Making Circular
Boomerang Labs is proud to present Making Circular, a 12-week local accelerator program for the Hunter region's circular economy entrepreneurs. Thanks to support from the NSW Government, this program will be provided at no cost to participants.
This program is for founders who have established their minimum viable product (MVP). If you're not sure if that's you, we encourage you to still apply! This Accelerator is a part of the Accelerating Regional Innovation Program, a larger initiative run by The Business Centre, in collaboration with Boomerang Labs, Hunter iF and Ungooroo Aboriginal Corporation, and we can help you find the right program for where you are on your startup journey.
Delivered primarily online, Making Circular will also include in-person sessions for key milestones. In addition to the learnings from the Accelerator, participants will have access to the Accelerating Regional Innovation Program's networking events, expert advisory, master classes, investor pitch events, and a Circular Economy festival for the region's innovation ecosystem
This program is for founders who have established their minimum viable product (MVP). If you're not sure if that's you, we encourage you to still apply! This Accelerator is a part of the Accelerating Regional Innovation Program, a larger initiative run by The Business Centre, in collaboration with Boomerang Labs, Hunter iF and Ungooroo Aboriginal Corporation, and we can help you find the right program for where you are on your startup journey.
Delivered primarily online, Making Circular will also include in-person sessions for key milestones. In addition to the learnings from the Accelerator, participants will have access to the Accelerating Regional Innovation Program's networking events, expert advisory, master classes, investor pitch events, and a Circular Economy festival for the region's innovation ecosystem
Meet Our Second Cohort
- Edgar Arevalo AgdaSoilstone is an innovative construction & consulting company that designs and builds structures that are sustainable for our land, our shelter, our infrastructure and our local resources. Building on over 30 years of research and development, the company introduces better solutions through building technology that delivers cost effective, robust, sustainable systems.
- Alicia BoydField to Foundry is a circular economy biotech startup developing unique technology to convert food wastes into high quality carbon feedstocks for chemical and industrial use. Industrial and chemical carbon feedstocks - raw ingredients like coal, oil, gas and graphite - are responsible for a massive 6% of total global greenhouse emissions. Meanwhile, the world is in an enormous food and post-harvest waste crisis, which contributes around 6% of worldwide greenhouse emissions.
- Sam JeffressREAREA is a brand that repurposes old truck tarps into high-quality products combining sustainability, practicality, and fashion in every product. Each item is durable, completerly one of a kind, and aligned with minimilist fashion, it will socially signify your support for a better world to others, making it desirable beyond its environmental and Australian-made attributes.
- Dorothée SeetoEndless Play teaches regenerative problem-solving and innovation to preschool and primary school children and their educators to develop the hope, capabilities and mindset required to thrive within the limits of our planet.
- Thomas MichelThe Full Circle Collective is a vibrant retail and community space due to open at 437 Hunter Street Newcastle this October. This space supports social enterprises, local businesses, community organisations, and makers with a shared ethos to create a sustainable future by championing the principles of the circular economy through resource recovery, repair and reuse.
- Emma O'BrienHunter Resale Service facilitates the sale of household items during times of transition, including business closure, deceased estates, house downsizing and more.
- David GriffenAfter renovating houses in Australia and Europe, David is developing a DIY component for domestic use (patent pending), to be manufactured locally using recycled materials.
Meet Our First Cohort
- Ryan Muir and Sam OsborneRAM Manufacturing uses recycled HDPE plastics to produce the Echidna Strip, a durable and sustainable alternative for carpet installation. This extends the lifecycle of these plastics and ensures they remain useful, delaying their journey to the landfill, as well as reducing the demand for new, virgin plastic production. Manufacturing in Australia also eliminates the carbon emissions associated with international importation.
- Louise BurrUtilising recycled plastics, PerkyPod is an innovative, patent-pending self-draining plant pot that has a unique system to solve plant dramas. Its internal drainage, filtration and water catchment system eliminates under- or over-watering, which are the two main causes of plant deaths.
- Michael MortonWith a dual focus on low-carbon building materials and next generation energy storage, Solargy is working on the design and testing of new high-performance, affordable and low-carbon materials, trialing new construction techniques with a keen focus on reducing emissions, waste and building lead times and designing and testing new types of energy storage systems that don't rely on expensive raw materials and which have a virtually unlimited lifespan.
- Robert ManningSORR removes pollutants before they enter our environment. The company's revolutionary Sponge captures hydrocarbons at the source before environmental damage is done. They are then recycled, and the sponge is reused and repurposed, thus reducing landfill waste.
- Maroun G. RahmeNu-Rock is focused on converting waste streams into superior performing building products. By recycling millions of tonnes of industrial and household waste, the Nu-Rock Building Products Australia team is aiming to become Australia's leading carbon capture and mineralisation company and the leading force in Australia's sustainable building products movement. Nu-Rock products are 100% recyclable at the end of life as a full-strength product again and again.
- Anthony DunbierRiver Medical provides circular economy healthcare solutions to address the healthcare waste crisis and fill in the gaps of equipment service provision. River Medical acts as a waste services provider first and foremost, removing any asset in any condition. The equipment is then assessed to determine if it is fit to repurpose (priority); if not, parts are harvested and the equipment recycled, with all outcomes tracked to provide measurable metrics.
- Edwin HigginsonAustralian Electric Vehicle Specialists brings the latest EV technology from around the world, along with the know-how to help individuals and businesses transition to a rapidly changing future, from converting classic cars to electric or transitioning a fleet of trucks and vans to zero emissions with an efficient network of chargers.
Ewan Willcox
Targeting circularity in post-consumer, hard-to-recycle materials like soft plastic packaging, liquid paperboard, and used clothing, the Curby program enables convenient at-home recycling using existing Council collection vehicles, reducing truck kilometers. Collected materials are reused in making SuRPrize Bags, supporting a circular economy and displaying outcomes on stakeholder dashboards.
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Address | EnergyLab's office
Building 25, 4-12 Buckland St | Chippendale, 2008 NSW
Address | EnergyLab's office
Building 25, 4-12 Buckland St | Chippendale, 2008 NSW
