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
Injection point & DFNS: a new creation made from recycled materials
![Injection point & DFNS: a new creation made from recycled materials](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/DFNSCreaseGuard-1024x1024-1-600x600.png)
Injection Point product made from recycled plastic
Injection Point: Ace & Tate on becoming a Circular business
![Injection Point: Ace & Tate on becoming a Circular business](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Screenshot-2023-04-21-160755-600x581.png)
Circular Approach with Upcycled Spectacle Cases Made Plastic Demo Lens
Cyclin B.V.
![Cyclin B.V.](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screenshot-2023-03-21-102546-600x448.png)
Circular insulation panels based on residual streams of cellulose fibers
Aliter Networks - Make a difference with IT
![Aliter Networks - Make a difference with IT](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/aliter-networks-almere-2-e1678873688915-600x600.jpg)
Aimes at extending the life of IT assets
VonWood - Circular Online Platform
![VonWood - Circular Online Platform](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Screenshot-2023-03-21-103830.png)
How digitalisation can make the timber trade more sustainable
Cooloo - Endless Life for the furniture industry
![Cooloo - Endless Life for the furniture industry](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Emotion_CooLoo_Lifestyle.webp)
Waste material based circular coatings for Endless Life furniture.
Procomat - WasteMate, the smart solar powered waste compacting bin
![Procomat - WasteMate, the smart solar powered waste compacting bin](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/NL-Productleaflet-WasteMate-120-e1602957427768-600x535.jpeg)
Smart, sustainable and self-pressing waste bins
Sustonable - The Circular Design Surface
![Sustonable - The Circular Design Surface](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/3F2-scaled-1-600x343.jpeg)
Sustainable decorative surfaces for conscious homes
Ciskin | Circular Skin
![Ciskin | Circular Skin](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Referentiebeeld-DOOR-architecten-noord-gevel-e1655761859155-600x507.jpeg)
New circular facade solution from facade builders
Black Winch - Scalable 'As-A-Service business model'
![Black Winch - Scalable 'As-A-Service business model'](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Standing-Meeting-600x675.png)
Turning product-based businesses into an in-house subscription model
Blue Phoenix Group – Building a Sustainable Future
![Blue Phoenix Group – Building a Sustainable Future](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Screenshot-2022-03-08-115221-600x402.jpeg)
Turning ash into new materials
Tolhuijs Design - Sustainable dutch design with a story
![Tolhuijs Design - Sustainable dutch design with a story](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Tolhuijs0336-vierkant-e1651775049536-600x529.jpeg)
Quality Dutch design products made from waste
Lely - Sustainable farming for the future
![Lely - Sustainable farming for the future](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Llely2-600x400.jpeg)
Providing advice and innovative solutions for an efficient farm management
Swapfiets - the world’s first ‘bicycle as a service’ company
![Swapfiets - the world’s first ‘bicycle as a service’ company](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/swapfiets-foto-08-600x400.jpeg)
Swapfiets, the smart bike subscription
CooLoo - Circular Coatings
![CooLoo - Circular Coatings](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/CooLoo-Red-Bull-600x309.jpg)
CooLoo designs and produces high-quality ecological coating solutions.
Leadax - Revolutionary sustainable roofing and Flashing
![Leadax - Revolutionary sustainable roofing and Flashing](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Screenshot-2022-05-13-at-12.17.07-600x519.png)
Circular waterproofing materials, such as flashing and flat roofing
De Afvalbak- Circular Bin Design (& Circular Transition Consultancy)
![De Afvalbak- Circular Bin Design (& Circular Transition Consultancy)](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Screenshot-2021-07-29-at-10.02.42-e1627546246882-600x474.png)
Dutch Design Waste Bins & Knowledge Partner
BINK lampen - Refurbished lighting are lights for life
![BINK lampen - Refurbished lighting are lights for life](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Screenshot-2021-07-01-at-14.02.26-600x298.png)
BINK: vintage lamps fully circular!
SNEW Telecom - Circular telecom and IT with a social heart
![SNEW Telecom - Circular telecom and IT with a social heart](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/FotoSNEW-Esther-600x400.jpg)
How to give a second life to your business IT infrastructure.
Join the Pipe - City Water
![Join the Pipe - City Water](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/C7eiTrI8-600x599.jpg)
Filtered tap-water in a reusable bottle.
Excess Materials Exchange - The Digital Platform
![Excess Materials Exchange - The Digital Platform](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/EME_XL-1200x800-1-600x400.jpg)
Where to exchange any type of excess material across industries
Ahrend - creating sustainable working environments
![Ahrend - creating sustainable working environments](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Ahrend-factory-in-Sint-Oedenrode-e1595859183420-600x714.png)
Designing and manufacturing quality products, which can be reused endlessly
Circulus B.V. – from waste stream to raw materials
![Circulus B.V. – from waste stream to raw materials](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/DSC_0712-Ruud-Speyer-600x400.jpg)
Circular products made from plastic and biomass waste streams
Coolrec & KPN - Skating medals made of old mobile phones
![Coolrec & KPN - Skating medals made of old mobile phones](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/renewi-scating-medals-e1595508951988-600x432.jpg)
Will your old mobile soon hang around a skating champion's neck?
Van de Sant - Comfortable sustainable furniture
![Van de Sant - Comfortable sustainable furniture](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/vandesant1-600x338.jpg)
Furniture made from recovered ocean-bound plastics and waste streams
Race Against Waste: inspiring everybody to participate in the transition to the circular economy in a fun, easy and practical way
![Race Against Waste: inspiring everybody to participate in the transition to the circular economy in a fun, easy and practical way](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/E-Wasterace1-e1647270467887-600x312.jpg)
Educational competition between primary schools to collect e-waste
Studio Wae - Circular Modular Rugs
![Studio Wae - Circular Modular Rugs](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Building-retail-Studio-Wae-600x656.png)
Making scalable beautiful products from residual flows
MycoTEX - 3D produced sustainable textiles from mushrooms roots
![MycoTEX - 3D produced sustainable textiles from mushrooms roots](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/1-mycoTEX_proof-of-concept_dress-Aniela-Hoitink-600x344.jpg)
Mushroom roots that can be turned into sustainable and compostable garments
Schijvens - 100% recycled corporate clothing
![Schijvens - 100% recycled corporate clothing](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Opn.-186_LR-Schijvens-Corporate-Fashion-600x762.png)
From worn textile & plastic bottles to sustainable uniforms
SEW-EURODRIVE – gearing up manufacturing
![SEW-EURODRIVE – gearing up manufacturing](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/SEW-4963_14-600x400.jpg)
A major player in the development of motion control & industrial gearboxes.
Tarkett – Lime-based carpet tiles
![Tarkett – Lime-based carpet tiles](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Desso_tapijt_kalk_Tarkett-kopie-600x429.jpg)
Upcycling of lime from drinking water.
Schut Paper – Residual fiber as raw material
![Schut Paper – Residual fiber as raw material](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Schut.Papier.Valorise2klein-600x463.jpg)
Paper that can be reused 7 times over.
Leapp - ICT refurbishment
![Leapp - ICT refurbishment](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Rogier_van_de_Camp-Leapp2-600x437.jpg)
Leapp refurbishes Apple products and offers ICT equipment with a ...
Raw Materials Scanner – key indicators on materials dependency
![Raw Materials Scanner – key indicators on materials dependency](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/scanner-pasted-600x436.png)
Sustainability risk assessments of raw materials in complex supply chains.
DyeCoo Textile Systems - Water and Chemical free textile dyeing
![DyeCoo Textile Systems - Water and Chemical free textile dyeing](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/DyeCoo-logo.png.png2_.png)
Textile dyeing with no water needed
The Calcite Factory - processed calcite for a Circular Face Scrub
![The Calcite Factory - processed calcite for a Circular Face Scrub](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DSC8912-Richard-Oudhuis-e1561458465514-600x400.jpg)
The Calcite Factory is an innovative facility where calcite – a ...
Auping - Circular mattresses with ambition
![Auping - Circular mattresses with ambition](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Auping_cool-grey-600x399.jpg)
Royal Auping is one of the Dutch leaders in circular economy
EMMA Safety Footwear – sustainable safety shoes
![EMMA Safety Footwear – sustainable safety shoes](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Afbeelding1-600x437.png)
Fully circular line of work and safety footwear
NS Dutch railways - Circular fast track
![NS Dutch railways - Circular fast track](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/NStrein.png)
For the past 20 years, the NS Dutch national railways’ double-decker ...
Fair Meter - Preparing for a future-proof energy transition
![Fair Meter - Preparing for a future-proof energy transition](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/fair-meter-3-1-600x374.jpg)
A fair meter is a smart energy metre, made from responsibly sourced, ...
SNEW – Adding value to waste
![SNEW – Adding value to waste](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/snew-website.jpg)
Planet Earth’s raw materials are running out. In 20 years’ time, over ...
CIRCO - Creating business through circular design
![CIRCO - Creating business through circular design](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/CIRCO-600x400.jpg)
Bollegraaf - Automated circular solutions
![Bollegraaf - Automated circular solutions](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Bollegraaf2-600x320.jpg)
Leading manufacturer of recycling equipment
ZERO BRINE – From industrial saline waste water to clean water and minerals
![ZERO BRINE – From industrial saline waste water to clean water and minerals](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/BILD1264-1-600x367.jpg)
Philips Healthcare - Refurbished Systems
![Philips Healthcare - Refurbished Systems](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Philips-Healthcare-1-600x399.png)
Closing the Loop – Pragmatic solutions for Sustainable ICT
![Closing the Loop – Pragmatic solutions for Sustainable ICT](https://hollandcircularhotspot.nl/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/ClosingTheLoop4-600x400.jpg)
Adding circularity to mobile phone use