Cycle-Up
- Type
- Waste & Resource Operator
- Location
- Leeuwarden, Netherlands
- Industries
- Waste efficiency, Food ingredients & products, Food waste tech, Shortening supply chain
- Technologies
- Other technologies, Processing, Food-waste technology, Platform technology, Circular & resource technologies, Platform & Service technologies
About Cycle-Up
Cycle-Up is a circular services company based in Leeuwarden and the surrounding region, positioning itself as a practical local springboard for sustainable entrepreneurship. Its website presents the company as a place where waste streams, partners, knowledge, and people come together to turn circular ideas into real-world activity.
The company says it works locally while aiming to inspire, motivate, and help people across the Netherlands to do business more circularly. Through its HUB, Cycle-Up combines upcycling, knowledge sharing, events, and social employment opportunities in one ecosystem.
Core Values
- Circularity: Cycle-Up is built on the belief that waste can become a raw material for the future, and that circular economy principles should be applied in practice.
- Local impact: The company emphasizes local collaboration in Leeuwarden and the surrounding area, using regional partnerships to create tangible results.
- Social inclusion: Its social workshop and “kansrijke werkers” focus show a commitment to creating opportunities for people as well as for materials.
- Knowledge and inspiration: Cycle-Up aims to share knowledge, organize events, and inspire others to become more enthusiastic about sustainability and circular business.
Unique Aspects
- The HUB as an ecosystem: Cycle-Up’s HUB brings together waste streams, upcycling partners, knowledge sharing, events, and social employment in one physical place.
- Regional circular platform: It presents itself as the first circular HUB of Northern Netherlands, with a strong local base in Leeuwarden.
- Broad partner network: The website highlights a network of circular companies and partners working together to create products from residual materials.
- Social workshop component: Beyond circular business services, Cycle-Up also operates a social workshop that creates work opportunities for people.
- Multi-use facilities: The HUB doubles as an event venue and meeting location, allowing visitors and businesses to experience circularity in a practical setting.