crisis: Design a Circular Future with Net Impact!

We need innovative leaders like you to imagine how we can craft a truly circular economy! Industry-leading companies are eager for fresh, out-of-the-box thinking to push the plastics industry to become more circular, at scale. In an effort towards making progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goal 12: Responsible Production and Consumption, Net Impact’s Circular Plastics Challenge calls upon innovators, systems-thinkers, and practitioners from all walks of life and levels of study to consider:

Eligibility Criteria

• Undergraduate students, graduate students, and professionals from around the world are all welcome to apply.

• Teams must have two to four members. Teams of one are not allowed.

• Existing businesses and startups who are currently worth or raised more than $100,000 in capital are ineligible to participate. 
  
  

Timeline

2024 Program Timeline  

December 2023: Program Launch - Challenge Brief is live

March 8, 2024: Early Submission Deadline 

Week of March 18, 2024: Industry Connections Networking Event

March 29, 2024: Final Submission Deadline 

Week of May 6, 2024: Virtual Final Showcase