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FIXITS
This company has created a bio-compatible repair material that can be used to fix everyday consumable products from clothing to electronics, thereby increasing the life of the consumable product.
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TULU
This company is helping set up a sharing economy in closed loop environments, providing on-demand access to home essentials.
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WORN WEAR
Patagonia’s Worn Wear offers a platform for customers to buy used versions of Patagonia’s gear, thereby encouraging re-use and resale.
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SOJO
This company provides an app that makes clothing repair accessible, thereby extending the life of clothes derived from the fashion industry.
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EON
This company provides a digital traceability system for the fashion industry that helps brands identify, track and manage items to encourage resale, recycling and other secondary market capabilities.
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NUDIE JEANS
This company has incorporated circularity into the life cycle of its jeans, including resale, repairs and a take-back program.
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BUNDLEE
This company offers a rental service for baby clothes, thereby encouraging reuse and bringing back resources to the business.
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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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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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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.
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CIRCULAR IQ
This company helps companies offers software tools to “measure” circularity and resource management.
The Circular People 