The Evidence Vault – Free Safe Healthy

What this is. A single, authoritative catalog of every organization, agency, program, and research effort whose publicly documented work shows that the Free Safe Healthy direction is real and already underway. Each participant is profiled once here and referenced from every sector page it touches — so the evidence stays consistent, accurate, and maintainable.

The rule we never break. Everyone listed here is building their piece independently. They are cited as evidence the capability exists — not as partners, sponsors, or endorsers of Michael Floyd or this campaign, and no affiliation is implied. The Free Safe Healthy mission is to integrate publicly documented capabilities into one lawful, rights-protected, public-benefit system.

Each entry carries a status tag so readers always know what’s proven vs. emerging: OPERATING (deployed at scale) · SCALING (real, growing) · PROGRAM (funded public initiative) · RESEARCH (active study) · POLICY (law/standard in motion).

Resources & Circular Recovery — participants

Federal programs & agencies

REMADE Institute (U.S. Dept. of Energy) — PROGRAM

A Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute led by DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (AMMTO) and part of Manufacturing USA®. A 150+ member public-private partnership advancing the reuse, remanufacturing, recovery, and recycling of metals, polymers, fibers, and electronics; convenes ~50 peer-reviewed circular-economy papers annually.

Where it fits: Circular Economy, Metals, Plastics, Textiles, Battery Recovery, Urban Mining.

EPA — National Recycling Strategy / Sustainable Materials Management — PROGRAM

Federal strategy explicitly aimed at “a circular economy for all,” coordinating recycling infrastructure, measurement, and materials management.

Where it fits: Waste Sorting, Circular Economy, all everyday material streams.

DOE BOTTLE Consortium — PROGRAM

DOE research consortium developing next-generation plastics recycling and upcycling chemistry.

Where it fits: Plastics Recovery, Chemical Processing.

DOE Critical Materials Innovation Hub (Ames National Laboratory) — PROGRAM

Funds recovery, substitution, and processing of rare-earth and critical minerals.

Where it fits: Rare Earth & Critical Minerals, Battery Material Recovery, Metals.

U.S. Geological Survey — National Minerals Information Center — OPERATING

Maintains authoritative national mineral-resource mapping and supply data.

Where it fits: Planetary Resource Mapping, Mining & Extraction.

Technology & industry

TOMRA — OPERATING

Optical/near-infrared sorting machines deployed in recovery facilities worldwide.

Where it fits: Waste Sorting, Plastics, Glass, Metals.

AMP Robotics · Glacier · EverestLabs · ZenRobotics (Terex) — OPERATING

AI-vision + robotic pickers that identify and separate recyclables on the line, in commercial use.

Where it fits: Waste Sorting, Urban Mining.

Bulk Handling Systems (Max-AI) · Machinex (SamurAI) — OPERATING

Full material-recovery-facility systems with AI-driven sorting.

Where it fits: Waste Sorting.

Greyparrot · Recycleye — SCALING

AI analytics measuring waste-stream composition in real time.

Where it fits: Waste Sorting, public dashboards.

Redwood Materials — SCALING

Industrial-scale lithium-ion battery recycling, reclaiming critical metals.

Where it fits: Battery Material Recovery, Rare Earth & Critical Minerals.

Apple “Daisy” / “Dave” disassembly robots — OPERATING

Robotic disassembly recovering materials and rare-earth magnets from end-of-life electronics.

Where it fits: Urban Mining, Rare Earth, Electronics.

Electric-arc-furnace mini-mills (e.g., Nucor, Steel Dynamics) — OPERATING

Scrap-based steelmaking that already supplies the majority of U.S. steel.

Where it fits: Metals Processing, Circular Economy.

Research & universities

RIT Golisano Institute for Sustainability — RESEARCH

Leads the REMADE Institute; circular-economy and remanufacturing research.

National labs — NREL, Argonne, Oak Ridge — RESEARCH

Materials recovery, recycling chemistry, and critical-materials research.

Standards, policy & NGOs

Ellen MacArthur Foundation — RESEARCH

Established the foundational circular-economy design principles; REMADE partner.

Recycled Materials Association (ReMA, formerly ISRI) — OPERATING

Recycling-industry standards, specifications, and data.

EU Digital Product Passport (Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation) — POLICY

Material/product passports moving into law, phasing in beginning with batteries.

Right-to-Repair laws (U.S. states + EU) — POLICY

Expanding legal requirements for repairability and parts access.

Resource mapping & extraction

USGS Earth Mapping Resources Initiative (Earth MRI) — PROGRAM — national mapping of critical-mineral resources. Fits: Planetary Resource Mapping, Mining.

NASA Earth observation (EMIT surface-mineral mapping, Landsat w/ USGS) — OPERATING — orbital mapping of surface mineralogy and land. Fits: Planetary Resource Mapping.

NOAA satellites · ESA Copernicus — OPERATING — atmosphere/land/ocean and open global Earth-observation data. Fits: Planetary Resource Mapping, Disaster.

Planet Labs · Maxar — OPERATING — near-daily commercial Earth imaging. Fits: Planetary Resource Mapping.

Esri (ArcGIS) · Google Earth Engine — OPERATING — geospatial-analysis backbone. Fits: Planetary Resource Mapping.

KoBold Metals · Earth AI — SCALING — AI-driven, lower-disturbance mineral exploration. Fits: Mapping, Mining.

Rio Tinto · Fortescue · BHP — OPERATING — autonomous haul-truck fleets and automated heavy rail (Rio Tinto AutoHaul) in production. Fits: Mining & Extraction.

Caterpillar (Cat MineStar) · Komatsu (FrontRunner) — OPERATING — autonomous mining-equipment platforms. Fits: Mining & Extraction.

Sandvik · Epiroc · ABB — OPERATING — autonomous drilling/loading and mine electrification. Fits: Mining & Extraction.

U.S. Dept. of the Interior · MSHA — PROGRAM — critical-minerals initiatives and the mine-safety framework automation exceeds. Fits: Mining.

Urban mining & metals processing

Li-Cycle · Sims Lifecycle Services — SCALING/OPERATING — battery and electronics/metal recovery streams. Fits: Urban Mining, Battery Recovery.

Mint Innovation · Molg · Madaster — RESEARCH/SCALING — biotech metal recovery, robotic disassembly, digital building-material registries. Fits: Urban Mining.

ProSUM / Urban Mine Platform (EU) · R2 / e-Stewards — RESEARCH/POLICY — urban-material-stock data and responsible-recovery certification. Fits: Urban Mining.

Nucor · Steel Dynamics · Cleveland-Cliffs — OPERATING — electric-arc recycled steel (majority of U.S. steel) and integrated/DRI production. Fits: Metals Processing.

Boston Metal · Electra — SCALING — near-zero-emission steel/iron (molten oxide electrolysis; low-temp clean iron). Fits: Metals Processing.

Fero Labs · Siemens · Phoenix Tailings — SCALING/OPERATING — AI process optimization, process automation, zero-waste metal/rare-earth recovery. Fits: Metals Processing, Rare Earth.

National labs — Oak Ridge, Argonne, NREL — RESEARCH — metallurgy, recovery, and processing science. Fits: Metals, Rare Earth, Battery Recovery.

Yale industrial-ecology research — RESEARCH — material-stock accounting (materials embedded in the built environment). Fits: Urban Mining, Mapping.

Refining, chemical & process automation

Honeywell · Emerson · Yokogawa — OPERATING — advanced process control and process-analytical technology for refineries, chemical, and materials plants. Fits: Refining, Chemical Processing, Metals.

AspenTech · AVEVA — OPERATING — process simulation and digital twins for materials and chemical production. Fits: Refining, Chemical Processing.

Solugen · LanzaTech — SCALING — bio-based / carbon-to-chemicals production (cleaner chemistry). Fits: Chemical Processing.

FDA (pharmaceutical continuous manufacturing) · EPA Green Chemistry — PROGRAM/POLICY — regulatory framework for safe, cleaner chemical and pharma production. Fits: Chemical Processing.

Rare earth & critical minerals

MP Materials — SCALING — domestic rare-earth mine (Mountain Pass) and magnet production. Fits: Rare Earth & Critical Minerals.

Lynas · USA Rare Earth · ReElement Technologies — SCALING — domestic rare-earth separation and refining capacity. Fits: Rare Earth & Critical Minerals.

Noveon Magnetics — SCALING — recycled rare-earth magnet production. Fits: Rare Earth, Urban Mining.

U.S. Dept. of Defense (DPA Title III critical minerals) — PROGRAM — federal funding for domestic critical-mineral capacity. Fits: Rare Earth, Mining.

Battery material recovery

Redwood Materials · Li-Cycle · Ascend Elements · Cirba Solutions · American Battery Technology Co. — SCALING — industrial lithium-ion battery recycling and critical-metal recovery. Fits: Battery Material Recovery, Rare Earth, Metals.

DOE ReCell Center (Argonne National Laboratory) — PROGRAM — national R&D hub for advanced/direct battery recycling. Fits: Battery Material Recovery.

EU Battery Regulation (digital battery passport) — POLICY — mandates battery passports, recycled-content and recovery targets. Fits: Battery Material Recovery, Product Lifecycle Tracking.

Everyday material streams (plastics, glass, timber, cement, textiles)

Eastman · PureCycle · Loop Industries · Brightmark · Agilyx — SCALING — molecular/chemical plastics recycling and depolymerization. Fits: Plastics Recovery.

Digimarc / HolyGrail (digital watermarks) · Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) — SCALING/POLICY — watermark-based sorting and design-for-recyclability standards. Fits: Plastics Recovery.

O-I Glass · Strategic Materials · Sibelco · Binder+Co — OPERATING — glass production with recycled cullet and optical cullet sorting. Fits: Glass & Ceramics.

USDA Forest Products Laboratory · APA – The Engineered Wood Association — PROGRAM/OPERATING — federal wood/biomaterials R&D (mass timber, CLT) and engineered-wood standards. Fits: Timber & Biomaterials.

Mercer Mass Timber · Weyerhaeuser · West Fraser · USNR · Microtec · Ecovative — OPERATING/SCALING — mass-timber fabrication, engineered wood, precision sawmill scanning, mycelium biomaterials. Fits: Timber & Biomaterials.

Sublime Systems · Brimstone · Solidia · CarbonCure · Fortera — SCALING — low-carbon cement and CO₂-mineralized concrete. Fits: Cement & Concrete.

Holcim · Heidelberg Materials · ICON · NIST — OPERATING/SCALING/PROGRAM — recycled aggregate & carbon capture at majors, concrete 3D printing, concrete standards. Fits: Cement & Concrete.

Circ · Evrnu · Ambercycle · Refiberd · Sortile · SuperCircle — SCALING — fiber-to-fiber recycling, AI textile sorting, and recommerce. Fits: Textile Recovery.

EU Strategy for Sustainable & Circular Textiles — POLICY — extended-producer-responsibility and design rules for textiles. Fits: Textile Recovery.

Lifecycle tracking & circular coordination

GS1 — OPERATING — global product-identification standards (barcodes, Digital Link / QR) underpinning passports. Fits: Product Lifecycle Tracking.

Circularise · Avery Dennison · EON · Madaster — SCALING — supply-chain traceability, digital ID/RFID, connected-product IDs, building-material registries. Fits: Product Lifecycle Tracking.

Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute · EU Circular Economy Action Plan — OPERATING/POLICY — circular product certification and economy-wide circular policy. Fits: Circular Economy.

Next sectors’ participants (Energy, Manufacturing, Food, etc.) append below as each sector is built. Cross-cutting players already mapped in your Working Map — DOE, DARPA, NIH, NASA, NOAA, CISA, FEMA, FDA, NIST, DoD, Space Force, NVIDIA, Tesla, Siemens, ABB, SpaceX, Medtronic, MIT, Stanford, and more — get full entries as they appear in their sectors.