Circular Economy Startups

Taylor Stitch designs and sells durable men's apparel and clothing built for long-term use, with a stated focus on limiting environmental impact across its supply chain. The brand positions its products for everyday and outdoor activities.

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TDG Environmental provides industrial and utility services in the waste, recycling, stormwater and water/wastewater sectors, including CCTV inspection, emergency response and field operations for utility and industrial clients. The company operates across Australian states (QLD, NSW, VIC, SA) and New Zealand.

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Amble Outdoors is an Australian apparel company that designs and sells women's waterproof outerwear made from recycled materials. The company focuses on functional, packable rain jackets with sustainable construction and tailored fits for women.

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Tecfil manufactures automotive filters — including oil, air, and fuel filters and wiper blades — for light and heavy vehicles, with an emphasis on ecological filter designs that use recyclable and synthetic materials to reduce waste.

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Tepix provided rental mat service and workwear service in Latvia, offering swappable dirt-absorbing entrance mats with regular cleaning and delivery, plus specialized work clothing for sectors such as healthcare, construction, and food service. The company's assets were acquired by the Lindström Group in summer 2020 and integrated into Lindstrom Latvija.

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Teqcycle sells remanufactured and renewed premium tech devices for business use, testing and preparing them for immediate deployment with warranties of up to three years. It positions reused devices as an alternative to buying new for both individual users and large-scale deployments.

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Terasort builds fully automated robotic systems for material sorting and recycling, using AI and computer vision to process and separate material types in real time with high-purity outputs. The company serves waste management and recycling operations with modular, container-based sorting solutions designed for flexible deployment at scale.

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Termo provides ESG services to companies and organizations, including carbon footprint measurement (organizational and product-level), circularity assessments, and decarbonization projects such as photovoltaic installations. It supports the implementation of sustainability and energy transition initiatives.

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Terra Bio Industries upcycles brewers' spent grains into B2B food ingredients, using a process that separates the grain protein into dried plant-based protein and converts the remaining sugars into fermentation feedstock. It supplies barley-derived protein concentrates, high-fiber flour, and malt syrup to food and beverage producers while providing suppliers with spent-grain removal services.

1 investor

This page lists partner companies of Terragon: Rainmaker, LLC, which represents principals offering facilities and capabilities for marine, oilfield, and ship-related needs, and Marship Engineering, a full-service provider to the marine and offshore industry covering business development, engineering, installation, maintenance, and life cycle management for marine equipment.

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TerraSafe develops plastic-free barrier packaging solutions using natural materials and biocomposites for food and beverage applications. The company creates moisture-resistant and grease-resistant coatings, films, and edible alternatives derived from natural building blocks.

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Terravive makes American-manufactured, compostable food service products certified as ocean-degradable and compostable as an alternative to traditional plastics. The company serves the food service market and is a woman-, minority-, and veteran-owned business based in the United States.

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TerraWaste develops htloop®, a modular hydrothermal process that uses high-temperature, high-pressure water to convert low-quality mixed waste plastics and biomass into near-naphtha oil for use as petrochemical feedstock. It targets waste handlers and petrochemical companies, aiming to enable plastics recirculation and reduced CO2 while competing economically with fossil oil.

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Terreign Clothing designs durable, outdoor-inspired apparel such as cargos, joggers, hoodies, and t-shirts made from 100% recycled materials for everyday wear. The brand sells directly to consumers and focuses on minimising environmental impact.

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TERREPOWER is a sustainable manufacturing company that remanufactures and extends the life of essential products to reduce waste, operating within the circular economy. It serves industrial customers globally, with operations in over 90 countries and manufacturing facilities across North America and Europe.

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tex.tracer provides a platform for fashion brands and retailers to collect, measure, and report product environmental footprint data through automated Life Cycle Assessments. The platform enables companies to track emissions and resource use across their supply chain to meet EU regulatory requirements and sustainability goals.

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Texélan makes decorative tiles, acoustic panels, shelves, and mannequin busts by shredding unsold clothing and textiles that would otherwise be landfilled and transforming them into new products. The company operates a circular upcycling process, taking back its products at end of life to re-grind and reuse the material.

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Textbooks for Change is a social enterprise that collects and redistributes donated textbooks to make education more affordable and accessible, with programs reaching students in East Africa. It also focuses on sustainability by repurposing books to reduce waste.

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The Alchemist is a brewery that operates two facilities focused on waste reduction and sustainability through multi-stream recycling, CO2 recapture technology, and conversion of brewing byproducts into animal feed, energy, and compost. The company partners with local farms and businesses to repurpose spent grain, wastewater, and packaging materials, aiming for zero landfill waste across its operations.

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Circular Design Guide is an educational resource helping innovators and businesses transition to circular economy principles, providing design thinking frameworks and solutions for sustainable, regenerative business models.

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The Industrial Commons is a nonprofit rooted in Morganton, North Carolina that builds community-owned businesses and cooperatives to create quality jobs and equitable local economies in rural Appalachia. The organization supports workers through workforce development, business incubation, capital provision, and transition to employee ownership models.

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The Mulch & Soil Company manufactures and distributes landscape mulch and soil products, including the signature FloriMulch brand made from invasive melaleuca trees, serving the lawn and garden industry across Florida. The company operates four production plants in Florida and maintains its own trucking fleet.

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The Perfect Jean is a direct-to-consumer apparel brand that makes organic cotton clothing including jeans and polo shirts, emphasizing sustainability and ethical manufacturing standards throughout its supply chain.

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The Tyre Collective develops technology to capture and reduce tire wear pollution, partnering with manufacturers and policymakers to address a major environmental problem. The company supports businesses in transitioning to zero-emission mobility.

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