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WHAT WE DO
WE PLANT SEEDS TO GROW HEALTHY WASTE SYSTEMS
We identify and strengthen promising small and medium enterprises through tailored technical, financial, and strategic support, building a vetted pipeline of bankable, scalable solutions. By connecting these ventures with mission-aligned donors and investors, we ensure that funding strengthens waste systems, maximises resource recovery, supports dignified livelihoods, and drives long-term systemic change.
SEEDS
Our Seeds are waste and circular economy ventures we have supported or collaborated with.

ReverseLab

ReverseLab

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ReverseLab
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Decentralized marine litter recycling lab in Babilônia community.
Topic:
Marine Litter, Plastic waste
Focus Areas:
Recycling & Processing; Improved Livelihoods
WastePreneur:
Capacity Development, Market activation and Entrepreneurship in the Waste Management Sector
Mosul and Basra, Iraq
Entrepreneurial development designed to ignite green economic growth by nurturing waste-sector start-ups with high-impact business models.
Topic:
SME development
Focus Areas:
Recycling & Processing

WastePreneur
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Women-Led Decentralized Plastic Recycling

Women-Led Decentralized Plastic Recycling

Women-Led Decentralized Plastic Recycling
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Women-Led Decentralized Plastic Recycling
La Guajira, Colombia
Building decentralized plastic recycling from the ground up, with indigenous mothers at the center.
Topic:
Circular Economy, Plastic waste
Focus Areas:
Improved Livelihoods, Recycling & Processing
Community-based Plastics Circularity
Accra, Ghana
Transforming informal plastic waste collection into a formal, financially viable and scalable green enterprise ecosystem, generating economic opportunity, environmental recovery, and social inclusion.
Topic:
Waste workers formalisation, Infrastructure
Focus Areas: Improved Livelihoods, Recycling & Processing, Collection & Material Tracking

Community-based Plastics Circularity

Community-based Plastics Circularity

Community-based Plastics Circularity
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Circular Caribbean

Circular Caribbean

Circular Caribbean
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Circular Caribbean
Mexico, Belize, Caribbean basin
Market-based circular economy models that use plastic waste as a feedstock for value-added recycling and construction materials.
Topic:
Circular Economy, Marine Litter
Focus Areas:
Improved Livelihoods, Recycling & Processing
Social Recycling Shipyard
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Community-centred approach to marine litter, combining community-run collection points, a reward program, a local recycling hub and skills training.
Topic:
Marine Litter, Plastic Waste
Focus Areas:
Recycling & Processing, Improved Livelihoods

Social Recycling Shipyard

Social Recycling Shipyard

Social Recycling Shipyard
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