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Across Canada, manufacturers and research teams are rethinking how materials circulate through the economy. The goal is clear: keep resources in use for as long as possible while lowering emissions and production costs. In industrial clusters from British Columbia to the Maritimes, new projects are testing ways to recover metals, plastics, and minerals from by-products that once went to waste. This transformation is not only technical but cultural, shifting how engineers, ent

Across Canada, a quiet transformation is unfolding in warehouses, research labs, and small manufacturing spaces. Circular economy startups, once niche ventures, are now shaping the country’s industrial future. Their goal is simple yet ambitious: turn materials once considered waste into valuable resources. The effort is part of a broader national pivot toward circular thinking, reflected in Canada’s 2025 Circular Economy Action Plan, which encourages new ways to design, produ