Circotrade

Circotrade operates an OTC futures marketplace and digital inventory (Circoscan/Circopass) to identify, value and trade reused building materials, enabling owners, demolition firms and manufacturers to register embodied carbon and transact secondary construction materials for reuse.

Circularity Relevance

Core

Circotrade is explicitly designed to enable reuse, valuation and trading of building materials - core circular economy activities for the construction sector. Source: Circotrade Website, 2024

Circular Role

DirectEnabler

Circotrade directly facilitates material inventories, registers embodied carbon and hosts an OTC trading market - it implements the circular activity rather than only supporting others. Source: Circotrade Website, 2024

Circular Type

Marketplace

• Materials

• B2B

Function is an OTC futures marketplace to buy/sell/trade future reused building materials. Primary value object is construction materials; matchmaking is primarily between businesses (building owners, developers, demolition companies, manufacturers). Source: Circotrade Website, 2024

R Strategy

R3 - Reuse, R1 - Rethink, R2 - Reduce

Primary evidence emphasises reuse of building materials (R3). Platform also enables new delivery/trading models (R1) and reduces demand for virgin materials via reuse (R2). Source: Circotrade Website, 2024

Circular Business Model

Resale / Second-hand, Take-back / Buy-back

Platform enables trading/resale of secondary construction materials via an OTC marketplace and states it can facilitate producers' extended responsibility and takeback schemes. Source: Circotrade Website, 2024

Organisational Type

ForProfit

Site describes a commercial futures marketplace and trade services, and refers to company/founder; no explicit non-profit or public sector designation found. Source: Circotrade Website, 2024

Sector

Construction & Built Environment

Website repeatedly describes services for the built environment, inventories of building materials and reuse of construction materials. Source: Circotrade Website, 2024

Geographical Reach

National

• United Kingdom

Primary evidence of activity is UK-facing (LinkedIn UK link on site) and the site does not list multiple country operations; therefore set to National (UK) with Medium confidence. Source: Circotrade Website, 2024

Hardware Component

None

No evidence that Circotrade supplies or depends on specialised physical hardware; services are digital (inventory, valuation, registry, OTC trading). Source: Circotrade Website, 2024

Tech Map Relevance

Website demonstrates a digital trading platform for reused building materials (OTC futures marketplace, inventory and embodied-carbon registration) which directly supports circular reuse in the built environment; included in the Tech Map for Core circular relevance.

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Added: 07 Jun 2024

Updated: 21 Oct 2025