We Help Businesses Solve Complex Material Challenges
Closed Loop Center for the Circular Economy
We are an innovation firm that helps global brands, retailers and manufacturers solve their most pressing material challenges for a world without waste.
We’re built on the principle that a world without waste is not only an environmental necessity, it’s a path to profitable growth. Our services go beyond the work of consultancies and think tanks—we roll up our sleeves with business leaders to research commercial opportunities, design circular solutions and build cutting-edge initiatives in market.
Our Collaborations
Based in New York City and working with cities across the country, we partner with the world’s most influential companies to solve the material challenges they can’t tackle on their own.
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Latest Insights

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Materials Matter: Designing Reuse for the Real World
One of the most important design decisions for reuse…

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Reuse Is Coming to U.S. Cities. Here’s How Businesses…
Reuse is growing across sectors — but it’s still…

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For Reuse to Work, Language Matters
A quick guide to messaging for reuse programs and getting…

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Keeping Compost Clean: Tools to Help Reduce Contamination…
The Composting Consortium interviews EcoProducts to…

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8 Tips to Navigate Life Cycle Assessments for Circular…
Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy…

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Why More Composters Are Recovering Food Scraps and…
Black Earth Compost and Glacial Ridge Composting Facility…

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Does Compostable Packaging Actually Turn into Compost?…
In a joint interview, field testing experts, including…

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What Brands Need to Know to Increase the Recovery of…
Permitting for composting facilities is complex, but…

Reuse
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When Reusable Cups Reach End-of-Life: 5 Tips to Ensure…
The NextGen Consortium shares 5 tips to ensure reusable…

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How a South Carolina Paper Mill Started Recycling Your…
In July 2022, Sonoco announced it would accept paper…

Reuse
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Making Reuse an Everyday Reality: 3 Things We Must…
Reuse is now at a critical stage of development. A…

Molecular Recycling
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What Is Chemical Recycling, Why Does It Have So Many…
Closed Loop Partners spent 18 months investigating…