Congratulations to the 9 #BeyondtheBag Challenge Winners! Our Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag is proud to announce the reuse and refill models, enabling technologies and innovative materials paving a more sustainable future for the retail industry.

The #CompostingConsortium, Coker Composting & Consulting and @BioCycleMag analyzed permitting requirements to upgrade composting facilities to also accept food waste. Learn which East Coast state has the best conditions to upgrade #composting facilities:

@LoopFund is proud to be part of @RECYPartnership's Film & Flexibles Recycling Coalition. Collaboration is needed to advance the recycling of film & flexible packaging. The Coalition brings stakeholders together to make change in the recycling system.

Navigate sustainability challenges at @GreenBiz's #GreenBiz24 (Feb 12-14, Phoenix, AZ), where leaders convene to uncover hands-on, tangible solutions in decarbonization, biodiversity and more. Register today using discount code GB24CLP for 10% off:

We are proud to share that our portfolio company, @ucropit_USA, was named the Overall Challenge Winner of the 2023 THRIVE Global Impact Challenge as well as the winner of the Reducing and Offsetting GHG Emissions category. Read more:

@LoopFund is joining forces with leading IT Asset Management and Disposition provider, Sage Sustainable Electronics, as a majority shareholder in the company. The investment is taking place at a critical time, amidst the rapid growth of #electronic waste.

Today, the #NextGen Consortium published its latest report, shedding light on the challenges & opportunities related to paper cup recycling, and spotlighting success stories to encourage further progress toward a waste-free future for paper cups.

Tazia Smith of @LoopFund will be speaking on October 31 at the Impact Investor Summit: North America in New York to discuss the opportunities and drivers around investing in a circular economy today. Learn more: #circulareconomy #impact #investment

Today, the Consortium to Reinvent the Retail Bag published its 2023 impact report, sharing insights from the last 3 years of advancing a circular future for retail, and laying the groundwork for continued work in the years to come. Read more: #BeyondtheBag

There’s growing awareness of potential unintended consequences of reuse if return rates are not high enough to justify the added durability (and material) that comes with reusable packaging. What is a high enough return rate? Read insights from @LoopFund:

Join Aly Bryan, Ventures Investor at @LoopFund for a conversation at #VERGE23 exploring the issues facing mineral supply chains and how companies can use their influence to support a more resilient supply chain: #circulareconomy #criticalminerals

Modernizing MRFs takes considerable investment. Stephen Klemann of @LoopFund recently spoke on a panel about funding MRF advancements. Learn about how our Closed Loop Infrastructure Group finances scalable #circulareconomy infrastructure and technologies:

For #reuse to be successful, it needs to check a lot of boxes––including being recyclable so that packaging is not wasted when it ends up somewhere other than the return bin. The #NextGen Consortium tested how reusable cups sort at a recycling facility.

VALIS, a company advancing a #circulareconomy for metals, announced an oversubscribed seed investment round led by @LoopFund. The company helps make metal #recycling infrastructure more efficient and reduce emissions associated with metal production.

Read about how our portfolio company, @Molg, enables circular manufacturing for #electronics using robotics and design software to ensure one product’s end is another new beginning: #circulareconomy #ewaste #criticalminerals.

Our friends at #NextCycleMichigan are hosting the 2023 Team Showcase on October 23 at the Treetops Resort in Gaylord. See 13 teams pitching their sustainable, innovative businesses and projects as they compete for judge and audience prizes. Learn more:

Interested in joining our team? We are hiring an Executive Vice President to oversee financial operations of the management company, our Center for the Circular Economy, and Closed Loop Capital Management. Learn more here: #jobalert #jobopportunity

Tazia Smith of @LoopFund spoke at the 2023 Impact Forum by @theGIIN in Copenhagen about investing in and scaling circular economy solutions to address the waste challenge and advance long-term value creation. Read about Closed Loop Partners' impact:

For nearly a decade, @LoopFund's Infrastructure Group has been deploying #catalyticcapital to support collection, sortation, processing, end-manufacturing and enabling technology projects to improve recycling and advance material circularity. Learn more:

Our research on molecular recycling is the result of 18 months of study into the environmental impacts and financial viability of molecular recycling technologies, to help understand how & if these technologies can fit into a circular future for plastics.

“At every stage of the fashion supply chain, there are opportunities for reimagining how we make, sell and consume products,” says Danielle Joseph of @LoopFund. Read about advancing supply chain innovation and circularity in the fashion industry: