In 2018, e-Zinc demonstrated through a Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) project that a 50-watt air-zinc battery could act as long-term storage for solar energy. e-Zinc was looking to scale the technology to a 100-watt cell and improve its system.

GreenMantra Technologies (GMT), based in Brantford, ON, has been working on innovative upcycling technologies, transforming waste polypropylene and polyethylene into to high-value additives for various customer applications.

In the world of resource processing, providers face escalating challenges of overlapping and lower grade sources, sustainability imperatives, and demanding customers. New processes that maximize efficiency and minimize environmental and social impact are essential for the sustainable use of the world’s diminishing resources. Renix’s RenixUIX™ is a transformational chemistry platform that solves emerging challenges, helping companies and their communities thrive together.

Carmina de Young has been designing and producing garments since 2015. In 2020, it retooled and pivoted into producing medical isolation gowns for Canada, and CY Health was born. That same year, CY Health and its partners launched the LifeCycle PPE initiative.

CY Health and its LifeCycle PPE partners have a vision to create a circular economy of PPE products in Canada that will both strengthen their local economy with job creation and support domestic production of essential PPE.

Founded in Toronto in 2016, Li-Cycle is an industry-leading lithium-ion battery resource recovery company on a mission to leverage its innovative Spoke & Hub technologies to provide a customer-centric, end-of-life solution for lithium-ion batteries, while creating a secondary supply of critical battery materials.