The wait is over!

Meet the thirteen winners of the Make it Circular Challenge, representing innovative strategies for building a more circular society. Initiated in partnership with the IKEA Foundation, the competition now enters an exciting new phase as finalists gain access to a €10.000 award and development training package designed to launch their ideas into action.
See all winners below. All 650 entries submitted to the Make it Circular Challenge will also remain available for viewing in the project gallery.
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CoolBricks

The Netherlands – 100% natural earthen, cow-dung bio-stabilized bricks provide more affordable, safer, healthier housing solutions to low-income families

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Guiding the Runoff

Mexico – Combining landscape design and waste management to improve Tijuana’s informal settlements public space.

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Craste

India – 100% tree free packaging solutions out of crop residue in synergy with nature.

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Mujo

Germany – a biomaterial innovation company developing seaweed-based packaging materials for impermanence, envisioning a future where packaging materials

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Alterist Marketplace

United Kingdom – A marketplace that unites a community of upcycle designers using creativity to drive change.

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Nivogo

Turkey – Aims to extend the life of products that are taken from users and brand partners and brings them back into the circular economy.

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Saathi

India – Addressing the lack of access to menstrual products in a sustainable way by providing biodegradable sanitary pads to urban and rural women/girls.

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Librewater

Germany – Making nearly any water drinkable with a globally designed and locally produced Open Source Device.

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Apidae

Mexico – A system of objects for breeding Meliponini bees that seeks to function as a circular interspecies collaboration.

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Landless Food

Hungary – Regeneration of extinct flavor families via microalgae.

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Balena – Biocir Material

Israel – The first durable, flexible, and comfortable biodegradable plastics.

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Resortecs

Belgium – Recycling Made Easy

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Rethread Africa

Kenya – Picture this, a world where textiles work in harmony with nature. Using fashion as a force for climate action.