Ocean Cleanup has launched design sunglasses made from plastic removed from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

In 2017 JRK Waste management introduced an intelligent data system (ECONIT) to reduce the high quantities of mixed municipal waste in Czechia. The programme asks residents to scan their rubbish with QR codes. Information on the quantity and types of waste produced is then used by the local waste management agencies to improve collection and recycling rates.

The company Teemill produces t-shirts from organic cotton. They are designed to be sent back to the company when they are worn out.

Oryzite is a method for incorporating rice husks as a filler in all types of thermoplastics. The company transforms the rice husks into resin, which can then be used to obtain the same volume of injection-moulded plastic using much fewer fossil-fuel-based polymers.

EcoBirdy has come up with a way to recycle mixed plastics, and then uses the resulting material to make recyclable children's furniture.

The partnership between Herning and DFD has led to a new circular business model for the work clothing used by the municipality’s technical operations department.

PURROT is a filter  that can mechanically separate organic matter and nutrients from liquid, without using chemicals.

Purified Metal Company can responsibly process contaminated steel scrap into a high-quality raw material.

Studio Thomas Vailly's project makes use of what is left of the sunflower crop to produce innovative materials.

For New York's design week, NYCxDESIGN in May 2018, the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York invited chefs from the Helsinki-based Restaurant Nolla to bring their zero waste food philosophy to New York. The temporary bistro was built on themes of circular economy, new material innovations and sustainable design.