Circular Economy Startups

Georgette Packaging designs and manufactures carbon-neutral, branded packaging for businesses, including food companies. The company focuses on helping brands create conscientious, custom packaging.

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A company that addresses the economics of beauty and personal care products by reducing packaging waste and costs. The business model highlights the disparity between product cost and retail price in the cosmetics industry.

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InfinityBox provides cafeteria operations management for enterprises, with sustainability embedded into day-to-day execution through waste reduction and resource optimization systems. The company focuses on operational reliability and measurable environmental impact at scale.

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GFBiochemicals develops plant-based chemical ingredients derived from levulinate technology to replace harmful petrochemical components in consumer products such as shampoos, detergents, and cosmetics. The company operates manufacturing and research facilities across Europe and Asia, targeting reduction of carbon emissions and chemical pollution in everyday household and personal care products.

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GIDARA Energy converts waste and biomass feedstocks into sustainable fuels and chemicals using its patented High-Temperature Winkler gasification technology, serving airlines, fuel offtakers, and municipalities seeking to reduce emissions and manage waste responsibly.

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GipsRec.nl recycles gypsum boards, gypsum blocks, aerated concrete, and other gypsum-containing waste streams into reusable powders and granules, which are largely supplied back to the gypsum board industry. It serves the Benelux and northern Germany from its facility in Farmsum, near Delfzijl in the Netherlands.

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GiveMeTap is a social enterprise that produces and sells stainless steel water bottles, with each bottle funding clean water projects in remote African villages such as in Namibia, Malawi, and Ghana. It also offers custom-branded bottles for companies and runs a free-water network of cafes and shops where people can refill on the go.

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Glambot is an online marketplace where consumers can sell their unwanted or gently used makeup for cash and buy authentic pre-owned and discontinued beauty products at discounted prices. It focuses on the resale of cosmetics such as MAC blushes, eyeshadows, and lipsticks.

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Glass Half Full is a glass recycling operation that collects glass through residential, commercial, drop-off, and event pickups, and runs programs such as coastal restoration (ReCoast) and Mardi Gras beads recycling. It offers recycling services and related environmental initiatives.

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Glavel produces foamed glass aggregate, a lightweight building material made from recycled glass that provides structural compressive strength, insulation, and drainage in a single product, replacing foam insulation, crushed stone, and lightweight fill. The material is manufactured in an electrified kiln using renewable energy and is free from VOCs, microplastics, and harmful additives, serving the construction industry.

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Globus Wine is a wine bottling and logistics provider that handles the complete supply chain from vineyard to retail shelves, offering sourcing, bottling, design, packaging, and logistics services for wine distributors and producers across Scandinavia. The company is the largest wine bottler in the Nordic region and serves major distributors and wine producers.

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Gloset is an online marketplace for buying and selling secondhand fashion, including branded clothing, dresses, shoes, and bags from labels such as Prada, Gucci, and Zara. It offers item authentication and resale services, letting users turn their closet into earnings, and appears focused on the Mexican market.

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Glou is a beauty resale marketplace that enables consumers to buy and sell secondhand beauty products. The platform aims to shift consumer behavior from hyper-consumption toward conscious consumption by facilitating the rehoming of used beauty products.

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Glyph manufactures digitally knit footwear designed for comfort and versatility. The company offers shoes with antimicrobial insoles and high-performance soles for everyday wear.

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Go Forest, founded in 2020, runs tree-planting and reforestation projects with structural partners, and through Go Ocean works to restore coastlines and coral reefs and protect ocean ecosystems and wildlife. The company focuses on environmental restoration and climate impact.

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Loopi is a marketplace for buying and selling pre-owned clothing, allowing customers to purchase second-hand fashion items and resell garments they no longer wear. The company sources quality-checked clothing to reduce waste and extend the lifespan of garments in the fashion industry.

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Goboony operates a peer-to-peer motorhome sharing platform connecting owners with travelers, promoting sustainable tourism and reducing underutilized recreational vehicles across Europe. The platform emphasizes circular economy principles and prioritizes electric vehicle integration.

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A battery diagnostic system that measures state of charge and state of health using electrode reaction area algorithms, enabling rapid diagnostics in approximately one second rather than hours.

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Golden West Packaging manufactures corrugated and paperboard packaging solutions for commercial customers seeking to optimize product presentation and reduce material costs. Founded in 1952 and based in Southern California, the company emphasizes sustainable design practices including waste reduction and increased use of recycled content.

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GoMore operates a car-sharing and peer-to-peer car rental platform, offering access to more than 20,000 rental cars and a GoMore+ membership for discounts. The service connects people who want to share or rent cars, with a focus on reducing the number of cars needed in cities.

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Goodfair is an online store offering affordable, sustainable and eco-friendly everyday products, including bundle deals, aimed at consumers looking for practical alternatives to disposable items. Most items are priced under $30.

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Goodpack provides reusable, pallet-sized shipping and storage containers on a pay-per-use model, operating a fleet of over 4 million containers across a global network of 5,000+ delivery and collection points with embedded RFID and data analytics. It serves supply chains in the rubber, chemicals, automotive, and food markets, positioning its containers as an enabler of circular, sustainable logistics systems.</parameter> <parameter name="founders">[]

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Go Swag is a B2B merchandise and promotional products platform that curates and sells branded items to enterprises and mid-market companies. The company vets suppliers and products to offer high-quality merchandise solutions for corporate gifting and employee engagement.

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GoWood manufactures and exports high-quality firewood and kindling products for international markets from its operations in Latvia. The company operates two manufacturing plants with capacity to produce over 5 million bags annually and is expanding with two additional large-scale facilities.

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