FOR INVESTORS & PUBLIC FUNDING PARTNERS
Building the visible layer of circular sustainability.
Retrieveee is evolving from circular apparel into a scalable circular activation system: collecting PET bottles at company events, transforming waste into visible products, and helping organisations make sustainability tangible.
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THE PROBLEM
Corporate sustainability is still too invisible.
Companies invest in sustainability, but much of it stays hidden in reports, procurement policies and internal slides. Retrieveee turns circularity into something employees, clients and communities can see, wear and participate in.
Event PET collection bins
Partner with local recyclers and manufacturers to produce recycled plastic collection bins for PET bottles at company runs, trade fairs, offices and sustainability activations.
The Loop cargo bike network
Scale “The Loop” into a fleet of branded cargo bikes used for bottle collection, event presence, city activations and circular storytelling across Rotterdam and beyond.
Dutch circular production
Develop a Netherlands-based production pathway: collecting PET, sorting material, working with recycling partners, and gradually moving towards local yarn, fabric and garment production.
Continental scale
Build a Europe-wide circular activation enterprise for companies that want sustainability to become visible through events, teams, apparel and measurable participation.
BUSINESS MODEL
From recycled apparel to circular activation infrastructure.
TECHNICAL ROADMAP
From event collection to recycled textile production.
Retrieveee’s long-term technical ambition is to connect corporate PET collection, local recycling infrastructure and recycled textile production into one visible circular system.
Collection
PET bottles collected at company events, runs, trade fairs and office activations through dedicated recycled-plastic bins.
Sorting
Collected bottles are separated, cleaned and prepared with local recycling partners to ensure usable PET quality.
Flakes
PET is shredded into flakes, washed and processed as the base material for recycled polyester production.
Yarn & fabric
The long-term ambition is to connect recycled PET feedstock to yarn, fabric and garment production in the Netherlands or nearby Europe.
Garments
Recycled garments are used by companies during events, transforming waste into visible sustainability participation.
MATERIAL SYSTEM
PET waste is not the end of the story.
The technical opportunity is to move beyond buying recycled garments and gradually build a system where collected PET becomes part of a traceable material pathway.
- Dedicated PET collection at corporate events
- Local recycler partnerships for sorting and flaking
- Future testing with recycled polyester yarn suppliers
- Traceability from collection moment to final garment
- Scalable model for Rotterdam, then other European cities
TRACEABILITY & DATA
What companies buy should be measurable, not just symbolic.
Material origin
Recording where PET was collected, which event or company activation generated the waste, and how it enters the recycling chain.
Processing partner
Documenting local recycler, sorting and processing partners involved in the material pathway.
Product link
Connecting the final garment or activation package back to the original circular process through QR codes or digital impact pages.
Client reporting
Providing companies with simple, visual reporting: bottles collected, garments produced, participants reached and circular story shared.
PILOT KPIs
What we would measure in the first Rotterdam pilot.
5-YEAR VISION
A realistic roadmap from Rotterdam pilot to European circular activation platform.
These figures are indicative planning assumptions, not financial guarantees. They are based on gradual B2B adoption, repeat event purchasing, and expansion from apparel-only sales into activation packages.
WHY THIS FITS CIRCULAR INNOVATION
Not another apparel brand. A circular participation system.
Reduces dependency on virgin materials by increasing demand for recycled PET-based products.
Creates local circular partnerships between companies, recyclers, event organisers and manufacturers.
Turns waste collection into visible employee and community participation.
Supports Rotterdam’s circular economy ambitions through a scalable, city-based pilot model.
Builds a bridge between recycling infrastructure, corporate procurement and behavioural sustainability.
Let’s build the next layer of visible circularity.
Retrieveee is based in Rotterdam and actively looking to collaborate with investors, municipalities, recyclers, event organisers and corporate sustainability teams.
3012 NJ Rotterdam
The Netherlands