We’ve enjoyed a highly productive week at Circularity in Denver, learning from the best in the business about how they’re accelerating the circular economy.

Like us, the global circularity market has also been extremely busy. Let’s get stuck in to see what’s been happening!

Industry News

Circularity celebrates a wildly successful circular economy conference. The conference, focused on accelerating circularity, took place in Denver this week and attracted over 1,300 industry professionals. There will be a series of posts across the coming weeks summarising what was discussed. Here’s a good starting point!

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is investing to drive circularity. The UK’s largest automotive manufacturer is investing £100,000,000 to recycle, repurpose, and reuse metal, robotics, and kits from its manufacturing sites. Read more.

Bridgestone brings a new circular tire concept to the market. The Japanese tire manufacturer is launching a tire made with 70% of recycled commodities, including butadiene, halo butyl rubber, carbon black, and natural rubber. The tire will be debuted at WasteExpo 2025 in Las Vegas. Read more.

Circularise secures Tokyo government grant to lead circularity revolution in Japan. The product traceability platform will help Japanese manufacturers to comply with sustainability regulations by providing supply chain transparency and traceability solutions. Read more.

Ambercycle and Huilong partner to promote woven yarn circularity. The partnership will scale up the commercialisation of closed-loop recycling systems, reducing dependency on virgin resources and promoting the transformation and upgrading of the global textile value chain. Read more.

“Rescued Clay” creatively repurposes waste from H2S rail excavations. Rescued Clays circular economy hub in Park Royal is salvaging 20 tonnes of materials and preventing 28 tonnes of carbon entering the atmosphere. Other recovered materials include timber, soil, and waste from building sites. Read more.

Kohler and Legrand prioritise circular product design. Both companies are overhauling their product design processes to incorporate longer durability, simpler repair, more recycled content, and disassembly. Both have stressed that adopting circular principles at the earliest possible stage is essential. Read more.

3stepIT announces strategic partnership designed to strengthen D2C sales. The circular technology specialist has invested in and partnered with the global e-commerce solution provider ExpandNow to accelerate growth in the direct-to-consumer channel. Read more.

Investment News

Vinted celebrates record profits and launches VC arm to support recommerce start-ups. “Vinted Ventures” will target series A to C investments in companies buying and selling secondary goods, with ticket sizes up to 10,000,000 euros. Read more.

PE firm Eurazeo raises $300,000,000+ to address physical world challenges. The fund will focus on buying small-to-medium sized companies offering circular or green services designed to protect the planet. Read more.

ABTC secures $900,000,000 circular commitment. The battery recycler has received a letter of interest from the Export-Import Bank of the United States for up to $900,000,000 in funding, to support the construction of its lithium mine facility in Nevada. Read more.

Phoenix Tailings closes $33,000,000 to further revolutionise rare earth processing. The rare earth metals production company intends to use the funds to expand its rare earth processing technology. The series B raise led by Envisioning Partners now totals $76,000,000. Read more.

BuyWander raises $2,000,000 to accelerate growth. The retail returns specialist is targeting Seattle for its 30,000 square foot warehouse, where it will scan, sort, and identify high volumes of returns before reselling them via auctions and bin stores. Read more.

Replenysh secures $8,000,000 and announces its new COO. The software and supply chain company has onboarded Andrew Langtry as COO, and plans to scale its operations and grow its network of recycled material buyers and suppliers. Read more.

Glacier raises $16,000,000 to deploy more AI recycling robots. Glacier’s robots can identify and sort over 30 types of materials at a rate of 45 items per minute. This funding will further develop their products and deploy more robots into facilities across the US. Read more.

Circular Connect News

We’re accelerating the roll-out of our circular economy directory. We plan to create the global go-to platform for circular businesses and professionals to advertise their services and engage with each other. After incredibly positive feedback this week, we have decided to accelerate the roll-out from late 2025 to mid 2025. If you’re interested to learn more or want to advertise your services, let us know!

That’s us wrapping up for the weekend. Have a great one; we look forward to connecting again next week!

Cheers to circularity,

#TeamCircularConnect