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Circular Showcase

Circular Connect is Berlin-bound this week for IFA and the Circular Tech Awards, where we’re proud to be supporting as Media Partners 🤝✈️.

Berlin is renowned for its history, politics, culture and creativity - but it’s also a hotspot for circular and sustainable innovation, boasting an impressive eco-system of start-ups through to multi-million euro corporates.

Here are 5 Berlin-based companies we think you’d love to know more about:

Interzero
🔗 https://www.interzero.de/
Interzero is one of Europe’s leading environmental service providers, specialising in closed-loop solutions for packaging, plastics, and metals. The company operates advanced recycling facilities and resource management systems, helping global brands meet circularity goals while reducing waste and carbon emissions.

Grover
🔗 https://www.grover.com/
Grover is a device-as-a-service pioneer offering flexible subscriptions for consumer electronics. By extending product lifecycles through multiple rentals, repairs, and refurbishment, Grover makes tech access more sustainable while reducing e-waste and upfront ownership costs.

Cleanhub
🔗 https://www.cleanhub.com/
Cleanhub tackles ocean-bound plastic pollution through a digital platform that tracks and verifies collection efforts. Partnering with consumer brands, Cleanhub ensures plastic waste is recovered in high-risk regions and repurposed. So far, they have recovered 14,000,000 kgs of plastic waste from the ocean.

Faircado
🔗 https://www.faircado.com/
Faircado is an AI-driven browser extension that redirects shoppers to second-hand options instead of buying new. By embedding resale into everyday shopping journeys, Faircado makes circular choices effortless, reducing demand for new products and accelerating recommerce adoption.

Rebuy
🔗 https://www.rebuy.com/
Rebuy is a leading recommerce platform for used media and electronics devices. The company buys, refurbishes, and resells devices across Europe, giving millions of products a second life and creating a trusted marketplace that scales the circular economy in consumer tech.

If you’re located in or heading to Berlin this week, let’s meet up 👋.

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Have a superb week and we’ll see you again on Friday!

Cheers to circularity,

#TeamCircularConnect #ConnectingTheCircularEconomy