Materials
Waste-to-Value
Waste-to-Value
[2/10]
SUMMARY
This playbook explores how to convert the massive economic and environmental liability of global waste into a valuable asset. By deploying new technologies, we can unlock a multi-trillion-dollar circular economy and build more resilient supply chains.
Waste-to-Value
[3/10]
CONTEXT
Our modern economy's 'take-make-waste' model is incredibly inefficient. According to the 2024 Circularity Gap Report, over 92% of the materials we use are never cycled back into the economy, creating a massive material leak.
Waste-to-Value
[4/10]
PROBLEM
This waste creates a dual crisis: 1. Environmental Toxicity from non-biodegradable plastics and e-waste. 2. Economic Hemorrhage, with a value leakage from discarded materials estimated in the trillions of dollars globally each year.
Waste-to-Value
[5/10]
SOLUTION
A portfolio of 'Waste-to-Value' (W2V) solutions is emerging to turn this liability into an asset: • Waste-to-Material: Advanced recycling. • Waste-to-Energy: Biogas & gasification. • Waste-to-Nutrients: Composting & insect farming.
Waste-to-Value
[6/10]
CHALLENGES
Scaling W2V faces three core hurdles: 1. Economic Viability vs. cheap virgin materials. 2. Feedstock & Logistics due to fragmented, contaminated waste streams. 3. Technological & Regulatory Gaps that increase risk and CAPEX.
Waste-to-Value
[7/10]
TRENDS
Corporate innovators are systematically dismantling the challenges: • Solving Logistics: Companies like AMP Robotics (AI sorting) and Rubicon (data platforms). • Unlocking Value: Deep tech pioneers like Carbios (enzymatic recycling). • Redesigning Economics: New models like Loop (packaging-as-a-service).
Waste-to-Value
[8/10]
OPPORTUNITY
The transition to a circular economy, powered by W2V, represents a $4.5 trillion global economic opportunity by 2030. This will be unlocked through new markets for secondary materials, job creation, and more resilient supply chains.
Waste-to-Value
[9/10]
THE NEED
A coordinated effort is essential: • Investors must deploy catalytic capital. • Policymakers must level the playing field with clear standards. • Corporations must design for circularity and build reverse logistics.
Waste-to-Value
[10/10]
ACT NOW
Join our community of founders and investors at Evolvia unlocking exponential impact in this and several other emergent spaces.
Waste-to-Value
[2/10]
SUMMARY
This playbook explores how to convert the massive economic and environmental liability of global waste into a valuable asset. By deploying new technologies, we can unlock a multi-trillion-dollar circular economy and build more resilient supply chains.
Waste-to-Value
[3/10]
CONTEXT
Our modern economy's 'take-make-waste' model is incredibly inefficient. According to the 2024 Circularity Gap Report, over 92% of the materials we use are never cycled back into the economy, creating a massive material leak.
Waste-to-Value
[4/10]
PROBLEM
This waste creates a dual crisis: 1. Environmental Toxicity from non-biodegradable plastics and e-waste. 2. Economic Hemorrhage, with a value leakage from discarded materials estimated in the trillions of dollars globally each year.
Waste-to-Value
[5/10]
SOLUTION
A portfolio of 'Waste-to-Value' (W2V) solutions is emerging to turn this liability into an asset: • Waste-to-Material: Advanced recycling. • Waste-to-Energy: Biogas & gasification. • Waste-to-Nutrients: Composting & insect farming.
Waste-to-Value
[6/10]
CHALLENGES
Scaling W2V faces three core hurdles: 1. Economic Viability vs. cheap virgin materials. 2. Feedstock & Logistics due to fragmented, contaminated waste streams. 3. Technological & Regulatory Gaps that increase risk and CAPEX.
Waste-to-Value
[7/10]
TRENDS
Corporate innovators are systematically dismantling the challenges: • Solving Logistics: Companies like AMP Robotics (AI sorting) and Rubicon (data platforms). • Unlocking Value: Deep tech pioneers like Carbios (enzymatic recycling). • Redesigning Economics: New models like Loop (packaging-as-a-service).
Waste-to-Value
[8/10]
OPPORTUNITY
The transition to a circular economy, powered by W2V, represents a $4.5 trillion global economic opportunity by 2030. This will be unlocked through new markets for secondary materials, job creation, and more resilient supply chains.
Waste-to-Value
[9/10]
THE NEED
A coordinated effort is essential: • Investors must deploy catalytic capital. • Policymakers must level the playing field with clear standards. • Corporations must design for circularity and build reverse logistics.
Waste-to-Value
[10/10]
ACT NOW
Join our community of founders and investors at Evolvia unlocking exponential impact in this and several other emergent spaces.
Waste-to-Value
[2/10]
SUMMARY
This playbook explores how to convert the massive economic and environmental liability of global waste into a valuable asset. By deploying new technologies, we can unlock a multi-trillion-dollar circular economy and build more resilient supply chains.
Waste-to-Value
[3/10]
CONTEXT
Our modern economy's 'take-make-waste' model is incredibly inefficient. According to the 2024 Circularity Gap Report, over 92% of the materials we use are never cycled back into the economy, creating a massive material leak.
Waste-to-Value
[4/10]
PROBLEM
This waste creates a dual crisis: 1. Environmental Toxicity from non-biodegradable plastics and e-waste. 2. Economic Hemorrhage, with a value leakage from discarded materials estimated in the trillions of dollars globally each year.
Waste-to-Value
[5/10]
SOLUTION
A portfolio of 'Waste-to-Value' (W2V) solutions is emerging to turn this liability into an asset: • Waste-to-Material: Advanced recycling. • Waste-to-Energy: Biogas & gasification. • Waste-to-Nutrients: Composting & insect farming.
Waste-to-Value
[6/10]
CHALLENGES
Scaling W2V faces three core hurdles: 1. Economic Viability vs. cheap virgin materials. 2. Feedstock & Logistics due to fragmented, contaminated waste streams. 3. Technological & Regulatory Gaps that increase risk and CAPEX.
Waste-to-Value
[7/10]
TRENDS
Corporate innovators are systematically dismantling the challenges: • Solving Logistics: Companies like AMP Robotics (AI sorting) and Rubicon (data platforms). • Unlocking Value: Deep tech pioneers like Carbios (enzymatic recycling). • Redesigning Economics: New models like Loop (packaging-as-a-service).
Waste-to-Value
[8/10]
OPPORTUNITY
The transition to a circular economy, powered by W2V, represents a $4.5 trillion global economic opportunity by 2030. This will be unlocked through new markets for secondary materials, job creation, and more resilient supply chains.
Waste-to-Value
[9/10]
THE NEED
A coordinated effort is essential: • Investors must deploy catalytic capital. • Policymakers must level the playing field with clear standards. • Corporations must design for circularity and build reverse logistics.
Waste-to-Value
[10/10]
ACT NOW
Join our community of founders and investors at Evolvia unlocking exponential impact in this and several other emergent spaces.
Waste-to-Value
[2/10]
SUMMARY
This playbook explores how to convert the massive economic and environmental liability of global waste into a valuable asset. By deploying new technologies, we can unlock a multi-trillion-dollar circular economy and build more resilient supply chains.
Waste-to-Value
[3/10]
CONTEXT
Our modern economy's 'take-make-waste' model is incredibly inefficient. According to the 2024 Circularity Gap Report, over 92% of the materials we use are never cycled back into the economy, creating a massive material leak.
Waste-to-Value
[4/10]
PROBLEM
This waste creates a dual crisis: 1. Environmental Toxicity from non-biodegradable plastics and e-waste. 2. Economic Hemorrhage, with a value leakage from discarded materials estimated in the trillions of dollars globally each year.
Waste-to-Value
[5/10]
SOLUTION
A portfolio of 'Waste-to-Value' (W2V) solutions is emerging to turn this liability into an asset: • Waste-to-Material: Advanced recycling. • Waste-to-Energy: Biogas & gasification. • Waste-to-Nutrients: Composting & insect farming.
Waste-to-Value
[6/10]
CHALLENGES
Scaling W2V faces three core hurdles: 1. Economic Viability vs. cheap virgin materials. 2. Feedstock & Logistics due to fragmented, contaminated waste streams. 3. Technological & Regulatory Gaps that increase risk and CAPEX.
Waste-to-Value
[7/10]
TRENDS
Corporate innovators are systematically dismantling the challenges: • Solving Logistics: Companies like AMP Robotics (AI sorting) and Rubicon (data platforms). • Unlocking Value: Deep tech pioneers like Carbios (enzymatic recycling). • Redesigning Economics: New models like Loop (packaging-as-a-service).
Waste-to-Value
[8/10]
OPPORTUNITY
The transition to a circular economy, powered by W2V, represents a $4.5 trillion global economic opportunity by 2030. This will be unlocked through new markets for secondary materials, job creation, and more resilient supply chains.
Waste-to-Value
[9/10]
THE NEED
A coordinated effort is essential: • Investors must deploy catalytic capital. • Policymakers must level the playing field with clear standards. • Corporations must design for circularity and build reverse logistics.
Waste-to-Value
[10/10]
ACT NOW
Join our community of founders and investors at Evolvia unlocking exponential impact in this and several other emergent spaces.
Waste-to-Value
[2/10]
SUMMARY
This playbook explores how to convert the massive economic and environmental liability of global waste into a valuable asset. By deploying new technologies, we can unlock a multi-trillion-dollar circular economy and build more resilient supply chains.
Waste-to-Value
[3/10]
CONTEXT
Our modern economy's 'take-make-waste' model is incredibly inefficient. According to the 2024 Circularity Gap Report, over 92% of the materials we use are never cycled back into the economy, creating a massive material leak.
Waste-to-Value
[4/10]
PROBLEM
This waste creates a dual crisis: 1. Environmental Toxicity from non-biodegradable plastics and e-waste. 2. Economic Hemorrhage, with a value leakage from discarded materials estimated in the trillions of dollars globally each year.
Waste-to-Value
[5/10]
SOLUTION
A portfolio of 'Waste-to-Value' (W2V) solutions is emerging to turn this liability into an asset: • Waste-to-Material: Advanced recycling. • Waste-to-Energy: Biogas & gasification. • Waste-to-Nutrients: Composting & insect farming.
Waste-to-Value
[6/10]
CHALLENGES
Scaling W2V faces three core hurdles: 1. Economic Viability vs. cheap virgin materials. 2. Feedstock & Logistics due to fragmented, contaminated waste streams. 3. Technological & Regulatory Gaps that increase risk and CAPEX.
Waste-to-Value
[7/10]
TRENDS
Corporate innovators are systematically dismantling the challenges: • Solving Logistics: Companies like AMP Robotics (AI sorting) and Rubicon (data platforms). • Unlocking Value: Deep tech pioneers like Carbios (enzymatic recycling). • Redesigning Economics: New models like Loop (packaging-as-a-service).
Waste-to-Value
[8/10]
OPPORTUNITY
The transition to a circular economy, powered by W2V, represents a $4.5 trillion global economic opportunity by 2030. This will be unlocked through new markets for secondary materials, job creation, and more resilient supply chains.
Waste-to-Value
[9/10]
THE NEED
A coordinated effort is essential: • Investors must deploy catalytic capital. • Policymakers must level the playing field with clear standards. • Corporations must design for circularity and build reverse logistics.
Waste-to-Value
[10/10]
ACT NOW
Join our community of founders and investors at Evolvia unlocking exponential impact in this and several other emergent spaces.
Waste-to-Value
[2/10]
SUMMARY
This playbook explores how to convert the massive economic and environmental liability of global waste into a valuable asset. By deploying new technologies, we can unlock a multi-trillion-dollar circular economy and build more resilient supply chains.
Waste-to-Value
[3/10]
CONTEXT
Our modern economy's 'take-make-waste' model is incredibly inefficient. According to the 2024 Circularity Gap Report, over 92% of the materials we use are never cycled back into the economy, creating a massive material leak.
Waste-to-Value
[4/10]
PROBLEM
This waste creates a dual crisis: 1. Environmental Toxicity from non-biodegradable plastics and e-waste. 2. Economic Hemorrhage, with a value leakage from discarded materials estimated in the trillions of dollars globally each year.
Waste-to-Value
[5/10]
SOLUTION
A portfolio of 'Waste-to-Value' (W2V) solutions is emerging to turn this liability into an asset: • Waste-to-Material: Advanced recycling. • Waste-to-Energy: Biogas & gasification. • Waste-to-Nutrients: Composting & insect farming.
Waste-to-Value
[6/10]
CHALLENGES
Scaling W2V faces three core hurdles: 1. Economic Viability vs. cheap virgin materials. 2. Feedstock & Logistics due to fragmented, contaminated waste streams. 3. Technological & Regulatory Gaps that increase risk and CAPEX.
Waste-to-Value
[7/10]
TRENDS
Corporate innovators are systematically dismantling the challenges: • Solving Logistics: Companies like AMP Robotics (AI sorting) and Rubicon (data platforms). • Unlocking Value: Deep tech pioneers like Carbios (enzymatic recycling). • Redesigning Economics: New models like Loop (packaging-as-a-service).
Waste-to-Value
[8/10]
OPPORTUNITY
The transition to a circular economy, powered by W2V, represents a $4.5 trillion global economic opportunity by 2030. This will be unlocked through new markets for secondary materials, job creation, and more resilient supply chains.
Waste-to-Value
[9/10]
THE NEED
A coordinated effort is essential: • Investors must deploy catalytic capital. • Policymakers must level the playing field with clear standards. • Corporations must design for circularity and build reverse logistics.
Waste-to-Value
[10/10]
ACT NOW
Join our community of founders and investors at Evolvia unlocking exponential impact in this and several other emergent spaces.
Waste-to-Value
[2/10]
SUMMARY
This playbook explores how to convert the massive economic and environmental liability of global waste into a valuable asset. By deploying new technologies, we can unlock a multi-trillion-dollar circular economy and build more resilient supply chains.
Waste-to-Value
[3/10]
CONTEXT
Our modern economy's 'take-make-waste' model is incredibly inefficient. According to the 2024 Circularity Gap Report, over 92% of the materials we use are never cycled back into the economy, creating a massive material leak.
Waste-to-Value
[4/10]
PROBLEM
This waste creates a dual crisis: 1. Environmental Toxicity from non-biodegradable plastics and e-waste. 2. Economic Hemorrhage, with a value leakage from discarded materials estimated in the trillions of dollars globally each year.
Waste-to-Value
[5/10]
SOLUTION
A portfolio of 'Waste-to-Value' (W2V) solutions is emerging to turn this liability into an asset: • Waste-to-Material: Advanced recycling. • Waste-to-Energy: Biogas & gasification. • Waste-to-Nutrients: Composting & insect farming.
Waste-to-Value
[6/10]
CHALLENGES
Scaling W2V faces three core hurdles: 1. Economic Viability vs. cheap virgin materials. 2. Feedstock & Logistics due to fragmented, contaminated waste streams. 3. Technological & Regulatory Gaps that increase risk and CAPEX.
Waste-to-Value
[7/10]
TRENDS
Corporate innovators are systematically dismantling the challenges: • Solving Logistics: Companies like AMP Robotics (AI sorting) and Rubicon (data platforms). • Unlocking Value: Deep tech pioneers like Carbios (enzymatic recycling). • Redesigning Economics: New models like Loop (packaging-as-a-service).
Waste-to-Value
[8/10]
OPPORTUNITY
The transition to a circular economy, powered by W2V, represents a $4.5 trillion global economic opportunity by 2030. This will be unlocked through new markets for secondary materials, job creation, and more resilient supply chains.
Waste-to-Value
[9/10]
THE NEED
A coordinated effort is essential: • Investors must deploy catalytic capital. • Policymakers must level the playing field with clear standards. • Corporations must design for circularity and build reverse logistics.
Waste-to-Value
[10/10]
ACT NOW
Join our community of founders and investors at Evolvia unlocking exponential impact in this and several other emergent spaces.
Waste-to-Value
[2/10]
SUMMARY
This playbook explores how to convert the massive economic and environmental liability of global waste into a valuable asset. By deploying new technologies, we can unlock a multi-trillion-dollar circular economy and build more resilient supply chains.
Waste-to-Value
[3/10]
CONTEXT
Our modern economy's 'take-make-waste' model is incredibly inefficient. According to the 2024 Circularity Gap Report, over 92% of the materials we use are never cycled back into the economy, creating a massive material leak.
Waste-to-Value
[4/10]
PROBLEM
This waste creates a dual crisis: 1. Environmental Toxicity from non-biodegradable plastics and e-waste. 2. Economic Hemorrhage, with a value leakage from discarded materials estimated in the trillions of dollars globally each year.
Waste-to-Value
[5/10]
SOLUTION
A portfolio of 'Waste-to-Value' (W2V) solutions is emerging to turn this liability into an asset: • Waste-to-Material: Advanced recycling. • Waste-to-Energy: Biogas & gasification. • Waste-to-Nutrients: Composting & insect farming.
Waste-to-Value
[6/10]
CHALLENGES
Scaling W2V faces three core hurdles: 1. Economic Viability vs. cheap virgin materials. 2. Feedstock & Logistics due to fragmented, contaminated waste streams. 3. Technological & Regulatory Gaps that increase risk and CAPEX.
Waste-to-Value
[7/10]
TRENDS
Corporate innovators are systematically dismantling the challenges: • Solving Logistics: Companies like AMP Robotics (AI sorting) and Rubicon (data platforms). • Unlocking Value: Deep tech pioneers like Carbios (enzymatic recycling). • Redesigning Economics: New models like Loop (packaging-as-a-service).
Waste-to-Value
[8/10]
OPPORTUNITY
The transition to a circular economy, powered by W2V, represents a $4.5 trillion global economic opportunity by 2030. This will be unlocked through new markets for secondary materials, job creation, and more resilient supply chains.
Waste-to-Value
[9/10]
THE NEED
A coordinated effort is essential: • Investors must deploy catalytic capital. • Policymakers must level the playing field with clear standards. • Corporations must design for circularity and build reverse logistics.
Waste-to-Value
[10/10]
ACT NOW
Join our community of founders and investors at Evolvia unlocking exponential impact in this and several other emergent spaces.
This playbook explores how to convert the massive economic and environmental liability of global waste into a valuable asset. By deploying new technologies, we can unlock a multi-trillion-dollar circular economy and build more resilient supply chains.
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