Meet the Beyond the Bag Challenge Shortlist

455 teams from around the world have joined the Beyond the Bag Challenge, bringing to light future-forward, tech-enabled solutions that can help build a new system that serves the function of the retail bag in a sustainable, affordable, and inclusive way. 

Solutions range from early concept startups to established commercial businesses and have been evaluated through the lenses of sustainability, business and technical viability, accessibility, customer behavior, and alignment with reuse and recovery infrastructure. The shortlist of innovators will now develop prototypes, plans to scale their business model, and other demonstrations to demonstrate their solutions' ability to fulfill the challenge objectives.