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Founded in 2015, based on a technology out of Professor Wang's group at WPI, Battery Resourcers, is committed to changing the dynamics for processing end of life lithium ion batteries. Currently most lithium ion batteries are landfilled. If they are recycled only the metal value from the batteries is recovered. Battery Resourcers proprietary process allows one to directly synthesize new cathode materials from spent lithium ion cells. Battery Resourcers will be able to deliver low cost cathode materials to the lithium ion battery market enabling green technologies and resulting in less landfilled material a more sustainable pathway forward.

MSW Power Corporation, established in 2012 and based in Acton, Massachusetts, specializes in waste management solutions. The company offers innovative products such as the BWEC GEM, an integrated system that transforms various types of waste—including paper, wood, plastic, agricultural residues, and food—into electricity and heat. Additionally, MSW Power provides the HydroPactor, which efficiently reduces the weight of waste by extracting moisture, and a solid waste destruction system that utilizes mechanical and thermal methods to remove moisture from solid waste. Through these technologies, MSW Power aims to deliver environmentally beneficial and economically viable solutions for energy and waste management.

Founded in 2015, based on a technology out of Professor Wang's group at WPI, Battery Resourcers, is committed to changing the dynamics for processing end of life lithium ion batteries. Currently most lithium ion batteries are landfilled. If they are recycled only the metal value from the batteries is recovered. Battery Resourcers proprietary process allows one to directly synthesize new cathode materials from spent lithium ion cells. Battery Resourcers will be able to deliver low cost cathode materials to the lithium ion battery market enabling green technologies and resulting in less landfilled material a more sustainable pathway forward.

ZwitterCo provides revolutionary membrane solutions for the treatment of highly-impaired wastewater.

Infinite Cooling Inc. is a company focused on water recovery systems designed for power plants and other industrial facilities. Founded in 2017 and based in Massachusetts, the company employs innovative technology utilizing high-voltage electric fields to capture and recycle water that evaporates from cooling towers. This process significantly reduces water waste and helps mitigate water scarcity. By implementing its systems, Infinite Cooling enables power plants, data centers, and factories to lower their water consumption and treatment costs, promoting sustainability in industrial operations.

Cambrian Innovation Inc. specializes in wastewater treatment systems that utilize innovative technologies to recover resources from wastewater, enabling cleaner water and energy generation. The company's primary offerings include the EcoVolt Reactor, which employs electrically active microbes, and the EcoVolt Mini, a compact system designed for smaller facilities to manage biological oxygen demand and total suspended solids. Additionally, Cambrian provides the EcoVolt MBR, a membrane bioreactor that integrates membrane filtration for effective contaminant removal, particularly for the food and beverage sector. Founded in 2006 and based in Watertown, Massachusetts, Cambrian Innovation initially received a grant from NASA to explore bioelectricity applications for water management, and has since developed a comprehensive portfolio of solutions that assist industrial, agricultural, and municipal clients in efficiently managing and reusing their resources while significantly reducing treatment costs.

Takachar creates a network of waste management enterprises in Kenya that turn unmanaged agricultural residues into charcoal, a low-cost, non-toxic, and eco-friendly cooking fuel for low-income households. They have developed a series of low-cost (US$20), locally manufacturable technologies to enable waste-to-char conversion, which has been tested and refined in Kenya for the past 3 years. Since 2011, They have set up or directly helped 7 nascent and locally run waste-to-charcoal enterprises in Kenya, some of which have since even demonstrated operational profitability and paying customers. So far they have created about 100 jobs and sold 50 tons of eco-char. Moving forward, they are trying to prove the long-term financial viability of these enterprises, which, if successful, will be the basis of a franchise network.

Ze-gen is a renewable energy company that utilizes proprietary gasification technology with ordinary waste streams to generate clean, sustainable, low-cost synthesis gas for multiple applications. Founded in 2004, Ze-gen has used innovative science, processes, a team, and industrial support in order to organize a group that believes that there is a possibility to efficiently repurpose the carbon content found in everyday waste and use it in various forms of renewable energy.

Ze-gen is a renewable energy company that utilizes proprietary gasification technology with ordinary waste streams to generate clean, sustainable, low-cost synthesis gas for multiple applications. Founded in 2004, Ze-gen has used innovative science, processes, a team, and industrial support in order to organize a group that believes that there is a possibility to efficiently repurpose the carbon content found in everyday waste and use it in various forms of renewable energy.

Ze-gen is a renewable energy company that utilizes proprietary gasification technology with ordinary waste streams to generate clean, sustainable, low-cost synthesis gas for multiple applications. Founded in 2004, Ze-gen has used innovative science, processes, a team, and industrial support in order to organize a group that believes that there is a possibility to efficiently repurpose the carbon content found in everyday waste and use it in various forms of renewable energy.

CASTion is a developer and manufacturer of wastewater treatment and recovery systems for industrial and municipal clients. The wastewater recovery system can recover metals for reuse from the wastewater such as chrome, copper, and zinc; salts and organic compounds such as ethylene and propylene glycol, and compounds such as ammonia. The wastewater treatment systems have application in aerospace, food processing, metal finishing, refineries, manufacturing and municipal wastewater.