- alvari designs and produces customisable furniture from local resources and offers a take-back system to its customers (Germany)
- GreenLab utilizes cocoa waste material for production organic fertilizer (Germany)
- TRIGEMA produces biodegradable, Cradle to Cradle® certified shirts (Germany)
- Adidas Futurecraft, Adidas Futurecraft is a running shoe produced from one garment only designed for recycling and accompanied by a take back program
- Dycle, Dycle is producing compostable diapers, runs a diapers collection system and converts diapers waste into black soil
- Green Recycled Organics GRo, GRO-Holland uses coffee residue as a growth substrate for oyster mushrooms, which it sells back to the cafes that provide the coffee residue
- Betulium, Betulium provides renewable, biodegradable, and high-performance water-based cellulose materials to replace or supplement synthetic organic polymers
- BioBound, BioBound produces bio-based concrete
- Forchem, Forchem refines crude tall oil into different renewable products
- Funghi Famers, Funghi Farmers is a sustainable oyster mushroom cultivation using recycled coffee waste from local Geneva businesses
- Honkajoki, Honkajoki uses animal-based waste and refines them into raw materials for products such as pet food and biofuels
- Hubus, Hubus sells boxes for worm composting transforming biological waste into new soil
- Jarmat, Jarmat produces biodegradable lubricating oil from the side streams of the forest sector
- Lifecykel, Lifecykel offers products from mushrooms
- Montinutra, Montinutra is producing health-promoting products out of the by-products of the forest industry
- My boo, My boo manufactures and sells bicycles made of bamboo
- Neustark, Neustark enables circular and carbon neutral production of concrete by turning CO2 into minerals
- Orange Fiber, Orange Fiber manufactures textile fabrics from citrus-fruits by-products,
- The German Sustainable Building Council develops and promotes solutions for the sustainable design, construction and use of buildings and districts (Germany)
- Kirchdorfer Zementwerk Hofmann Gesellschaft m.b.H gas reduction process DeCONOx, replacement of fossil fuels by alternative fuels (Austria)
- PAINTINBOX produces 100% recyclable, solvent free, water-based wall paint in a low-emission packaging (Germany)
- rutaNatur is a packaging-free organic grocery shop (Germany)
- SENSONEO provides smart enterprise-grade waste management solutions for cities and businesses to cost-effectively manage the waste lifecycle and improve the environment and well-being of people (Slovakia)
- VAUDE‘s “Green Shape” Label offers functional, environmentally friendly mountain sports equipment and clothing made from sustainable materials (Germany)
- Renewcell, Renewcell’s recycling technology dissolves used cotton and other natural fibers into a new, biodegradable raw material
- Spinnova, Spinnova produces textile fibre from cellulosic mass without dissoluble chemicals
Examples of circular design models
