Project in Public-Private Partnerships

Name: The Re-Value Lab

Location: San Francisco

Partners: Goodwill Industries (San Francisco), One PacificCoast Bank

Status: Active

Reconsidering waste (money, resources, people) as an opportunity

There is a huge gap between what we produce and the value we recover post-market. This gap is the Re-Value opportunity.

The Re-Value Lab: At the intersection of waste and value

The first stage of the Re-Value Lab brought together investors, companies, NGOs and government to discuss essential pillars for building this market: 

1.  Waste-based enterprise: Recycling, upcycling and re-using
2.  Investment: Investing in waste-based enterprise
3.  Jobs: Creating jobs that divert the flow of re-entry into our prison system
4.  Alignment: Getting policy and incentives working to build the waste based marketplace

Subsequent work will explore specific opportunities in these areas.