SwatchLOOP provides AI-powered digital product passports and waste-management tools for the textile industry, enabling accurate sorting, traceable recycling, analytics, and collaboration between brands, recyclers and manufacturers to improve recycling efficiency and upcycling.

Circularity Relevance

Core
Platform explicitly offers Digital Product Passports for waste, AI-assisted sorting, and recycling tracking - core functions that directly enable circular recycling and upcycling in textiles Source: SwatchLOOP, 2025.

Circular Role

SupportEnabler
SwatchLOOP provides software, DPPs and analytics to brands, recyclers and manufacturers rather than directly operating recycling facilities - functions as a support/SaaS enabler. Source: SwatchLOOP, 2025.

Circular Type

Traceability
Digital Product Passports (DPPs)
Service centres on Digital Product Passports for waste and traceability of recycling flows; traceability is the primary classification Source: SwatchLOOP, 2025.

R Strategy

R8 - Recycle, R7 - Repurpose, R3 - Reuse
Primary focus on improving recycling processes (R8) through better sorting and traceability. The site also references upcycling (R7) and reuse/redistribution pathways (R3) as supported outcomes Source: SwatchLOOP, 2025. Primary confidence set to High for R8 (explicit), secondary listed with Medium confidence due to less detailed explicit features for reuse/repurposing.

Circular Business Model

Recycling / Resource Recovery, Upcycling
Website sections list 'Digital Product Passport (DPP)', 'Waste Management', and 'Upcycling' as value propositions - aligns with recycling/resource recovery and upcycling business models Source: SwatchLOOP, 2025.

Organisational Type

ForProfit
Site footer names the legal entity as 'SwatchLOOP Teknoloji ve Yazılım Anonim Şirketi' (Anonim Şirketi = joint-stock company), indicating a for‑profit company Source: SwatchLOOP, 2025.

Sector

Fashion & Textiles, Waste Management & Recycling
Website repeatedly references textiles and textile waste alongside waste-management and recycling services (DPP, sorting, tracking) - supports classification in both sectors Source: SwatchLOOP, 2025.

Geographical Reach

International
Turkey
Headquartered in Türkiye but project lists EU Single Market funding (SEE BRIDGE) and Enterprise Europe Network listing - indicates operations/partnerships beyond a single country Source: SwatchLOOP, 2025; Source: Enterprise Europe Network, 2024.

Hardware Component

None
No evidence that SwatchLOOP supplies or requires specialised physical hardware. Services are delivered via software (DPP, AI, analytics) and a web/app interface Source: SwatchLOOP, 2025.

Tech Map Relevance

SwatchLOOP provides Digital Product Passports (DPPs), AI-assisted sorting, and waste-tracking for textiles - core digital enablers for circular recycling and upcycling Source: SwatchLOOP, 2025. Also profiled by Enterprise Europe Network as an AI-driven textile waste solution seeking partners Source: Enterprise Europe Network, 2024.

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Added: 27 Nov 2025
Updated: 04 Dec 2025