Circular Tech Map
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Cirplus operates a B2B digital marketplace and procurement platform for certified recycled plastics (rPET, rPP, rHDPE, etc.), enabling manufacturers to source standardised recycled polymers at scale to replace virgin feedstock and meet regulatory requirements.

Circularity Relevance

Core
Core circular function: marketplace for recycled plastics that replaces virgin polymers and supports recycling-based supply chains. Source: Cirplus Homepage

Circular Role

DirectEnabler
Operates a live marketplace and procurement platform that directly facilitates transactions in recycled materials (hosts/handles circular material flows). Source: Cirplus Homepage

Circular Type

Marketplace
• Products
• B2B
B2B marketplace for physical products - certified recycled plastics (catalog and supplier onboarding features). Source: Cirplus Homepage & Catalogue

R Strategy

R8 - Recycle, R2 - Reduce
Primary: Enables use of recycled materials (R8 - Recycle). Secondary: Explicit messaging about replacing fossil carbon with recycled polymers indicates reduction in virgin material use (R2). Source: Cirplus Homepage

Circular Business Model

Recycling / Resource Recovery, Industrial Symbiosis / By-product Exchange
Cirplus connects suppliers and buyers of recycled polymer feedstocks (recycling/resource recovery) and facilitates material exchange across industrial users (industrial symbiosis). Source: Cirplus Homepage

Organisational Type

ForProfit
Operates as cirplus GmbH (company details and imprint indicate a registered private company in Germany). Source: Imprint

Sector

Chemicals & Materials
Site focuses on sourcing and supplying recycled polymers and feedstocks (rPET, rPP, rHDPE). Source: Cirplus Materials & Industries pages

Geographical Reach

Global
• Germany
Homepage states 'Worldwide' procurement and lists international customers across industries; platform provides global in-stock materials and custom orders. Source: Cirplus Homepage

Hardware Component

None
No evidence that Cirplus supplies or depends on specialised physical hardware; service is a digital procurement/marketplace platform.

Tech Map Relevance

Cirplus is a B2B digital marketplace that explicitly facilitates the procurement and certification of recycled plastics, directly enabling circular material flows and therefore meets the Circular Tech Map inclusion criteria. Source: Cirplus Homepage

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Added: 18 Mar 2024
Updated: 21 Oct 2025