Circular Economy Startups

Vyta provides IT asset disposition (ITAD) services across Europe, combining secure data handling, value recovery, and environmental responsibility for organizations retiring IT equipment. The company serves enterprise clients seeking certified, compliant asset management with transparent sustainability reporting and carbon-neutral operations.

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Walki produces recyclable, fibre-based packaging materials with dispersion coatings that provide medium-to-high barrier performance for food and non-food applications. The company's solutions replace multilayer plastic laminates while maintaining heat-seal reliability and remaining compatible with standard paper recycling streams.

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Wardrobe is an online store that sources like-new customer returns from major retailers and resells them in limited quantities at discounted prices. Each item is authenticated and quality-checked, with only 1-3 units available per listing.

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Warming Surfaces manufactures patent-protected heated surface systems under the Halia brand that improve energy efficiency in living spaces while reducing carbon footprint. The company applies circular economy principles and operates as a deep tech spin-out focused on sustainable heating solutions for residential and commercial applications.

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Wash Cycle Laundry is a commercial laundry service for hotels and businesses in Boston and Philadelphia that uses chlorine-free chemistry, cargo bike logistics, and water/energy recycling. The company integrates social enterprise practices by hiring people overcoming incarceration and homelessness barriers.

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Waste.Solutions provides independent waste audits and reduction planning for organizations across hospitality, healthcare, manufacturing, and property management sectors. The company specializes in waste stream assessment, source separation planning, ISO 14001 consulting, and education strategies to help clients minimize disposal costs and achieve sustainability certifications.

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Waste Ventures India offers waste management services in India, using decentralised and inclusive collection and composting models to address the country's trash problem. The company positions itself as a single-point solution for waste management needs.

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Wastech develops compact processing plants that convert food waste into nutrient-rich soil and natural fertilizer, using sorting systems to remove plastic and contaminants from the waste stream. It serves both consumers and professional customers such as businesses, entrepreneurs, and agriculture in Norway, applying a circular-economy approach to waste management.

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Wastech Engineering designs, engineers and manufactures equipment to compact, crush, sort and de-package solid waste and recyclables, serving businesses and government at all levels. Based in Hallam, Victoria, it provides waste management and resource recovery systems across Australia and New Zealand.

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WasteFlow is an AI-driven copilot designed for waste management facilities that uses computer vision to classify waste materials, detect hazardous objects like batteries and sharp metals, and predict material blockages in real time. The platform provides operators with transparency into their sorting lines and generates ROI-driven recommendations to improve efficiency, safety, and revenue.

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WasteFuel produces sustainable fuels from waste materials for hard-to-abate industries including maritime shipping, aviation, and heavy transport. The company uses proprietary waste-to-fuel technology, including its modular methanol production system, to divert waste from landfills and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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WasteLink operates a food waste management platform that upcycles food surplus from food producers and retailers into bakery-based animal feed ingredients. It serves the food industry and supplies feed formulations for cattle, poultry, aqua, swine, and pets to feed producers and farmers across India, while offering traceability, compliance, and analytics.

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Wastespresso collects spent coffee grounds from companies' offices and converts them into bio-composite materials used to manufacture products such as cups, mugs, and trays, offering businesses an alternative to plastic and wood. It provides monthly ISO 14064-compliant impact reports on collected coffee volume and emission reductions, serving corporate clients in Turkey.

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Wastetide provides software tools for waste management and recycling operations, helping facilities discover hidden revenue from secondary materials and streamline manual workflows. The platform targets waste management companies and industrial operations seeking to optimize resource recovery and operational efficiency.

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Scalable Systems Group (WasteWizer) develops IoT weight-sensing hardware and software that remotely measures the weight of industrial-size waste and recycling containers. Founded in 2019 and based in Atlanta, it serves the waste and recycling industry with weight data for container management.

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WasteX converts agricultural processing waste into biochar for carbon sequestration and value recovery. The company provides equipment and carbon credit solutions to farms and agricultural producers globally.

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Waterhaul recovers ghost fishing gear and other plastic from coastlines and recycles it into consumer products such as sunglasses, litter-picking equipment, and pocket knives. It markets these goods to support its marine plastic recovery and recycling efforts.

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WaveTech develops integrated battery assessment and rejuvenation systems for lead batteries, extending their operational life and reducing replacement costs. The company serves battery operators and fleet managers seeking to minimize carbon emissions and extend battery performance through advanced chemical and monitoring technologies.

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Wazi Vision designs and manufactures high-quality prescription eyewear in Uganda, combining modern frame designs with African-inspired artistry and sustainable materials. The company distributes eyewear across Uganda and East Africa through hospitals, optical stores, and distributors, with a focus on affordability and accessibility.

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WDPI provides IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) services that securely manage and dispose of end-of-life IT equipment including servers, hard drives, and networking equipment through data sanitization, destruction, and responsible recycling while maintaining compliance with data protection regulations.

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Cercle provides a recommerce-as-a-service platform that lets brands run their own branded peer-to-peer resale channel for previously sold products, including logistics, payments, store-credit, traceability and compliance. It targets consumer brands (such as fashion labels) in Brazil looking to reactivate their customer base and monetize circulating inventory.

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ClickEat makes certified home-compostable alternatives to single-use plastic items such as cutlery, plates, cups, containers, and straws, made from materials like birchwood, bamboo fiber, molded corn husk, and paper. It sells to conscious consumers and businesses across Chile, the USA, and Canada.

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Wecook is a shared kitchen platform in Greece that lets chefs cook their own specialties independently and delivers those meals to customers' doors. It emphasizes sustainability through reusable packaging and a daily-changing menu, connecting chef-creators directly with consumers.

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Crayon (주식회사 크래용) transforms discarded textile waste into a proprietary material used to produce interior and building materials. The South Korea-based company focuses on sustainable design for spaces through recycling of fabric waste.

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