The Circular People

Geography- USA

  • REBUNDLE

    This company provides plant-based braiding hair made from banana fibers to offer a non-toxic, biodegradable, itch-free, and sustainable alternative to traditional plastic-based synthetic hair extensions.

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  • COMMONS

    This company helps track users’ carbon footprint through an app in order to help them make more sustainable and climate-friendly choices, turning everyday purchases into climate action

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  • PARCEL HEALTH

    This company is helping the pharmaceutical industry away from using plastic pill bottles to compostable paper pill bottle solutions

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  • LOKA

    This company has created Dry-Erase markers made from 100% reclaimed plastic and are designed with a bio-recyclable additive to break down faster than conventional plastic.

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  • TASTEE TAPE

    This company creates edible (=compostable) tape and wraps for serving and storing food items like wraps, burritos, gyros, etc.

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  • COCOPLUM

    This company upcycles used prescription bottles into frames for sunglasses

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  • KEEL LABS

    This company has developed seaweed-based fiber materials to be used in the fashion industry.

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  • NUDE FOODS MARKET

    This company is a zero-waste grocery store, that provides staple grocery store items in reusable containers (not to be confused with a bulk store!) . 

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  • REVINO

    This company is creating a closed-loop system for reusable glass wine bottles, by providing and end-to-end refillable bottle solution

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  • MATTER OF TRUST

    This nonprofit repurposes human hair, pet hair, fleece and other materials to clean up oil spills in the oceans

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  • RIDWELL

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

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  • CLEMENT PACKAGING

    This company creates compostable packaging for consumer products.

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  • FULL HARVEST

    This company is creating a marketplace for produce that connects commercial produce buyers to farms, thereby reducing inefficiencies associated with surplus and imperfect produce.

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  • MYCOWORKS

    This company is creating biodegradable leather and other textile alternatives using mycellium mushrooms.

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  • LIQUIDONATE

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

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  • WISDOM SUPPLY COMPANY

    This company provides plastic-free and zero-waste stationary supplies.

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  • REFIBERD

    This company utilized artificial intelligence (AI) and hyperspectral imaging to sort discarded textiles for recycling.

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  • MI TERRO

    This company is creating compostable bioplastics from food waste and other organic waste.

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  • MYRO

    This company is offering personal hygiene products in reusable containers.

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  • URBAN MACHINE

    This company is utilizing AI to make lumber waste more easily reused for reclaimed wood purposes.

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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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  • CRUZ FOAM

    This company creates compostable styrofoam made from food waste to replace traditional styrofoam for packaging solutions.

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  • GAEASTAR

    This company designs and makes clay cups to replace single-use cups that can be reused and are ultimately biodegradable.

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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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  • GREEN TOYS

    This company uses recycled milk jugs to create children’s toys

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  • BARNANA

    Food upcycling B-corp creating new supply chain by diverting bananas that do no meet export standards away from landfills, thereby creating new revenue streams and reducing waste.

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  • ROTHY’S

    This lifestyle brand creates a novel “yarn” using single-use plastic bottles and turns them into artfully-designed shoes and other lifestyle products

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  • 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

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  • RENEWAL MILL

    Food upcycling company that utilizes byproducts from other food manufacturing processes and transforms them into high quality ingredients, thereby creating new revenue streams and reducing waste.

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  • THE REAL REAL

    Online marketplace for luxury consignment goods, thereby facilitating reuse and resale of high-end clothing and other luxury goods.

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  • MOBIUS MATERIALS

    This company offers a marketplace to buy and sell pre-owned consumer electronics, thereby facilitating reuse of materials that would have likely have not been used again.

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  • MANGO MATERIALS

    This company produces biodegradable polymers from waste biogas, thereby creating a biodegradable and cost-effective alternative to oil-based plastics.

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  • TROVE

    This company offers a secondary market to brands to creating a platform that enables buy back and resale of the brand’s items, thereby encouraging reuse and resale.

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  • IMPERFECT PRODUCE

    This company rescues produce and other food items that would otherwise end up being wasted and offers a service to customers that leverages sustainability as a key offering, thereby preventing food waste and finding a market for “ugly” produce.

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  • INCREDIBLE EATS

    This company is on a mission to reduce plastic waste by creating an edible spoon that can be eaten, or else composted, thereby replacing the need for plastic cutlery.

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  • ECOVATIVE DESIGN

    This company is creating biodegradable and compostable alternatives to plastics and other synthetic foams using mushroom technology within the packaging space.

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  • RHEAPLY

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

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  • CLEVER CARBON

    This company aims to raise carbon footprint literacy and create a carbon literate society in order to accelerate reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

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  • ALGENESIS

    This company is making renewable polyurethanes from algae and non-food plant oils and partnering with companies to make biodegradable products.

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  • BLUEVIEW FOOTWEAR

    This company is making biodegradable shoes from algae-based polyurethanes and other biodegradable materials.

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  • BLUE PLANET INK

    This company is producing disappearing ink that can be inserted into standard printers so that paper can be re-used instead of recycled after the ink disappears after use.

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  • EVRNU

    This company transforms post-consumer textile waste into a new raw material that can be used to create new textiles and clothes using their proprietary fiber technology, thereby reducing the amount of post-consumer waste ending up in landfill.

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  • HUUE

    This company uses biotechnology to create sustainable and non-toxic dyes for the clothing industry.

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  • BENI

    This company provides a browser extension that makes it easier to purchase a used version of a desired item, thereby decreasing friction related to re-use and resale.

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  • SWAY

    This company creates seaweed-based packaging solutions that are home-compostable.

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  • SUGA

    This company creates yoga mats from discarded wet suits that would otherwise end up in landfill.

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  • LOLIWARE

    This company is working with seaweed-based plastic alternatives that are entirely compostable, and can be used for various products including cups and straws.

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  • BOLT THREADS

    This company uses DNA technology to create durable fabrics and textiles that are biodegradable and circular.

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  • AMP ROBOTICS

    This company uses robots at waste management facility to increase efficiencies associated with recycling and recovering value from waste

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  • GOODR

    This company is a surplus food management platform that leverages blockchain technology to connect businesses with surplus food with people in need, thereby reducing food waste and combating hunger.

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  • AMBERCYCLE

    This company regenerates end-of-life textiles into new virgin raw materials that can be reused in the clothing industry.

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  • 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.

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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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  • 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.

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  • THOUSAND FELL

    This company creates recyclable sneakers out of biodegradable, waste materials and/or recycled materials and has a take-back program to ensure that used sneakers are re-integrated or repurposed or else re-used.

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  • GLASS HALF FULL

    This non-profit converts used glass bottles into eco-friendly sand and gravel solutions that can then be used in Louisiana’s storm relief and coastal restoration efforts.

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  • LIVING INK

    This company creates a high-quality algae-based ink that biodegrades to be used in packaging and other applications.

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  • FOR DAYS

    This fashion company specializes in recyclable fashion, and has created a take-back bag that allows customers to send back clothes in exchange for a customer discount.

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  • 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.

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  • MANY MOONS

    This company is circular retailer for children’s fashion, offering used options and also a rental model for children’s clothes.

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  • LOOPTWORKS

    This company is recovering end-of-life textiles and bringing them back to the economy through circular solutions like recycling, upcycling and downcycling.

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  • RE:DISH

    This company provides infrastructure and software to enable reuse at scale for a range of entities, from schools to restaurants.

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  • BYFUSION

    This company rescues plastic and even nonrecyclables and upcycles them into building blocks to be used for temporary and permanent structures.

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  • THREDUP

    This company makes used clothing more accessible by connecting users to a large online inventory of used clothing and fashion items, thereby encouraging reuse and resale.

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  • LIMELOOP

    This company reduces or eliminates the frictions associated with reusable packaging by creating a system for reusable packaging that will be returned to the brand to be used over and over again.

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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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  • 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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  • REGRAINED

    This company upcycles spent grain from the beer-making process and creates new food products with it.

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  • PELA

    This company creates compostable phone cases that naturally biodegrade, thereby eliminating the need for conventional plastic cases.

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