Category: reuse backend infrastructure

• RIDWELL

  

  This company upcycles natural by-products into vegan beauty products, thereby keeping useful ingredients from landfills.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  April 15, 2025

  B corp, batteries, oregon, plastic diversion, plastic waste, Re-use, recycle, reuse backend infrastructure, subscription service, USA, waste infrastructure, waste pickup, waste recovery, waste solutions, waste sorting

  batteries, hard to recycle, styrofoam, subscription service, trash pick up service, waste infratructure, waste management

• LIQUIDONATE

  

  This company creates technology enabling retailers to donate returns and excess inventory to nonprofits.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  December 12, 2024

  california, digital, digital platform, excess inventory, Re-use, reuse backend infrastructure, software, USA

  digital platform, environment, excess inventory, matching, nonprofits, software platform

• DISPATCH GOODS

  

  This company designs and implements a zero-waste container system for restaurants, thereby minimizing the environmental costs associated with take-out containers while retaining the convenience of takeout services

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 31, 2024

  california, cleaning for reuse, food industry, package-free, Re-use, restaurant industry, reusable containers for food services, reusable packaging, reuse backend infrastructure, USA

  restaurant food packaging, reusable packaging, takeout

• TWIG

  

  This Fintech company provides an online payment wallet that allows consumers to pay using the monetary value of their pew-owned physical items, thereby encouraging reuse and resale.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 31, 2024

  B corp, Europe, Fintech, Re-use, reduce, Resale, reuse backend infrastructure, social enterprise/b corp, UK, unlocking value of existing goods

  bank of things, Fintech, used items

• RHEAPLY

  

  This company offers a platform that allows enterprises and individuals to exchange and utilize resources efficiently, reducing the friction of re-use.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 25, 2024

  digital platform, furniture, furniture, illinois, online marketplace, Re-use, Resale, reuse backend infrastructure, software, USA

  office resources, Resale, reuse, software, used

• AGAIN

  

  This company provides a cost-efficient way for businesses to use reusable glass packaging rather than sourcing virgin glass bottles.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 24, 2024

  cleaning for reuse, digital platform, Europe, logistics, metrics, package-free, packaging, Re-use, reusable packaging, reuse backend infrastructure, traceability, UK

  cleaning service for reuse, reusable containers, reuse infrastructure, shipping contrainers, traceability of assets

• REATH

  

  This company provides tracking technology for re-use that can be readily used by brands to understand metrics about reuse to meet their sustainability goals.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 24, 2024

  digital, digital platform, package-free, Re-use, reusable packaging, reuse backend infrastructure, software, traceability

  digital passports, metrics, reuse infrastructure, reuse metrics, reuse software, software

• CABINET HEALTH

  

  This company provides plastic-free, compostable and refillable packaging and containers in the healthcare space, thereby minimizing the need for single-use plastics.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 23, 2024

  B corp, compostable packaging, healthcare, new york, pharmaceutical, Re-use, reusable packaging, reuse backend infrastructure, USA

  bcorp, compostable medicine pouches, hospitals, medicine, reusable containers for pills

• CLEAN THE WORLD

  

  This company collects discarded soap from hospitality partners and creates recycled soap that it cleans and repurposes to distribute to people in need.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 19, 2024

  florida, Re-use, reuse backend infrastructure, soap, social enterprise/b corp, upcycling, USA, waste supply chain

  bcorp, hotel soap, soap, upcycled soap, waste supply chain

• TERRACYCLE and LOOP

  

  The circle of it: This company is a waste management company that optimizes disposal and usage of waste for brands and individuals.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 18, 2024

  downcycling, New Jersey, package-free, Re-use, recycle, refill, reusable containers for food services, reusable packaging, reuse backend infrastructure, reverse logistics, take back, USA, waste infrastructure, waste solutions

  downcycling, recycling infrastructure, upcycling, waste management