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Circular Services, a Closed Loop Partners company, celebrated the groundbreaking of its new state-of-the-art recycling facility in McKinney, Texas. The 120,000-square-foot, $60M+ materials recovery facility will serve McKinney, Frisco, and surrounding North Texas communities, enhancing recycling infrastructure and supporting a local circular economy. The new facility is engineered to meet the region’s waste reduction goals, with a focus on maximizing recovery rates, ensuring employee safety and maintaining the highest quality standards. It is also expected to create over 50 jobs, significantly contributing to the local economy and community. Once operational in Spring 2026, the facility will process single-stream recyclables, prioritizing the sale of recycled commodities to North American markets. Learn more here: https://hubs.la/Q03cNpTW0 #circulareconomy #recycling #MRF #infrastructure #northtexas #innovation #sustainability

Sage Sustainable Electronics, a portfolio company of Closed Loop Partners' buyout private equity group, recently acquired Cascade Asset Management, a longstanding ITAD industry leader. Following the acquisition, Sage Sustainable Electronics further becomes one of the largest pure ITAD service providers in the United States, strengthening its platform to keep valuable electronics in circulation. Learn more about the acquisition: https://hubs.la/Q03chpQ90 #circulareconomy #closedlooppartners #sagesustainableelectronics #electronicsrecycling #reuse #ITAD

Lauren Rodriguez, Head of Corporate Partnerships at Circular Services, a Closed Loop Partners company, spoke to CUNY TV about waste management in New York City. With over 8 million residents generating millions of tons of waste each year, the opportunities and challenges are immense—with impacts on our neighborhoods, public health and the climate. Circular Services' Brooklyn materials recovery facility is the largest and most sophisticated recycling plant in North America, processing most of New York City’s curbside material at roughly 20,000 tons per month, helping keep valuable materials in circulation. Alongside Clare Miflin, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Zero Waste Design and Samantha MacBride, Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs at Baruch College, Lauren discusses solutions to advance a circular economy and a cleaner, more sustainable future for New York City. Watch the full interview here: https://hubs.la/Q03c69V60 #circulareconomy #infrastructure #recycling #climatechange #impact #sustainability

How can restaurants, event venues, packaging manufacturers, distributors, haulers and composters reduce contamination in the food waste stream? The #CompostingConsortium recently interviewed Eco-Products, one of the Consortium's Material Innovation Partners, about Controls Intended to Remove Contamination (CIRC). CIRC is an accessible set of customizable tools and frameworks created by Eco-Products® to help stakeholders across the composting value chain control and manage contamination from non-compostable products and get rid of contamination before it makes its way to the composter. Read more about how CIRC works here: https://hubs.la/Q03c3xq00 #circulareconomy #composting #compost #contamination #organics #foodwaste #food #foodscraps #innovation

Did you know that every year, billions of products in small-format packaging are purchased in the U.S., but most of the small-format packaging ends up in the landfill because of their size? In partnership with @Maybelline New York and its parent company, L@’Oréal Groupe, bolstered by the support of additional partners @Kraft Heinz, @P&G and @Target, @Closed Loop Partners' Center for the Circular Economy conducted a study that unveiled major insights on small-format plastic packaging recovery. In our recently published report, we reveal findings that help construct a viable pathway to recover tens of thousands of tons of valuable small materials––including plastics like polypropylene––from materials recovery facilities and glass recycling plants across the U.S. Download the full report here: https://hubs.la/Q03bQGtF0 #circulareconomy #recyclingrevolution #nomorewaste #packaging #innovation #collaboration

The Composting Consortium’s research shows that contamination from non-compostable products is one of the most costly challenges for composters today––making it difficult for them to confidently accept certified compostable packaging. However, with the help of brands, packaging manufacturers and generators, we can make product labels and designs clearer for the consumer and implement upstream interventions to reduce contamination throughout the system. Learn more about how to minimize compost contamination in Don't Spoil the Soil, published by the Composting Consortium, an industry collaboration managed by Closed Loop Partners' Center for the Circular Economy: https://hubs.la/Q037Dq4S0 #circulareconomy #compost #composting #food #organics #contamination #innovation

The #NextGen Consortium, a collaboration managed by Closed Loop Partners' Center for the Circulary Economy, is focused on advancing circular solutions foodservice packaging––including polypropylene recycling. As a member of the Steering Committee for the The Recycling Partnership's Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, the NextGen Consortium has supported the Coalition's efforts over the past four years to help achieve new or improved access to polypropylene recycling for 48 million people and generate 64 million new pounds of recycled material per year. Read insights on what supply chain conditions are needed to effectively recycle polypropylene here: https://hubs.ly/Q03bvV680 #circulareconomy #recycling #polypropylene #impact #innovation #partnership #collaboration #sustainability #packaging

[NEW REPORT] What are the top 5 consumer product categories ready for the transition to #reuse in retail? Today, Closed Loop Partners' Center for the Circular Economy, in partnership with the US Plastics Pact, released a new report identifying 5 high-priority retail categories primed for near-term implementation of reusable packaging. The insights aim to support the ongoing expansion of reuse in the U.S., serving as a guide for businesses looking to pinpoint packaging formats best suited for reuse––a key solution to meeting single-use waste reduction goals. Download the full report to see the top 5 categories: https://hubs.la/Q03bh9yn0 #circulareconomy #reuse #reuserevolution #consumergoods #innovation #retail #packaging #reusablepackaging

How can #fungi transform #construction waste into low-carbon raw materials for the #builtenvironment? Last year, Closed Loop Partners' Ventures Group led the Series Seed extension for Mycocycle, Inc., a biotechnology startup addressing the complex challenge of construction waste––with a solution inspired by fungi. Within a matter of weeks, their patent-pending process can turn organic waste from the built environment––such as carpet fiber and tires––into MycoFIBER©, MycoFILL© and MycoFOAM©, all raw materials that can replace virgin-derived materials. Over the past 10 months, the Mycocycle team has signed exclusivity agreements with major multinational companies for certain product categories, demonstrating that not only are their products not harboring the toxic chemicals of their inputs, but they are exhibiting significant performance improvements––in strength, elasticity and more––from the virgin-derived construction products they’re replacing. Learn about why Closed Loop Ventures Group invested, and opportunities to drive circularity in the built environment: https://hubs.la/Q039sJWz0 #circulareconomy #innovation #startup #venturecapital #demolition #mycelium #carbon

What happens when you work with national brands and local stakeholders to eliminate single-use cups? In just 12 weeks in Petaluma, CA, over 220,000 reusable cups were successfully returned, demonstrating an ambitious, innovative vision of reuse as an everyday reality, and paving the way for the #NextGen Consortium to scale reuse in California and other markets. Research from Closed Loop Partners' Center for the Circular Economy shows that with the right infrastructure, businesses and cities can help keep valuable materials in circulation. Dig into the results from the Petaluma Reusable Cup Project: https://lnkd.in/ewYXaSby #circulareconomy #reuse #reuserevolution #petaluma #returnmycup #innovation #collaboration #partnership