Circular Economy Startups

The Changing Markets Foundation is a nonprofit organization that designs and supports advocacy campaigns to shift market demand toward sustainable products and away from environmentally and socially harmful companies. It works with NGO coalitions, conducts research and supply-chain investigations, and leverages market forces to accelerate solutions to sustainability challenges including climate change, resource scarcity, and corporate greenwashing.

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Chanzi uses Black Soldier Fly larvae to convert food waste into protein for animal feed. The company also produces organic fertiliser and positions its work around waste reduction, deforestation, and climate change.

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CHAR Tech develops high-temperature pyrolysis technology that converts woody materials and organic waste into renewable energy (natural gas and hydrogen) and biocarbon products. The company serves the energy transition and circular economy sectors.

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Cheekbone Beauty produces Sustain, a vegan, refillable lipstick made in Canada with high-pigment color and clean ingredients. The product is marketed toward consumers seeking sustainable, Indigenous-inspired beauty products with minimal environmental impact.

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Cheeky Panda produces bamboo-based tissue products, including toilet paper, sold to households via one-off and subscription orders. The consumer brand emphasizes tree-free, plastic-free packaging and has sold over 100 million rolls.

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A direct-to-consumer food company that makes toaster pastries with whole food ingredients, marketed as a healthier alternative to conventional versions.

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Anew produces plant-based water bottles designed with circular economy principles to replace single-use plastic, glass, and aluminium packaging. The company targets consumers seeking sustainable beverage packaging alternatives.

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ChopValue manufactures furniture, wall features, and signage from a densified composite material made by compressing recycled chopsticks, offering standard and custom solutions for businesses. It operates a network of local microfactories to produce and distribute products close to customers, positioning itself in the circular economy and sustainable materials space.

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ChoViva makes a cocoa-free chocolate alternative produced from ground sunflower seeds that looks and tastes like chocolate. It is offered as a compound ingredient for food manufacturers, positioned as a lower-emission and more sustainable substitute for conventional chocolate.

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Christy Dawn is a clothing brand that designs and sells women's dresses, undergarments, and slips made through a regenerative "Farm-to-Closet" model, working with partner Oshadi Collective on regenerative cotton farming. It sells direct to consumers online and through its Los Angeles retail store.

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Cimu operates a network of vetted tailors offering on-demand clothing alteration services delivered to customers' homes in New York City. The company modernizes the traditional tailoring industry by connecting skilled artisan tailors with customers through digital infrastructure while supporting immigrant and minority-language tailors in building sustainable practices.

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Cinch offers a Device-as-a-Service (DaaS) platform that provides businesses with laptops and IT equipment on flexible subscriptions, covering leasing, procurement, and full IT asset lifecycle management through end-of-life recycling. It serves businesses of all sizes across Asia and works with OEMs, IT service providers, finance companies, and sustainability partners.

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Circa Biotech converts organic waste into resources such as sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), insect protein, and organic fertilizer using engineering-based processes. Founded in 2020, it focuses on waste management and circular-economy solutions.

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Circle Seafoods operates floating processor barges that freeze wild-caught seafood at ultra-low temperatures at sea, providing refrigeration, sorting and grading technology, and cold storage, along with amenities for fishermen. It serves commercial fishermen and seafood buyers in the wild seafood industry, later using its barges to transport and store catch for reprocessing and distribution.

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An online marketplace for secondhand and pre-owned fashion, selling authenticated branded clothing, shoes, and handbags that are professionally cleaned and quality-graded before shipping. Prices are listed in AED, indicating a focus on the United Arab Emirates market.

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An e-commerce retailer selling adapters, analog cameras, audio equipment, underwater photography gear, and related accessories.

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Circmar develops circular packaging solutions for the seafood industry. The company was named winner of the Seafood Innovation Award 2026 at the North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF) in Bergen.

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Circuland provides AI-powered software that enables construction and manufacturing teams to track materials through supply chains and issue Digital Product Passports for regulatory compliance and circular economy practices. The platform serves enterprises globally with multilingual support.

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Circular builds data, software, and AI tools to create liquidity in previously illiquid sustainability-focused markets and support innovation across the value chain. The company operates a large-scale transactional platform aimed at making markets more sustainable.

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Circular Brain operates a platform connecting companies, circular operators (recyclers, technical repair services, transporters), individuals, and public institutions to support the circular economy for electronics and corporate e-waste disposal. It serves Brazilian businesses and organizations needing safe, proper disposal of obsolete or broken electronic equipment.

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Circular City offers a white-label digital platform for public authorities and local governments that informs residents about waste sorting and the circular economy by integrating the authority's data in any format. The platform connects residents with local reuse actors (social economy organizations, associations, professionals) for collection, repair, or reuse, and provides behavioral analytics and GDPR-compliant data hosting in France.

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Circular LinX provides waste management systems (including electronic manifest systems for industrial waste) and BPO services for companies, combining ICT and business process outsourcing to support circular-economy and sustainability operations. Formed as a joint venture between SMFL and the Amita group, it offers its 'LinX Management' and 'LinX BPO' products in Japan.

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Circular Services provides collection, sorting, and processing of recyclable commodities, along with shredding, organics handling, and recycled materials trading, to keep materials out of landfills and return them to supply chains. It operates a network of recycling facilities across the United States serving businesses and communities.

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CircularPlace is a digital platform that enables companies to reemploy and resell unused equipment across their organization, including redistribution to employees, B2B buyers, and partner nonprofits. The platform provides asset lifecycle management, inventory tracking, environmental impact reporting, and operational guidance for circular economy initiatives.

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