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
Essity and Renewi – Recycling of nappies
Nappies are converted into a new secondary raw material
Injection point & DFNS: a new creation made from recycled materials
Injection Point product made from recycled plastic
Injection Point: Ace & Tate on becoming a Circular business
Circular Approach with Upcycled Spectacle Cases Made Plastic Demo Lens
Circularity B.V. - The first completely 100% circularly produced product in the Netherlands
100% Circular Textile Manufacturing Company
Cooloo - Endless Life for the furniture industry
Waste material based circular coatings for Endless Life furniture.
Byewaste - Smart and easy solution to reduce waste
Cycling for recycling app
PharmaSwap - battle medication wastage
Pharmacists use sharing marketplace to battle medication wastage.
Tolhuijs Design - Sustainable dutch design with a story
Quality Dutch design products made from waste
Sustainer - Digital foundation for sustainable construction
Development of software packages for circular buildings systems
Healthy Seas Socks - Sustainable fashion
Sustainable socks made partly from old fishing nets
Swapfiets - the world’s first ‘bicycle as a service’ company
Swapfiets, the smart bike subscription
Searious Business - helping supermarkets move towards a reusable future
Innovative circular product & strategic business solutions
BINK lampen - Refurbished lighting are lights for life
BINK: vintage lamps fully circular!
Tiny Library - Circular platform for baby products
A library model provides a range of baby products as a service to parents.
Flocus(TM) kapok fiber the biodegradable and circular fiber that will help us plant more trees and regenerate the planet.
Meet the Kapok fiber: natural fibers for sustainable textile materials
Greentom - The greenest stroller on planet earth
The next generation of sustainable child buggy!
Renewd - Giving a second life to electronic devices
Green options for acquiring electronics!
Better Future Factory - Futureproof Packscan
Helping brands to make packaging future proof
Brushkeeper with Ecobrush - sustainable paintbrush
Bruch-Keeper makes painting fun, easy and sustainable!
Veolia - Finish Quantum product
Postconsumer recycled plastic in packaging.
Red Orka - A baby romper revolution
Monthly subscription for 100% organic cotton baby rompers.
Join the Pipe - City Water
Filtered tap-water in a reusable bottle.
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
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
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
Van de Sant - Comfortable sustainable furniture
Furniture made from recovered ocean-bound plastics and waste streams
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
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 to sustainable uniforms
Recycle Sint - Toolkit for toys swap markets
Why buy new toys if you can swap?
BE O Lifestyle - products from plants for a climate-positive future
A water bottle made from sugar cane residual material
WEPA – circular solutions
15,000 tons of drink cartons to be recycled
DutchSpirit – recyclable workwear
A new kind of recyclable fabric specifically for workwear.
Tarkett – Lime-based carpet tiles
Upcycling of lime from drinking water.
WasteBoards - Skateboarding on recycled bottle caps
Ever wondered what to do with 1,000 scrapped bottle caps?
Leapp - ICT refurbishment
Leapp refurbishes Apple products and offers ICT equipment with a ...
The IMPACT method - TNO and Beter Bed
A method for evaluating circularity
DyeCoo Textile Systems - Water and Chemical free textile dyeing
Textile dyeing with no water needed
Auping - Circular mattresses with ambition
Royal Auping is one of the Dutch leaders in circular economy
Bundles - Washing without waste
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
DSM-Niaga - Recyclable carpets & technology
Fully recyclable carpet material
Interface - Carpets made from disregarded fishnets
Replacing raw materials and saving the wildlife
Texperium - Towels from recycled material
A front runner of post-consumer textile recycling
Closing the Loop – Pragmatic solutions for Sustainable ICT
Adding circularity to mobile phone use
Dutch Awearness - Circular workwear
Textile company Dutch Awearness has created the first circular textile ...
Fashion for Good
Global platform for sustainable innovation in the fashion industry