Showcases
At Holland Circular Hotspot we aim to share our innovations, knowledge and experiences, as well as inspire international entrepreneurs and knowledge institutions with successful circular initiatives. We have gathered more than 100 cases of Dutch circular practices.
Find the latest additions directly below, pick a theme or use the search window.
We will be adding new cases on a regular basis. Dutch showcases can be submitted here.
Photo credits: MUD Jeans
Veolia - Finish Quantum product

Postconsumer recycled plastic in packaging.
Red Orka - A baby romper revolution

Monthly subscription for 100% organic cotton baby rompers.
Bluecon - Decentralized Small Scale Wastewater Solutions

Solutions which keep water circulating.
SNEW Telecom - Circular telecom and IT with a social heart

How to give a second life to your business IT infrastructure.
Join the Pipe - City Water

Filtered tap-water in a reusable bottle.
Excess Materials Exchange - The Digital Platform

Where to exchange any type of excess material across industries
Plastic bottles, metal packaging and drink cartons get a second life

PMD business recycling by Renewi
Veolia - Wijzonol paint buckets

100% Post Consumer Recyclates buckets
The Swapshop – exchanging fashion items

Swapping is the new shopping
Healthy Seas– from waste to wear

Nylon fishing nets are regenerated together with other nylon waste
Grown.Bio - Naturally grown materials: Mycelium

Grows material from mycelium and rest-streams based upon natural principles
Circular Clockworks & Renewi - Circular Watches

Watches made from discarded refrigerators and TVs and shoe production waste
Beautiful Cups & Renewi – From coffee cup to paper products

Coffee cups are given a second life and rainforests are supported
Arapaha

Circular Durable Goods made out of Advanced Biobased Materials
CuRe Technology - Low energy molecular polyester recycling

Creating a fully circular polyester chain
Waste2Wear - innovative textiles made from recycled plastics

100% traceable sustainable textiles
Wolkat - full service processing of discarded textile

Discarded clothing as a raw material for new products
LENA the fashion library

First online and offline fashion library in the Netherlands
Ahrend - creating sustainable working environments

Designing and manufacturing quality products, which can be reused endlessly
Circulus B.V. – from waste stream to raw materials

Circular products made from plastic and biomass waste streams
Coolrec & KPN - Skating medals made of old mobile phones

Will your old mobile soon hang around a skating champion's neck?
Circularise - supply chain transparency for circular economy

Material traceability in the plastic value chain
Van de Sant - Comfortable sustainable furniture

Furniture made from recovered ocean-bound plastics and waste streams
E-waste Race - local collection of old electronic devices

Educational competition between primary schools to collect e-waste
Renewi & PeelPioneers - New materials from citrus peels

Producing raw material for cellulose and pectin
Vanhulley - New products made of recycled company clothing

Circularity in textiles to support socially disadvantaged women
Studio Wae - Circular Modular Rugs

Making scalable beautiful products from residual flows
Biorizon - the profitable way to bio-aromatics

Shared Research Center developing innovative chemical processes
CLEAR RIVERS - litter traps

Fish plastic out of rivers
Werflink - share construction equipment and materials

Online match-platform for construction companies to reduce waste
Green Serendipity - Renewable Carbon Plastics for packaging and products

Circular concept development and consultancy
Renewi - Recycling mouth masks

Facemask gets a second and third life
MycoTEX - 3D produced sustainable textiles from mushrooms roots

Mushroom roots that can be turned into sustainable and compostable garments
Schijvens - 100% recycled corporate clothing

From worn textile & plastic bottles to sustainable uniforms
Dr2 New Economy - Circular wood in the built environment

Reusing beams from a demolished building
Recycle Sint - Toolkit for toys swap markets

Why buy new toys if you can swap?
City Deal Circular City

Bringing together 9 cities, 3 Ministries and 3 knowledge parties
Leadax - Circular building materials out of PVB-waste

Turning plastic waste into high quality waterproofing products
Groningen Seaports - Circulair Cluster Delfzijl

An innovative circular cluster and ongoing sustainable investments
The Blue Connection - Circular strategy simulation

Learning by doing
Dutch Harvest – sustainable crop and compostable packaging

Hemp Tea from Dutch soil where all parts of the plant are used
PaperWise – wise with waste

PaperWise gives waste a second life
FIBI-buffer – sustainable product protection

Reusable, biobased, compostable plastic alternative
BE O bottle - From oil plastic to bioplastic

A water bottle made from sugar cane residual material
Vibers - Biobased materials from elephant grass

Making the switch from traditional materials to organic
Fruitleather – from fruit to leather-like material

Discarded fruit as a starting point
Denimtex - Jeans on the wall

A product that is not only circular but also functional.
WEPA – recycling carton

15,000 tons of drink cartons to be recycled.
SEW-EURODRIVE – gearing up manufacturing

A major player in the development of motion control & industrial gearboxes.
De Fruitmotor – circular fruit cultivation

Transforming surplus fruit into high-end regional products.
DutchSpirit – recyclable workwear

A new kind of recyclable fabric specifically for workwear.
Tarkett – Lime-based carpet tiles

Upcycling of lime from drinking water.
The Ocean Cleanup – Saving the sea from plastic

Developing advanced technologies to rid the world’s oceans of plastic.
Schut Paper – Residual fiber as raw material

Paper that can be reused 7 times over.
WasteBoards - Skateboarding on recycled bottle caps

Ever wondered what to do with 1,000 scrapped bottle caps?
PCAF - measuring the carbon footprint of investments and loans

Dutch financial institutes develop open-source methodology
Instock - Reducing food waste

Delicious restaurant meals from rescued food
Zero Waste Lab - Waste as a currency

Just 27% of the waste in Amsterdam is separated, unlike the rest of the ...
The Mobile Factory - building with purpose

From construction debris into bricks
Kromkommer – Combating food wastage

One major reason why fruit and vegetables are wasted is the extreme ...
Leapp - ICT refurbishment

Leapp refurbishes Apple products and offers ICT equipment with a ...
Upp! Circular Plastic Factory

Building materials made from local plastic waste
The IMPACT method - TNO and Beter Bed

A method for evaluating circularity
Raw Materials Scanner – key indicators on materials dependency

Sustainability risk assessments of raw materials in complex supply chains.
Residual Value Calculator - encouraging reuse of construction products

In a context when circular economy actions are increasingly discussed, ...
Port of Rotterdam - Cooperation is key for the transition

DyeCoo Textile Systems - Water and Chemical free textile dyeing

Textile dyeing with no water needed
SweepSmart - Turning waste into happiness

The Calcite Factory - processed calcite for a Circular Face Scrub

The Calcite Factory is an innovative facility where calcite – a ...
DRIVE - Biocomposite bicycle bridge

The Province of Fryslân (in the Netherlands) has a high circular ...
Ocean Sole - from flip flop to art

Greendish - Sustainable Menu Engineering

Floow2 - World's Reset Button

Schoonschip – a sustainable floating community

A new neighborhood has arrived in the north of Amsterdam. Located in a ...
Auping - Circular mattresses with ambition

Royal Auping is one of the Dutch leaders in circular economy
Modulo Resource and Recovery Centres - Modular environmental waste depots

Bundles - Washing without waste

SmartCrusher - Recycles concrete sustainably

EMMA Safety Footwear – sustainable safety shoes

Fully circular line of work and safety footwear
Fairphone – a durable, ethical and smart mobile phone

MUD Jeans - recycling jeans, a world without waste

Dutch fashion entrepreneur Bert van Son decided to put a stop to the ...
Fibersort – Processing textile fibres for reuse

20 million tons of post-consumer textiles provide incredible opportunities
ReBlend and Ahrend - Responsible seating furniture

Upholstery fabric made of 100% recycled textile
Venlo City Hall

Bio-Based Bridge – Reducing use of fossil raw materials

Liander/RAU - Finding common ground in circular collaboration

NS Dutch railways - Circular fast track

For the past 20 years, the NS Dutch national railways’ double-decker ...
Madaster - Attaching circular value to building materials

Rijkswaterstaat - Circular innovations

Fair Meter - Preparing for a future-proof energy transition

A fair meter is a smart energy metre, made from responsibly sourced, ...
SNEW – Adding value to waste

Planet Earth’s raw materials are running out. In 20 years’ time, over ...
CIRCO - Creating business through circular design

Bollegraaf - Automated circular solutions

ZERO BRINE – From industrial saline waste water to clean water and minerals

DSM-Niaga - Recyclable carpets & technology

Fully recyclable carpet material
Interface - Carpets made from disregarded fishnets

Replacing raw materials and saving the wildlife
The Great Bubble Barrier

A sustainable fish-friendly technology to mitigate marine pollution
Van Werven Plastics Recycling - Clean plastics as raw materials

High-quality raw materials from post-consumer hard plastics
Perpetual Plastic Project - Mobile lab recycles plastic in 3D printer

Ioniqa - Developing 'everlasting' plastic

Vitens - Water as a source of the Circular Economy

The Vegetarian Butcher - Curb the cravings of meat lovers

Jaap Korteweg decided to become a vegetarian after the outbreaks of ...
The Waste Transformers - Turning organic waste into value on-site

Businesses wanting to tackle the issue of their organic waste had ...
Heineken Green Circles

Surplus Food Factory - Salvages food waste

Producing high quality food products for retail and catering
Protix - Nature and technology working together

Rotterzwam - Spread ideas, inspire others

Pharmafilter - Converting hospital waste water

C-Bèta - Circular breeding ground

C-Bèta is a circular breeding ground in a former farm near Schiphol ...
Black Bear Carbon - Second life for discarded tires

BlueCity – Circular incubator

An inspiring local accelerator
Texperium - Towels from recycled material

A front runner of post-consumer textile recycling
Phario - bioplastics from waste water

Philips Healthcare - Refurbished Systems

Closing the Loop – Pragmatic solutions for Sustainable ICT

Adding circularity to mobile phone use
FosVaatje - Your urine as fertilizer

Park 20|20 ̶ The world's first Cradle to Cradle inspired work environment

Dutch Awearness - Circular workwear

Textile company Dutch Awearness has created the first circular textile ...
Rabobank - Circular Economy Challenge

Fashion for Good

Global platform for sustainable innovation in the fashion industry
Plastic Whale

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