Circular economy · Materials marketplace
Up-Materiales
A marketplace that connects waste with demand. From grassroots waste pickers to large industry, every material finds a new life, and the people who recover it sell directly and earn more for their work. We move from a linear economy that produces, uses and discards to a circular one.
- Direct purchase from grassroots waste pickers, the backbone of recycling.
- Five large categories, from recovered material to products with many lives.
- Less waste in landfills, less extraction of raw materials.
- Industry finds secondary materials that match its demand.
The traditional path
- Waste picker
- Intermediary + margin
- Collection centre + margin
- Trader + margin
- Industry
Waste pickers do the hardest work and receive the lowest price in the whole chain.
With Up-Materiales
- Waste picker
- Up-Materiales
- Industry and markets
Waste pickers sell directly to whoever needs the material and earn more for every kilo they recover.
Everything that can have a new life
Secondary materials
- PET
- PE
- Paper
- Cardboard
- Tetra Pak
- Glass
- Aluminium
- Steel
- Copper
- Rubber
- Textiles
- Wood
- Oils
- Organics
- Coffee grounds
- Shells
- Agro-industrial waste
- Electronic waste
- Construction debris
Recycled raw materials
- PET pellets
- PET sheets
- Steel sheets
- Wood chips
- Natural fibres
- Recycled-material textiles
- Recycled-material leather
Circular products
- Furniture
- Clothing
- Shoes
- Accessories
- Food products
- Agricultural products
- Fertilisers
Redesigned and repaired
- Bicycles
- Electronics
- Clothing
- Personal items
Surplus products
- Fruit close to its expiry date
- Processed food close to its expiry date
Reach: Ecuador, Latin America.