Circ
Updated: December 16, 2025
Founders: Conor Hartman, Peter Majeranowski
Country: USA | Funding: $176.6M (+)
Founded: 2011
Website: https://circ.earth
Circ recycles discarded clothing to produce the basis of petroleum- and plant-based fabrics. The startup has figured out how to chemically separate blended fabrics into their original components without destroying either fiber. It recycles cotton, poly-cotton, polyester, nylon using water as a solvent. This makes the tech a clean and economical alternative in the recycling industry. Circ’s dissolving pulp and petroleum monomers can be sold at the same cost as virgin materials to manufacturers who make fibres. The company operates industrial-sized textile-to-textile recycling plants in US and France. Allbirds, Zara, and H&M are incorporating Circ-recycled textiles into their product lines, despite a small price premium.
Founded: 2011
Website: https://circ.earth
Circ recycles discarded clothing to produce the basis of petroleum- and plant-based fabrics. The startup has figured out how to chemically separate blended fabrics into their original components without destroying either fiber. It recycles cotton, poly-cotton, polyester, nylon using water as a solvent. This makes the tech a clean and economical alternative in the recycling industry. Circ’s dissolving pulp and petroleum monomers can be sold at the same cost as virgin materials to manufacturers who make fibres. The company operates industrial-sized textile-to-textile recycling plants in US and France. Allbirds, Zara, and H&M are incorporating Circ-recycled textiles into their product lines, despite a small price premium.
