Deadline: 31-May-22
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), through its innovation laboratory, IDB Lab, and in partnership with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) seeks to support innovative solutions that contribute to the sound management of hazardous Chemicals and Waste (C&W) to protect human health and the environment, and address climate vulnerability in the Caribbean region.
The call is aimed at startups with ready to implement models, small and medium-sized companies, NGOs, corporations, and other organizations in the private sector that offer innovative solutions to face the challenge posted by waste from lubricants, tires, electrical items and electronics, used and end-of-life vehicles, as well as industrial, organic and municipal, medical, pesticide, and plastic waste that may contain hazardous substances. Such solutions must be scalable, sustainable, and promote the economic and social inclusion of poor and vulnerable populations.
Proposed Solutions must
- Be innovative in nature and present a business model that has not been implemented before in the country or that adds an innovation component to an existing model.
- Focus on reducing environmental pollution and climate vulnerability, thus, contributing to at least one of the following indicators:
- Reduction, disposal/destruction, phase out, elimination and avoidance of chemicals of global concern and their waste in the environment and in processes, materials and products (metric tons of toxic chemicals reduced)
- Reduction, avoidance of emissions of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) to air from point and non-point sources
- Reduction of marine litter.
- Promote the social and economic inclusion of poor and vulnerable population; and
- Contemplate a path for scalability or replication, as well as financial sustainability.
Priority Waste Streams
- Used lubricating oils
- Used and end-of-life tires
- Used and end-of-life vehicles
- Used and end-of-life electronic and electrical equipment (E-waste)
- Plastics
- Manufacturing/industrial waste
- Organic and municipal solid waste
- Medical waste
- Hazardous pesticides
Awards
- Financing: IDB Lab may consider the Applicants whose proposals are selected to receive financing to implement the proposed business model in one of the 12 target countries.
- IDB Lab Innovators Network: Selected applicants will be included among IDB Lab’s network of global innovators and may have opportunities to participate in networking events to showcase their solutions.
Geographical Focus
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants from any of the 48 members countries of the IDB Group can participate, including startups with “ready-to-implement” solutions, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), corporations, NGOs, and others with demonstrated expertise in managing the at least one of the priority waste streams.
- If your organization is legally registered in one of these 12 target countries where the project will be implemented, you can apply to the Challenge.
- If your organization is legally registered in one of the 48 IDB member countries, other than one of the 12 target countries where the project will be implemented, you may apply only in partnership with an organization registered and located in one of the 12 target countries where the project will be implemented.
For more information, visit https://www.iadb.org/en/news/idb-lab-launches-call-manage-chemicals-and-hazardous-waste-caribbean