--- title: These Are the 2023 Earthshot Prize Winners description: A lithium-ion battery recycler and a program to end illegal fishing are among the winners of Prince William’s Earthshot Prize. canonical: https://time.com/6332319/battery-recycler-prince-williams-earthshot-prize-winners/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-11-07T14:41:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:50:46.504Z article:section: Climate og:title: These Are the 2023 Earthshot Prize Winners og:description: A lithium-ion battery recycler and a program to end illegal fishing are among the winners of Prince William’s Earthshot Prize. og:url: https://time.com/6332319/battery-recycler-prince-williams-earthshot-prize-winners/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29b5b9b425213d22/698a42160116823e859839de/prince-william-earthshot-prize-singapore-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: The 2023 Earthshot Prize Awards Ceremony og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Are the 2023 Earthshot Prize Winners twitter:description: A lithium-ion battery recycler and a program to end illegal fishing are among the winners of Prince William’s Earthshot Prize. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt29b5b9b425213d22/698a42160116823e859839de/prince-william-earthshot-prize-singapore-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Battery Recycler Among Winners of Prince William's Earthshot Prize > Sponsored content. 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At Eleven Madison Park, Chef Daniel Humm is getting more fine dining patrons to forego meat._ by [Siobhan Wagner / Bloomberg](https://time.com/author/bloomberg/) ## Siobhan Wagner / Bloomberg Contributor Nov 7, 2023 2:41 PM UTC  Prince William, Prince of Wales, speaks with the winners during the 2023 Earthshot Prize Awards Ceremony on November 7, 2023 in Singapore. Prince William, Prince of Wales, speaks with the winners during the 2023 Earthshot Prize Awards Ceremony on November 7, 2023 in Singapore. Chris Jackson—Getty Images by [Siobhan Wagner / Bloomberg](https://time.com/author/bloomberg/) ## Siobhan Wagner / Bloomberg Contributor Nov 7, 2023 2:41 PM UTC A lithium-ion battery recycler and a program to end illegal fishing are among the winners of [Prince William](https://time.com/tag/prince-william/)’s Earthshot Prize, which supports companies tackling the environmental crisis. The five champions, unveiled at an event held in Singapore, will each receive £1 million ($1.1 million) to scale their solution as well as other support. The companies focus on everything from cleaner energy to nature preservation and seek to address problems associated with pollution, biodiversity loss and the [climate](https://time.com/section/climate/) crisis. Extreme heat this year underscores the importance of finding novel ways to lower carbon emissions and protect nature. Earth set new records for heat in 2023 and global warming has driven unprecedented disasters such as Canada’s wildfires and floods in Libya and Greece. GRST, which developed a new way to build and recycle vital lithium-ion batteries, won in the category of “Clean Our Air.” “The world needs a massive amount of batteries to achieve net zero by 2050, but a revolution is needed to make these batteries cleaner and more recyclable,” Justin Hung, chief executive and co-founder of GRST, said in a statement. ### More From TIME The other winners were WildAid Marine Program, which is scaling marine enforcement to end illegal fishing; S4S Technologies, which makes processing equipment to combat food waste; Acción Andina, a community-based initiative to protect native high Andean forest ecosystems; and Boomitra, which aims to incentivize land restoration through a verified carbon-credit marketplace. The Earthshot Prize, founded by Prince William in 2020, is backed by an international alliance of organizations, including the Bezos Earth Fund, Breakthrough Energy Foundation, Jack Ma Foundation, Paul G. 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