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[Re]Verse Pitch 2018
Congratulations 2018 Winners!
Waste Free Grain Flour
Seed Stage Innovation Prize & People's Choice- Seed Stage
Evo Conversion Systems, LLC
Growth Stage Innovation Prize
Classic Childhood
People's Choice- Growth Stage
See their pitches in this recording of the Final Pitch Competition!
2018 Finalists
GROWTH STAGE
Repurposing: Oyster Shells
Repurposing: Fabric scraps
Repurposing: Stillage
Repurposing: Stillage & Oyster Shells
SEED STAGE
Repurposing: Stillage
Repurposing: Wine Bottles & Vinyl Records
Repurposing: Stillage
Repurposing: Wine Bottles & Oyster Shells
2018 Material Suppliers
View the Opening Event Recording to see the Material Supplier Pitches!
Presentations are in alphabetical order by company name
Balfour Beatty US
A construction company has about 24 used concrete anchor straps every month. These industry standard fall protection straps with varying colors & lengths are embedded into concrete floors or columns and cut flush when no longer needed. See the product spec sheet here.
Gold Rush Vinyl
A new record manufacturing plant has finished PVC records that do not meet their quality standard, as well as excess PVC material from the trimming of their 7", 10" and 12" records. Over 6,000 lbs per month are available.
JOSCO Products
A local textile recycler is unable to use the top part of denim jeans and cotton pants with metal buttons, zippers, and pockets. Approximately 500-1,000 lbs/month are currently going to the landfill.
Quality Seafood Market
A local seafood market has 4,500-5,000 pounds of oyster shells per month available!
Still Austin Whiskey Co.
An Austin whiskey distillery produces 30,000 gallons a month of distiller's spent grain. A standard batch includes 1800 gals of water mixed with 2500 pounds of non-GMO food grade white corn, 700 pounds of food-grade red winter wheat, and 350 pounds of malted barley. Starch has been extracted from these grains but they retain protein & fat. Still Austin is able to divert some material to local farms (as seen in this Instagram video!) but they have more than these farmers need.
Stitch Texas
This garment factory has 2 - 6 garbage bags full of textile scraps each month, ranging from cottons to linens to bamboo to sweatshirt material.
Texas Reds and Whites
This downtown tasting room has approximately 60 wine bottles per month that they would like to see creatively repurposed.
University of Texas Resource Recovery
The University of Texas at Austin has up to 40 tons a month of usable and damaged pressboard furniture, mostly desks, bookcases, and tables, that it is unable to divert through donation or auction.
2018 Event Details
The 2018 Opening Pitch Event was held on Wednesday, January 17 from 6:30-8:30pm at Atlassian.
The 2018 Final Competition Event was held on Wednesday, March 7 from 6:30-9:00pm at Atlassian. You can view a recording of the event here.
2018 Event Sponsors
Thank you to our event sponsors for helping us host the Final Pitch event!
The 2018 event series kicked of with a special Circular Economy Night on Tuesday, November 7th from 6-8pm at Atlassian. The event featured a joint keynote address from Dan Phillips, CEO of The Phoenix Commotion, and Stephen M. Roberts, Global Sustainability Marketing Manager at Dell. What do a husband and wife entrepreneur team building houses in Huntsville, TX, and a Fortune 500 company have in common? A dedication to the circular economy.
Before and after listening to these world-class speakers, attendees had time to network with [Re]Verse Pitch mentors, past participants, and staff. We also provided an overview of the [Re]Verse Pitch Competition and staff was on hand to answer questions.
Circular Economy Night Speakers
Dan Phillips is a designer and builder working in Huntsville, Texas. Dan and his wife Marsha work with unskilled workers to build recycled housing from free, salvaged, and recycled materials. Their company is currently moving toward a commercial market for clients who have a taste for recycling and social entrepreneurship. Associated with the construction industry for over twenty years, he is now concentrating on using one social problem to solve another through their low-income housing initiative: The Phoenix Commotion.
In the spring of 2012 Dan lectured at the 9th International Convention on Architecture in Budapest; in 2014 he was the keynote speaker at the Zero Waste International Association annual conference, hosted by Zero Waste Canada on Vancouver Island; and in 2015 he spoke at the 14th International Architect Encounter in Canova, Italy.
As the Global Sustainability Marketing Manager at Dell, Stephen Roberts drives the promotion of “all things green and good” at Dell. His focus is on the intersection of sustainability and technology, with a special emphasis on the circular economy and net positive efforts.
Before joining Dell in 2011, Stephen spent 13 years with the advertising and public relations firm EnviroMedia here in Austin, where he helped start America Recycles Day, managed parts of the Don’t Mess with Texas campaign, and worked on countless other public health and environmental efforts.
Stephen holds a Master’s Degree in Latin American History, which continues to prove very useful during trivia games.