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JIVA MATERIALS
This company is developing a water soluble, biodegradable alternative to Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs), making it easier to recycled electronic components.
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RENT THE RUNWAY
Pic Credit: Bloomberg The circle of it: This company is an e-commerce platform that allows users to rent and subscribe to designer clothes, thereby using a leasing/rental model for clothing. ” At the most conservative end, we have tripled the lifetime of garments while still looking brand-new, compared to what you could do on your own.…
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NOTPLA
This company is creating a compostable plastic alternative to single-use plastics using seaweed.
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RESTART
This social enterprise is an advocacy group that aims to educate and promote repairs of electronics by empowering citizens with repair skills, thereby creating awareness of problems associated with consumerist “use and throw away” models.
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RETURNITY
This company reduces friction points associated with reusable packaging, making it a more accessible option for brands to provide products in reusable shipping packages.
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CIRC
This company has created technology to take textile waste and recycle them into new raw materials that can be used endlessly for new clothes instead of using virgin raw materials.
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CONNECTED ENERGY
This company utilizes second-life batteries from electric vehicles to provide energy storage solutions to its customers.
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AMMIQUE
This company creates a new type of mattress-free bed that can easily be reconfigured and reused many times over, thereby staying in circulation longer than typical mattresses.
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TERSUS SOLUTIONS
This company works with fashion and luxury brands to clean, repair and repurpose high-end apparel, shoes and accessories for resale, upcycling and recycling.
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RESORTECS
This company makes clothing disassembly and upcycling more feasible by creating a dissolvable thread that degrades in certain heat conditions.
