The Beat Waste Startup Challenge is a competition offering $25,000 in cash prizes for businesses and social enterprises that reduce or eliminate waste. It is sponsored by Adventure Ecology, organizers of the Plastiki expedition. The challenge is for early stage ventures seeking funding to grow.

All you need to enter is an elevator pitch and a brief 200 word description (see full brief for details). Crowd voting helps determine the winning entries, and you can find out more about voting here.

A prize pot of $25,000 is available for the winners, as well as an audience with this world renowned panel of judges (Paul Hawken, Graham Hill founder of TreeHugger, too many inspiring names to mention, just check them out!). There is also a $500 prize for the Myoo Create member who provides the best quality of feedback during the Challenge. So everyone should join in, comment, share ideas, and share with your friends.

 

We're looking for enterprises with an innovative and scalable solution to the problem of waste – regardless of whether you're using a for-profit, more-than-profit, or not-for-profit enterprise model. We are talking here about both waste and pollution that ends up in places it shouldn't be, like plastics in the oceans!

 

Your enterprise must be a startup or early stage venture and have received no more than $200,000 in revenue, income or funding up until 31 December 2009.

 

Click here  for more information and to enter.