Reclamation Factory

Meet the Team! Olivia Rangel | Lead Project Manager : Olivia is a Pittsburgh native who is passionate about sustainability and equity. She brings her project management skills and experience in connecting communities to solutions as part of the Reclamation Factory team. Additionally, Olivia brings her volunteer background in interconnecting the Pittsburgh Latino community as a Board Member of ALPFA Pittsburgh. When not at work, you will find Olivia cooking meals for her family and friends or biking around the city. Her Pittsburgh hot take: Badamo's has the best slice ?? ?? Learn more at : https://lnkd.in/eGkMCADZ

TL:DR - Sign up for our newsletter ! https://lnkd.in/ebs4m8nb Tired of plastic not actually getting recycled? ?? ? Discover a better way to recycle with Reclamation Factory. At Reclamation Factory, we don’t just recycle plastic—we reclaim it. Unlike traditional recycling services that only recycle a fraction of what they take in, 100% of the plastic waste we handle is converted into high-quality, manufacture-ready materials. Whether you need for real recycling services for yourself or business, or are looking to purchase cutting-edge recycling equipment, we have the solutions you need. Join our mission to keep plastic out of landfills and be the first to hear about our latest innovations and services by signing up for our newsletter? ?

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The Paris 2024 Olympics may have ended yesterday but it is never too soon to think about sustainability for the 2028 Olympics that will take place in Los Angeles! ?? This year, all of the Olympic winners’ podiums and bleacher seats in the new Aquatics Centre were made out of recycled plastic manufactured by a start up! It’s inspiring to see the Olympics not only taking steps to be more sustainable this year but also employing plastic recycling start-ups like us. One of our goals is to help small plastics companies grow so they can make meaningful impacts like this. Furthermore, past Olympic Games produced tens of thousands of tons of waste. However, this year their goal is to drastically reduce this amount by cutting the consumption of single-use plastics to half the levels seen during the London 2012 Games. Learn more about the Games’ other sustainable initiatives here. ? : https://lnkd.in/e6bc4Tcr

We are excited to introduce our latest summer 2024 intern: Adelaide Schiller ! ?? Adelaide is our new Environmental Science Consultant intern working on microplastic pollution research, customer outreach, and market research. She is pursuing a Bachelors of Science degree in Environmental Science with a minor in Business at Lehigh University and has a strong passion for ecology and sustainability ?? Learn more about Adelaide at https://lnkd.in/e7jPQVN2.

Thank you and shout out to ?? Elisa Cevallos for the great team photos you took at the UpPrize event last week. UpPrize: Social Innovation Challenge and BNY thank you for this amazing opportunity! We look forward to seeing who the top three winners will be this year and congrats to everyone who applied ! ??

Meet our summer 2024 Intern: Rishitha Paga! Rishitha is currently working on the automation of systems at Reclamation Factory with focus on the sensor integration, motor controls and data analysis. She is pursuing her Masters in Electrical and Computer Engineering at University of Michigan Ann Arbor and is driven to utilize her technical skills in the recycling industry and help in making this planet a better place to live and thrive. ?? ? Rishitha has a Bachelor of Technology with a focus in Btech, Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering from the National Institute of Technology Rourkela. Learn more about Rishitha at https://lnkd.in/eWReEeQv

Robotics Factory Invests $100,000 in 5 Accelerated Companies The Robotics Factory, an Innovation Works initiative, has welcomed five innovative companies to its Accelerate program with a $100,000 investment each. "We help them perform customer discovery, develop product and market fit, and grow into successful startups," said Kevin Dowling, Managing Director of the Robotics Factory. ? The selected companies, ForSight Assistive Devices, HR Headstrait, Humotech, Journey Robotics, and The Reclamation Factory, will receive support to scale their robotics solutions in various industries, including health tech and aviation. ? Companies like Cell X Technologies and Voaige have raised millions in funding, while velo.ai exhausted its first production run of Copilot. ? Read more: https://lnkd.in/ethnqGpb ? #Robotics #Innovation #HealthTech #Aviation #Sustainability #StartupAccelerator

Meet the Team! Georgia Crowther | Founder & Robotics Engineer: Georgia is a robotics engineer passionate about sustainability, equity, and the potential of new technologies! She founded Reclamation Factory in 2023 to address the plastic waste she struggled to recycle in her previous endeavors and the challenges she experienced with DIY hardware for community recycling projects. Before founding Reclamation Factory, Georgia 3D printed bio-plastic composting bathrooms, tested and designed unique rover wheels for NASA, built a low-cost semi-autonomous landmine detection platform, and designed some of the first ever public bike share e-bikes. Georgia has a Masters in Robotic Systems Development from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University. Learn more at : https://lnkd.in/eciwNdNb

So grateful for the AscenderPGH Incubator team! We've come a long way from 1 year ago!