Atelier Extramuros is a social enterprise specialising in upcycling waste wood into office furniture. It has a strong focus on circular economy principles and social impact.

When designing the varioPrint 135, Océ (which changed its name to Canon Production Printing in 2019) partnered with the Netherlands Enterprise Agency and Philips to experiment with the use of recycled plastic in the production of industrial printers. The company has made a further step towards circular economy and succeeded in developing an internal component that contains at least 30% post-consumer recycled polycarbonate.

Composting is the most natural method for creating fertilisers, but not many people use it as it's a slow and complex process. 

To encourage composting, Compastor Technology has bred a genuine composting worm. When this worm is combined with a compost inoculant, green and organic waste is turned into fertiliser quickly and efficiently.

Commown is a French cooperative that offers smartphones and personal computers on a Product as a Service basis.

Van Hulley is a Dutch SME that upcycles worn-out shirts into boxershorts, employing disadvantaged women as seamstresses every year and training them to join the labour market more permanently.

Infinited Fiber has developed a technology that can turn cotton rich textile waste into new fibres for the textile industry. Not just once, but infinitely. These new Infinna™ textile fibres can be recycled again and again without decreasing the quality of the fibre.