User:Green Alley Award/Green Alley Award

= Green Alley Award = The Green Alley Award is Europe’s first startup prize for the circular economy. It was created in 2014 by Landbell Group, a supplier of global environmental services, along with Germany’s crowdfunding platform, Seedmatch.

Over time, more partners have joined – Bethnal Green Ventures, a UK accelerator programme for tech startups, and R2Pi, an EU Horizon 2020 project on circular economy business models.

2018
Aeropowder uses waste feathers from the poultry industry to produce sustainable thermal packaging. After cleaning and treatment, the feathers are covered in a certified, compostable food grade liner. This textile is called pluumo and serves as an environmental-friendly alternative to conventional polystyrene packaging, PE-foams or thermal foil.

Finalists: Circular IQ, ecoplasteam, MIWA, refurbed, Superseven

2017
In 2014, over 160 kilograms of packaging waste was generated per inhabitant in the EU, most of which was plastic. As an alternative, the Finnish startup Sulapac has invented an eco-packaging, which is 100% biodegradable, made from wood and natural adhesives.

Finalists: Sustonable, Mimergy, Solmove, Sulfotools, Newcy

2016
There is no escaping air pollution which is why the German startup Green City Solutions invented CityTree, a solar powered installation consisting of moss cultures that filters the air in cities.

Finalists: Glowee, Mimica (former Design by Sol), Das TiffinProjekt, restado, ResQ Club

2015
5,000,000 tons of waste per year are generated from plasterboard offcuts, a complex toxic waste. Adaptavate from the UK developed Breathaboard, an eco-friendly alternative to plasterboard. The paneling is made of 75 percent agricultural waste and regulates moisture.

Finalists: Infarm, binee, Entocycle, Votechnik, Solstrøm

2014
RePack from Helsinki reduces packaging waste in e-commerce by creating a multipath system for reusable packaging. FoodLoop from Cologne uses a mobile app to tackle the vast amount of food waste – 550,000 tons annually in Germany. GreenLab Berlin recycles the waste from cocoa production into a vegan and organic fertilizer.

Finalists: Pandacup, kaputt.de, Original Unverpackt

Landbell Group
Landbell Group is an international supplier of service and consulting solutions for environmental and chemical compliance. The aim is to reduce the complexity of extended producer responsibility legislation, as well as other product and packaging related requirements, for producers and distributors. Landbell Group is comprised of six international brands, including the European Recycling Platform (ERP), H2 Compliance and Prodigentia.

R2Pi – “tRansition from linear 2 circular: Policy and Innovation”
R2Pi – “tRansition from linear 2 circular: Policy and Innovation” is a three-year project within the environment theme of Horizon 2020. R2Pi examines ways to shift from the broad concept of a Circular Economy (CE) to one of Circular Economy Business Models (CEBM) while searching for both market failures and policy failure that hinder the broad implementation, use, and acceptance of CEBMs.

Seedmatch
Seedmatch is a German crowdfunding platform for startup investments. To date there have already been around 124 financing rounds on Seedmatch since the launch in 2011 – whilst collecting around 45 million Euros.

Bethnal Green Ventures
Bethnal Green Ventures is a leading early-stage ‘tech for good’ investor and accelerator who builds a global community of tech startups and founders. They provide social impact and financial returns. Since 2012 Bethnal Green Ventures backed over 200 startups with a social purpose through their accelerator programme.