Feasibility
While we applaud imaginative thinking, your idea needs to also be a realistic proposal that makes the most innovative use of our materials and technologies.

Growth Garage is a business accelerator program from Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials. Our mission is to support and grow new ideas using our technologies and advanced engineering materials to help tackle some of today’s most significant engineering challenges.
Growth Garage - in partnership with Wevolver and Mitsubishi Chemical Europe - is inviting engineers, designers, entrepreneurs, innovators, start-ups, companies and students to submit their ideas, technologies, products and services as part of the 2022 Circular Economy Challenge.
“In our current Economy, we take materials from the Earth, make products from them, and eventually throw them away as waste – the process is linear. In a Circular Economy, by contrast, we stop waste being produced in the first place. A Circular Economy decouples economic activity from the consumption of finite resources. It is a resilient system that is good for business, people and the environment.” https://ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/
We are looking for innovators throughout the plastics circular economy who want to make use of advanced low carbon footprint engineering plastics or have developed innovative recycling technologies for advanced engineering plastics.
The winners of the challenge are invited to participate in a pilot program with Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials to take their idea to the next level. The total value of this program is $25,000.
The challenge is looking for participants in two key areas:
1. Recycling Technology
2. Products & Parts.
Mechanical and/or chemical recycling is key to produce sustainable thermoplastic polymers, minimize landfill, close-the-loop, and facilitate the implementation of the Circular Economy.
Are you an innovator that has developed technology that enables the recycling of engineering plastics or improves their recycling process? Does your technology improve the efficiency of mechanical recycling (collecting, identification, sorting, cleaning, grinding, regranulation, etc), or is a novel chemical or physical recycling technology?
Submission requirements:
Are you a product designer that works within or wants to join the circular economy? Have you designed, developed, or manufactured products or parts with low carbon footprint engineering plastics for the circular economy?
Submission requirements:
These are the main criteria each jury member focus on when judging each submission. All ideas are objectively analyzed and carefully considered.
Feasibility
While we applaud imaginative thinking, your idea needs to also be a realistic proposal that makes the most innovative use of our materials and technologies.
Scalability
We're looking for fresh ideas from entrepreneurial businesses that are ready to scale up but may still need some support.
Circularity
Our commitment towards circular economy means that every entry will be judged on how much of a positive impact it can make on the environment.
Challenge Winner
(Valued at $ 25,000)
As a winning Growth Garage challenger, our engineers will work in collaboration with you to:
Wevolver Community Winner
(Valued at $ 10,000)
As the Wevolver community winner, our engineers will work in collaboration with you to:
Student Award Winner
(Valued at $ 5,000)
The winning student will receive mentoring and support from MCAM engineers and business leaders.
The student prize package includes: