Circular Economy Startups

PaperMulch manufactures a paper-based mulch product as an alternative to plastic mulch for commercial vegetable farming. The product is designed to suppress weeds, retain moisture, and reduce plastic waste in agriculture.

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Paper Not Foil makes reusable and degradable hair foils made from stone paper, used by hairstylists as an alternative to standard aluminium foils. The products are sold to salons and stylists across markets including New Zealand, Australia, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Italy.

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PaperShell produces a bio-based, fossil-carbon-free material made by pressing kraft paper into load-bearing components. It is positioned as a substitute for carbon-intensive materials such as aluminum, plastic, and glass-fibre composites, reducing CO2e emissions by up to 98%.

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Paperworks Industries manufactures paperboard and packaging products with a focus on sustainability. It supplies these packaging solutions to business customers.

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Paprec is a French waste management and recycling company that handles collection, sorting, and processing of waste for both private companies and public authorities, then sells the recycled raw materials or converts waste into energy. It serves industrial clients and local governments across France, operating across the full waste-management value chain including plastic recycling and energy recovery.

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Paques designs and delivers biological treatment systems that purify wastewater, recover reusable materials, produce biogas, and desulfurize gas for commercial industries and water service providers. Operating since 1981, the company has installed over 3,400 water purification systems across more than 60 countries.

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Paques develops ANAMMOX®, a biological nitrogen removal system that converts ammonium and nitrite into nitrogen gas, serving municipal and industrial wastewater treatment facilities. The company's patented technology achieves significant operational cost savings and CO2 emission reductions compared to traditional nitrogen removal methods.

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Paques Biomaterials produces biodegradable PHA polymers from renewable resources and circular feedstocks using proprietary bacterial fermentation technology. The company operates demonstration and pilot facilities in the Netherlands to produce its branded Caleyda material for diverse industrial applications.

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Paravel makes luggage, bags, and travel accessories from recycled and post-consumer materials, including carbon-neutral suitcases. The company sells sustainable travel gear directly to consumers, emphasizing durable design and offset carbon emissions.

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Parksons Packaging is a packaging solutions provider specializing in folding cartons and paper-based packaging for sectors including pharmaceuticals, food & beverage, personal care, and automobiles. The company operates 12 manufacturing sites across India plus facilities in Tanzania and a marketing office in Belgium.

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Parley for the Oceans is an environmental organization and network that brings together creators, brands, governments and environmental groups to address ocean threats including plastic pollution, climate change and biodiversity loss. It uses a framework of creativity, collaboration and eco-innovation, including its "AIR" (Avoid, Intercept, Redesign) strategy, to drive material and systemic change.

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Path Environmental Technology provides storage tank cleaning solutions using the athos™ system, which recovers oil, reduces emissions, and minimizes waste. The company serves industrial clients requiring reliable, environmentally responsible tank cleaning with transparent pricing.

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Pathfinder Bio uses enzyme engineering and low-cost protein production to develop biocatalysts and biotechnological processes for molecular biology reagents, diagnostics, and industrial biomanufacturing. Its proprietary platform enables ultra-high throughput measurement of enzyme performance to design enzyme-based processes for sustainable chemical manufacturing.

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PBS Recycling is a company group specializing in recycling technical plastic waste and trading secondary raw materials, offering disposal concepts, material recovery, and logistics directly from the plant. It uses a dry-mechanical processing method with density-based selective separation to recover and separate plastics for material reuse.

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PC International manufactures plastic bottles and containers using blow molding technology, offering both standard stock molds and custom design solutions for consumer product brands seeking sustainable packaging options.

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PCX Markets is a plastic responsibility platform providing upstream and downstream solutions to help companies achieve sustainability goals through a transparent marketplace for plastic waste collection, transport, and responsible processing. The platform serves companies looking to reduce plastic consumption and fund cleanup of legacy plastic waste while supporting community-based waste management in emerging markets.

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PeakAmp is a technology-enabled battery circularity company that collects, diagnoses, refurbishes, and recycles end-of-life lithium-ion batteries from EV and consumer electronics sectors across India, recovering critical materials like lithium, cobalt, and nickel. It serves manufacturers and recyclers with logistics, material recovery, regulatory compliance documentation, and inventory tracking.

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PectCof uses a proprietary green extraction technology to convert agricultural waste from the coffee supply chain into food ingredients. Its first product, Dutch Gum, is a soluble dietary fiber aimed at plant-based product development.

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Peecho provides a print-on-demand API that lets platforms and content creators integrate printing capabilities into their applications, offering a range of printed products (books, magazines, canvas, calendars) with global fulfillment and automated logistics.

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PEEL Lab is a Japanese B2B company that makes plant-based leather from fruit peels, such as pineapple leaves sourced from juice factories, as an animal-free alternative to conventional leather. It offers design and production services so corporate clients can create personalized products using its plant-based leather materials.

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Peer Ledger uses blockchain technology to provide supply chain visibility and data integrity for organizations, helping them improve sustainability standards, reduce counterfeiting and conflict financing risks, and protect human health and environmental performance.

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Pelagen engineers animal-free leather by cultivating skin tissue from cells, aiming to match the quality of conventional leather without the environmental or animal-welfare impact. Its biofabricated material targets applications in fashion, automotive, and interiors.

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Pelican Waste & Debris provides waste disposal and debris removal services in Louisiana with a focus on environmental responsibility and local community service.

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Penta is a nonprofit social venture that collects used and surplus prosthetic equipment from the United States and distributes it to amputees in low- and middle-income countries. The organization operates across 16 countries globally to restore physical, social, and economic mobility for people lacking access to affordable prosthetic care.

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