Circular Economy Startups

Reboot is a Japanese company offering a subscription-based device rental service, lending equipment to customers for a monthly fee with shipping and return costs included. Devices are rented on auto-renewing monthly terms and ordered through the company's website.

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Reboxed is an online retailer specializing in refurbished mobile devices such as the Samsung Galaxy A52 5G. The company sells pre-owned smartphones with warranty guarantees to consumer customers.

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RECARBON recycles carbon fiber waste—such as prepreg offcuts, obsolete moulds, and faulty parts—into reusable materials, producing prepregs, cores, and organo-sheets for aircraft, sport and leisure, industrial, and automotive applications. The company also offers technical services including mechanical testing and CNC milling.

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Recell converts cellulosic waste — such as fibers from water treatment plant screens and other cellulosic feedstock — into sustainable industrial fibers and high-purity industrial sugars used for building materials, green chemicals, biopolymers, and advanced biofuels. It serves industrial companies in Europe seeking to lower CO₂ emissions and build circular value chains.

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ReCheck operates a platform for managing and reusing building materials and real estate assets with financial incentives, focused on circular innovation in the real estate sector.

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Reciki operates self-designed material recovery facilities that receive, separate, and prepare recyclable materials from municipal waste, aiming to divert waste from landfills. It is a privately-owned waste management company serving Indonesia's waste and recycling sector.

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ReciVeci runs ReciApp, a mobile app connecting citizens, companies, and grassroots waste pickers to recover recyclable and returnable materials and support inclusive recycling. Operating in Ecuador, it also offers businesses recycling systems, collection events, and advisory services to reduce CO2 footprint and meet ESG goals.

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Reclaimed Textiles sells recycled fabric products to industrial and commercial customers in automotive, manufacturing, janitorial, and construction sectors. The materials offer cost savings, environmental benefits through waste diversion, and high absorbency for cleaning and operational applications.

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Reclaimit is a SaaS platform that helps merchants manage returns and post-purchase experiences through an all-in-one solution serving 600+ retailers and suppliers. The company focuses on making returns more efficient, sustainable, and profitable for both merchants and consumers.

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Recleim is an appliance recycling company that uses a closed-loop resource recovery process to recover commodity materials such as steel, aluminum, copper, plastic and foam from residential and commercial appliances, and captures refrigerants and ozone-depleting substances. It handles transportation of appliances from homes and retailers to processing plants and sells recovered byproducts to downstream recyclers and commodity buyers.

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Reco2 makes Vytreum, a patented Italian flooring material for premium outdoor spaces produced from certified industrial waste (fly ash, demolition aggregates, recycled glass) without kilns or clinker, reducing CO₂ emissions by 80% versus traditional materials. It serves architects, public entities, hospitality, and ESG-focused companies, with each production batch certified on the Polygon blockchain and compliant with Italian CAM and LEED standards.

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Recommerce Group offers a platform and turnkey services for the circular economy, covering trade-in, refurbishment and repair, and resale of refurbished products. It uses AI-driven data analysis to help brands and retailers maximize the residual value of their products and build omnichannel refurbished offerings.

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Recoolit reduces cooling-related emissions from air conditioning and refrigeration systems through refrigerant management solutions. The company targets climate impact by addressing a neglected but high-impact emissions source affecting billions of people globally.

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Recovawear designs adaptive clothing for people recovering from injuries and disabilities, enabling independent dressing with ease and comfort. The company uses a circular economy model with take-back and buy-back programs to minimize environmental impact.

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Recover Energy develops technology to remediate drilling waste liabilities in the oil and gas industry. The company processes and treats waste from drilling operations to reduce environmental contamination.

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Recyclaro is a B2B platform connecting manufacturers, recyclers, aggregators, and waste handlers for buying and selling industrial recyclables including batteries, e-waste, metals, and plastics. The platform optimizes recycling supply chains while helping businesses achieve EPR and ESG compliance goals.

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Recycled Granite recovers scrap granite and marble remnants discarded by stone fabricators and processes them into finished products for residential and commercial projects. The company serves architects, designers, builders, and do-it-yourselfers in the U.S., and runs an apprenticeship program certifying people with disabilities to work with recycled stone.

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Red Bag Solutions is a healthcare company that develops sterilization and infection control solutions, including SSM (Sterile Specimen Management) technology and equipment. The company serves healthcare facilities and institutions requiring quality assurance and technical support for medical sterilization processes.

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Redivivum Technology provides AI-powered software for automated identification, inspection, and listing of garments in the second-hand fashion and circular economy sector. The platform serves resale service providers, vintage stores, and 3PL companies by automating garment processing and digital inventory creation.

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Reebelo is an online marketplace selling expertly refurbished consumer electronics such as laptops, iPads, and smartwatches at prices discounted from new. It operates in Singapore under Quista Technology Pte. Ltd.

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REEgen uses genetically engineered bacteria to recover rare earth elements and critical metals from ores and industrial by-products such as steel slag, electronic waste, spent catalysts, and coal ash. The bioleaching process aims to provide a cleaner, circular alternative to conventional rare earth extraction and diversify a supply chain currently dominated by China.

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Reekom operates a repair and alteration service network for fashion retailers and brands across France, Spain, and Belgium, connecting customers with qualified local artisans or a centralized workshop. The platform offers three services: stock restoration (Renew), customer repair and alterations (Repair), and secondhand remarketing (Recover), with integration via simple URL link or in-store solution.

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Refeely (리필리) sells organic grains and cereals — such as brown rice, white rice, barley, oats, and mixed grains — packaged in paper cartons instead of plastic to reduce plastic waste. It also offers eco-friendly packaging and promotional-product services for businesses, public institutions, and bulk-order customers.

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Refinity develops technology to convert minimally-sorted mixed plastic waste into drop-in raw material feedstocks, aiming to replace naphtha and support a circular economy. It operates in the chemical recycling and materials sector as a member of Innventure's family of companies.

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