RrePurpose Global helps brands reduce plastic waste by measuring a company’s plastic footprint and funding verified plastic recovery projects that remove the same amount of plastic from the environment. It operates across the Americas, Africa, and Asia and works with consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies to channel commitments into circular economy initiatives. The company generates revenue by charging partner businesses for plastic footprint assessments and for implementing recovery projects. Its approach emphasizes traceable, verifiable impact and community empowerment, setting it apart from competitors by providing transparent, outcome-based reporting and a focus on ecosystem protection.
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The 10 best gifts for a stylish friend. 6 4 minutes read Travel affiliate disclosure: WDC TV may earn a commission if you book through travel links on this page, at no extra cost to you. Every year, TIME's editors and correspondents work together to compile a collection of the most interesting and groundbreaking new products and innovations for the Best Inventions list. As holiday season approaches, the TIME team has pulled out a selection of 10 best beauty items from the list that would make a perfect gift for the always chic trend-setters in your life. Skaura One. A more intuitive manual razor Razor innovation has historically focused on blades, but Skaura's One rethinks the handle instead. "We wanted to create a razor that would be an extension of the hand," says co-founder and CEO Ty Cross. Launched in January, the unisex razor uses a patented weighted, ergonomically balanced handle with a finger rest that helps guide grip, pressure, and angle, with the goal of reducing irritation, nicks, and ingrown hairs. The company offers interchangeable blade cartridges for the face, body, and delicate areas, and the handle is backed by a lifetime guarantee. - Nina Derwin Buy Now: Skaura One on Amazon K18 FutureIQ. Fight hair aging Most hair products address signs of aging to one at a time: shedding, graying, or damage. K18 concocted one treatment, FutureIQ, to tackle them all. The serum combines biomimetic peptides, a root-anchoring complex, and antioxidants to fortify hair on multiple, overlapping fronts. "This wasn't about how to create an ingredient," says cofounder and CEO Suveen Sahib. "You may have the best ingredient; that's not going to solve the problem if you don't understand the biological circuit." In a 12-week study, K18 says 100% of participants experienced less hair fall and 70% had fewer visible grays. - Katharine Gammon Buy Now: K18 FutureIQ on Amazon All-in-one hair styler The FlexStyle IonCurl styler from Shark promises to dry, curl, and defrizz hair at once using negative ions to keep strands silky without heat damage. - TIME Staff Buy Now: Shark FlexStyle IonCurl on Amazon. Aora México. Plastic-free cosmetics A sustainable ingredient list rings hollow if the packaging isn't earth-friendly too. Cosmetics company Aora México, now the first and only entirely plastic-free brand sold at Sephora, is devoted to keeping their makeup eco-friendly on the inside and out, using traceable ingredients and packaging made from single materials that are easy to recycle (think tin, aluminum, and wood). Aora also partners with rePurpose Global so that for every product sold, the company funds the removal from nature of nine times that item's weight in plastic waste. "This industry has left a legacy of trash," says cofounder and CEO Nour Tayara, "so we wanted to completely close the loop." - Eliza Thompson Buy Now: Aora México on Sephora A vanity that mimics natural light If you've ever gotten ready in the bathroom mirror only to be, uh, surprised by what you look like outside, then the Lifx SuperColor Smart Mirror is for you. The 1200-lumen LED vanity mirror can display near-infinite colors, allowing it to mimic a range of lighting situations, and features a devoted Makeup Check mode to see how it will look in natural light. It also includes an anti-fog feature, and programmable buttons that deliver warm, dim light for those 3 a.m. bathroom trips. - Eliza Thompson Buy Now: Lifx SuperColor Smart Mirror on Amazon. iPolish. New nail shades in seconds Smart technology has taken over beauty, from skin care devices to hair tools - and now, nails. With iPolish, a single set of smart press-on acrylic nails can switch between hundreds of colors in seconds using electronic display technology. The nails apply just like traditional press-ons; to swap shades during wear, users simply select a hue in the app and insert the tip of each nail into an accompanying wand, which delivers a small charge of power to change colors. The first collection launches with more than 440 colors; after debuting at CES in January, the company will ship its first consumer orders this winter. - Nina Derwin Buy Now: Starter kits on iPolish Nori Cloud Max. A steamer that works for you Nori Cloud Max offers a simple but effective solution to the biggest problem with clothing steamers: steam burns. Light fabrics - the kind that often require steaming - undulate when faced with steam, requiring a hand to hold them in place; a hand which is then scalded with hot steam. Nori added soft vacuum suction to the head of the steamer to hold the fabric in place and pull it taut, so it not only smoothes wrinkles more effectively, including on heavy fabrics like denim and linen, but it spares the user from suffering in the name of fashion. - Emma Barker Bonomo Buy Now: Nori Cloud Max on Amazon Ultimate home facial Shark FacialPro Glow is an at-home hydro-facial system that is designed to use water and suction to clean pores and extract oils and dirt from the skin. An attachment can heat or cool to, the company says, support lymphatic drainage and boost circulation. - TIME Staff Buy Now: Shark FacialPro Glow on Amazon. Dyson CameraJet. A dental care first Electric toothbrushes and waterjet flossers have dominated home dental-care since their invention some half-century ago. But this fall, beloved appliance and personal care brand Dyson combined the two - with several brilliant twists. The CameraJet is an electric toothbrush with a tiny camera in the head that spots minute tooth gaps and food scraps in real time and deploys flossing jets of water where needed as you brush. Users can even use the camera to see inside their own mouth (via a connected app) or send footage to their dentist for review. The battery and brush heads are swappable, and the whole product is - as Dyson fans have come to expect - impeccably designed. - Emma Barker Bonomo Buy Now: Dyson CameraJet on Amazon Fitnexa SomniPods 3. Day-to-night sleepbuds Fitnexa SomniPods 3 are nothing to sleep on. In addition to being about $100 cheaper than other earbuds for sleep, they add active noise cancellation, which reduces the sound of steady disturbances like road traffic and train rumbles before they even hit your ears. On top of that, the plugs offer passive isolation (the seal of the bud) and adaptive sound masking (soothing audio tracks that help cover up your beloved's snoring). For your waking hours, the SomniPods play high-fidelity audio, take phone calls, and provide AI wellness coaching ($49.99/year after a three-month trial). - Jessica Sager Buy Now: Fitnexa SomniPods 3 on Fitnexa
Wildcraft is now Certified Plastic Negative! What started as a small selection of natural skin care options Local Refillery brought in a year and a half ago has now doubled... AND Local Refillery has been able to bring in more refillable options, you all love it so much! Local Refillery is right there with you, and - because Local Refillery love this company & their products so much - Local Refillery is incredibly excited to share that Wildcraft is now Certified Plastic Negative... a perfect good news moment to wrap up Plastic Free July. Wildcraft is supporting the Sada Shakti Project in Karnataka, India, through their partnership with rePurpose Global. This initiative helps recover and repurpose low-value plastics that often get dumped in lakes and open areas and also creates employment for locals. Since June 2026, every purchase of Wildcraft has helped save over 4,545kg of nature-bound plastic! When Laura started Wildcraft, she wanted every part of their products to reflect the same philosophy. They carefully choose naturally derived ingredients that are kind to your skin, and believe that same care should extend to their packaging. That's why they've always chosen glass and aluminum wherever possible and worked to use as little plastic as they can. It's one more way Local Refillery try to create products that are thoughtful from the inside out. Together with rePurpose, Wildcraft is helping recover twice as much nature-bound plastic as they use across their products and packaging, allowing them to take meaningful action while they continue working to reduce the plastic Local Refillery use every day. For Wildcraft and Local Refillery at Local Refillery, sustainability has never been about being perfect. It's about always asking, "How can we do better?" Becoming Plastic Negative is an exciting milestone, but it's only one step in their journey. They plan to continue looking for better materials, reducing their environmental impact, and creating products that care for both your skin and the planet. For those unfamiliar with Wildcraft, their founder, Laura, always believed in nature's ability to positively impact the mind and body, but found many products financially out of reach for most people. So she started experimenting with making and trying her own natural skin care products. In 2014, this beautiful company was born. "I know firsthand the healing power of nature and want to see as many people as possible integrate natural moments into their everyday skincare routines." Why Local Refillery love it: handcrafted in small batches highest quality, ethically sourced ingredients uses earth-friendly packaging certified cruelty-free affordable every purchase contributes 1% for the Planet made in Canada by an Indigenous-owned business now Certified Plastic Negative! Congratulations to Laura and the whole team at Wildcraft - along with the many creative and hardworking people at rePurpose - for creating such a positive change in this world! July 31, 2026
rePurpose Global has launched the Packaging Simulator, a tool enabling consumer brands to model packaging decisions in real-time ahead of California's SB 54 source reduction deadline on 1 August 2026. The platform replaces months of manual analysis with instant scenario comparisons across five approved pathways: material switching, lightweighting, post-consumer recycled content, elimination and reuse/refill. Brands can input their 2023 baseline data and proposed packaging changes to project impact on extended producer responsibility fees, California recyclability, material footprint and plastic components. The tool also enables multi-year fee forecasting tied to implementation timelines. RePurpose Global, which serves over 500 brands including Tillamook and Oatly, built the simulator to support annual source reduction reporting requirements through 2032.
How Sattva Group is building a Zero Waste future for India's west coast. rePurpose Team Published on June 9, 2026 Along India's west coast, the state of Karnataka is home to one of the country's most ecologically significant coastlines - supporting fishing communities, coastal ecosystems, and hundreds of thousands of livelihoods. It is also facing a growing plastic waste crisis that no single intervention can solve. On Earth Day 2026, Sattva Group and Knowledge Realty Trust, in partnership with rePurpose Global, launched the Karnataka Zero Waste Initiative - a long-term programme designed to strengthen community-led waste management systems that can be sustained over time. The problem worth taking seriously. Plastic waste doesn't just wash up on beaches. It moves through communities, disrupts livelihoods, and accumulates in ecosystems long before it reaches the sea. For coastal Karnataka, the challenge is compounded by gaps in formal waste infrastructure - inadequate segregation, inconsistent collection, and limited processing capacity at source. The result is a coastline under pressure. And a problem that requires more than awareness campaigns to fix. The initiative: community-led, systems-first. The Karnataka Zero Waste Initiative is rooted in a straightforward conviction: lasting change doesn't come from the outside in. It comes from building systems that communities can own, operate, and sustain. Over the next few years, the programme will: * Connect 80,000+ households to formal waste management systems * Integrate 50 coastal villages into structured collection and processing networks * Support safer, more dignified livelihoods for waste workers along the coast * Enable the responsible processing of 3.5-4.5 million kg of waste before it reaches the sea The focus isn't just on collection. It's on behaviour change, awareness, and strengthening the infrastructure for better segregation and processing at source - the points where intervention matters most. Commenting on the initiative, Shivam Agarwal, Vice President, Strategy, Sattva Group, said: "Protecting Karnataka's 320 Km coastline and addressing the growing challenge of waste is essential to sustaining the environment and improving the overall quality of life. Through the Karnataka Zero Waste Initiative, Sattva and Knowledge Realty Trust along with rePurpose, are enabling structured, community-led waste management systems that strengthen local practices while creating more secure and dignified livelihoods. With a strong focus on awareness and participation, the three-year initiative is designed to impact 80,000 households across 50 coastal villages, empower 200+ waste workers and deliver measurable improvements to build a cleaner, more resilient coastline for the state." Why this model is different. Many sustainability programmes struggle to translate ambition into local, measurable systems. The Karnataka Zero Waste Initiative is designed to bridge that gap. It is rooted in Sattva's focus on responsible, community-centric ecosystems and aligned with Knowledge Realty Trust's sustainability vision. This programme places communities at the centre, not as beneficiaries, but as participants in building the systems they depend on. What rePurpose Global brings to this. As the impact partner, rePurpose Global brings programme design, implementation expertise, and accountability frameworks to help translate commitments into measurable, traceable outcomes. For Sattva and Knowledge Realty Trust, that partnership means their sustainability vision is backed by systems designed to hold up over time. "Solving plastic pollution requires more than short-term action - it requires strong systems, collaboration, and long-term leadership. It's incredibly meaningful to see businesses like Sattva stepping forward with the ambition to invest in systems-led environmental solutions. Through this partnership, we have an opportunity not only to reduce plastic leakage and strengthen waste management systems locally, but also to help build a scalable model for circularity and environmental leadership that can extend far beyond Karnataka." - Aditya Siroya, Co-Founder & Advisor, rePurpose Global A commitment worth watching. The Karnataka Zero Waste Initiative has just launched. The results - households connected, waste recovered, and livelihoods supported - will build over the years ahead. But the foundation is already significant: 80,000+ households, 50 villages, and 3.5-4.5 million kg of waste targeted for recovery and responsible processing before it reaches the sea. It is a programme designed to protect a coastline that communities, businesses, and ecosystems depend on for the long term. This is what corporate sustainability looks like when it's built to last.
Migrating microplastics from packaging, new study released. Wednesday, 29 April, 2026 A study, published by Earth Action in collaboration with rePurpose Global, has mapped the scale of microplastics moving from packaging into food and drinks. The study, 'Pack to Plate', quantifies the release of micro- and nanoplastics (MNP) from food packaging directly into food. It estimates that 1000 tonnes of MNP move from plastic packaging into food and drinks every year. A central finding of the report is that microplastic exposure from packaging is not random but driven by three predictable factors: material choice, packaging design, and real-world use conditions. "For years the debate around microplastics focused on pollution in the environment. Now we know of the direct pathway to human exposure through the food we eat every day," said Julien Boucher, PhD, Head of Research and Co-CEO of Earth Action. "This report identifies the scale of the problem but also points to the solutions. If policymakers and industry start treating particle release as a real safety consideration, alongside chemical migration, we have clear opportunities to reduce exposure." The findings summarised. Design elements such as caps, closures and multi-component structures introduce points of friction that increase particle release, particularly during repeated opening and handling. Use-phase conditions introduce further variability. Sunlight and UV exposure alone can increase particle release by up to two orders of magnitude. Thermal stress from hot filling or microwaving acts as a secondary amplifier, weakening the material and significantly increasing particle detachment. Packaging is not the largest source of microplastics in the environment by mass but as it is in direct, continuous contact with food and beverages, it creates a more concentrated human ingestion pathway than environmental routes such as water or air. Other environmental sources include car tyre wear, synthetic textiles, paints and mismanaged plastic waste. Due to the predictability of migration, the report provides a framework for identifying high-risk packaging formats and outlines practical measures for industry that could reduce particle release. These include: * limiting UV exposure during transport and retail display; * redesigning high-stress components such as caps and closures; * testing packaging under realistic use conditions including heating and repeated handling. The full report is available here. Image credit: iStock.com/Svetlozar Hristov The SAVE FOOD Expert Talks will allow participants to gain a better understanding about how... Datalogic, Honeywell, Newland AIDC and Zebra Technologies join forces with GS1 to help accelerate... United Fresh New Zealand has released updated guidance about nutrition claims on fresh produce...
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Industries
Company Size
51-200
Company Stage
Series A
Total Funding
$17.9M
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
2016
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