Location

North America

Innovation in North America is concentrated in the West Coast and ideas range from plastic alternatives to infrastructure behind making circular innovation possible.

Europe

Europe is where circular ideas are being experimented the most. Ideas range from compostable eyewear to luxury leather made using restaurant fish waste as a raw material.

Asia

The main player in Asia so far is India. Ideas range from compostable materials and plastic alternatives to finding new uses to organic agricultural waste.

Africa

Companies in Africa are finding new energy alternatives using waste and creating upcycled products.

South America

There is a nascent movement toward finding ideas that are more environment friendly and still economically accessible to the common people.

Australia/New Zealand

Ideas so far focus on electronic waste.

Middle East

The UAE has some examples of finding new uses for used cooking oil.