Vote for your favourite circular economy startup!
Would you like to see a circular textile startup as a finalist? Is it packaging you are concerned about? Does your heart beat for new sustainable materials? Or do you think, recycling of electronic equipment should be much more promoted?
This is your chance to have a say! YOU – the public – decides which of our top 20 circular economy startups in Europe will be a Green Alley Award finalist!
Public voting has opened for the 2023 Green Alley Award and the public has until 20 February to vote for their favourite one at https://green-alley-award.com/public-voting/! The startup with the most votes will earn a place in the finals, alongside five others that will be chosen by an expert committee.
Check out our longlist of the top 20 circular economy startups in Europe:
AIRA (Italy)
Automatic recognition and sorting of waste: a smart bin for big events that helps event organizers with intelligent AI software.
Bcome Certified (Spain)
Transforming data into action: a fashion industry software that makes value chains transparent and tracks the sustainability of products.
Ceres (Germany)
Ecological filling material: Fully compostable alternative to reduce plastic and paper made of the agricultural by-product straw.
Circular Technologies (Italy)
Zero-emission ICT for B2B: a marketplace where companies can sell their used ICT and buy certified refurbished ICT products.
https://www.circulartech.world/
Circulate (Sweden)
Helping small and medium entreprises to scale their business: a digital sourcing platform and marketplace for sustainable packaging.
CU Mehrwegsystem (Germany)
Zero-waste retail: a deposit system with reusable food containers solving the plastic waste problem for food manufacturers.
FPD Recycling (Ireland)
Saving critical raw materials from WEEE: safe and efficient recycling system for flat panel displays with automated AI-based robotics.
Freyzein (Austria)
Beyond Synthetics in the textile industry: a biobased, fully circular performance fibre, designed and inspired by nature!
Human Maple (Italy)
Cigarette butts recycling: reducing pollution with educational campaigns, ashtrays and padding material from cigarettes waste.
Human Material Loop (Netherlands)
Circular textiles: A natural, fully traceable, hypoallergenic alternative for wool, acrylic and down made from waste human hair.
https://www.humanmaterialloop.com/
MATR (Austria)
Stop matress waste: a sustainably designed mattress and all-in-one service for hotels to extend the lifecycle and improve recycling.
Mikacycle (France)
Adressing the plastic pollution: blockchain supply chain solutions to deliver quality recycled plastic for ESG Businesses.
S.Lab (Ukraine)
Natural replacement of polystyrene: a biodegradable, waterproof, customizable packaging made of agricultural waste and mycelium.
Simby (Portugal)
WEEE auctions: a marketplace for used electrical and electronic equipment increasing reuse rates and extending the product lifecycle.
Sustein Materials (Spain)
Green healthy buildings: new carbon-neutral construction material upcycled from healthcare waste.
TAZAAR (UK)
Digital Product Passport: enabling EEE manufacturers to trace and interact with their products throughout their lifecycle.
Veridis (Netherlands)
Enabling high-quality circular plastics: the first scalable material analysis technology for plastic composition at the bulk level.
ZNIKA (Poland)
New era for packaging: Compostable and plant-based biomaterials that are safe and durable and can also be customized to client's needs.
Zori Tex (UK)
Optimized waste sorting: technology innovations in sorted feedstocks to eliminate textile waste to landfill and incineration.
https://www.linkedin.com/company/86344834/