Kolekt

Kolekt's core functionality is trading and tracing recyclable materials, enabling payments and verification of recovered tonnes - explicitly circular economy activity. Source: Kolekt, 2025

Kolekt directly hosts transactions, traceability and payments between waste collectors, recyclers and brands (it operates the app and exchange). Source: Kolekt, 2025

Kolekt operates an app and an Exchange to buy/sell recyclable materials (physical products) and connects collectors (often individual/consumer-level) to businesses (recyclers, brands) as well as B2B matches for brands purchasing verified tonnes. Source: Kolekt, 2025

Primary focus is on recovery and recycling of materials (verified recycled tonnes and increasing recycling capacity). Evidence on site emphasises recovered/recycled tonnes and recycling capacity. Source: Kolekt, 2025

Platform coordinates collection, payments and sale of recovered materials (buy-back / take-back) and organises reverse/collection logistics between collectors, recyclers and brands. Source: Kolekt, 2025

Kolekt is presented as a Dutch start-up and the privacy policy references Circular Action BV (a private company). However Kolekt is part of the BVRio group (a non-profit), so entity structure is mixed; classification as ForProfit is inferred from the BV legal form. [Source: Kolekt, 2025; BVRio]

Website describes Kolekt as a waste recovery solution and shows services for collectors, recyclers and brands focused on recycling and recovered tonnes. Source: Kolekt, 2025

Site lists Netherlands (HQ) plus Brazil, India, United Kingdom, Mozambique, Indonesia and Vietnam as operating countries, indicating multi-country operations. Source: Kolekt, 2025

Kolekt is a software platform (mobile/web app) and does not supply or depend on specialised physical hardware to operate; it supports users with and without smartphones. Source: Kolekt, 2025