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[Re]Verse Pitch 2016
Congratulations to our 2016 Winners
Grand prize: $10,000 plus five co-working days at WeWork
Winner: Grub Tubs
Second place prize: Spot in the 2017 FastForward entrepreneur training program and 2017 Small Business Festival pass ($750 value)
Winner: GRUB
People's Choice Award Honorable Mention
Winner: Austin Cubed
2016 FINALISTS
Bard Sustainability MBA Team- Austin Cubed- Street Banner Line
Repurposing: Vinyl street banners & mesh plastic bags
Charles Bradbury- Pulp Fashion
Repurposing: Vinyl street banners, mesh plastic bags, & fabric samples
Gabriel Rocha- ACL Survival Bags
Repurposing: Vinyl street banners
Repurposing: Inedible Canned Goods
Quinault Childs- GrubTubs: Table to Farm
Repurposing: Inedible canned goods
Re:3D- 3D Printing from Post-Consumer Waste
Repurposing: Mesh Plastic Bags
Repurposing: Vinyl street banners
Repurposing: Vinyl street banners
View all the 2016 ideas on HeroX
2016 MATERIAL SUPPLIERS
In-N-Out Burgers
Each location of this national chain produces over 1,000 mesh plastic bags a month from produce deliveries.
City of Austin Transportation Department
The City's Street Banner Program leads to the accumulation of approximately 300 32"x90" vinyl banners every year, or about 6,000 sq ft of material per month. The department also has open-weave nylon or polyester net over-the-street banners available for reuse.
LIVESTRONG Foundation
This Austin-based foundation has tens of thousands of yellow silicone bands in outdated packaging they would like to see used to support the Austin community in a meaningful way. View a video of the production process for these bands.
Austin Creative Reuse
Austin's non-profit creative reuse center is able to collect 100s of fabric sample books of discontinued fabric from interior design firms and decorators every month.
Central Texas Food Bank
The Austin area's regional food bank receives some food that is not fit for human consumption and currently has to throw away around 30,000 lbs of inedible canned goods per month.
Half Price Books
A few dumpsters every month at a single location of this national chain with 5 Austin area locations are filled with unsold media, including books, magazine, records, CDs, DVDs, and other material.
2016 Event Details
The 2016 Opening Pitch event was held on Tuesday, October 11 from 6-8pm at Atlassian. The opening pitch event was presented as part of SXSWEco, the global conference on social, economic, and environmental change.
The 2016 Final Competition was held on Tuesday, December 6 from 6-8:30pm at Atlassian.