WCEF2025 Accelerator Session: Trash to treasure? Lessons learned from financing recycling (In-person)

​This WCEF2025 accelerator session is co-organised by Circle Economy and InvestNL.

This session builds on the WCEF2025 main program theme, “Financing the Transition”(PS9), offering a deeper dive into the financial and systemic challenges faced by circular economy businesses, with a focus on plastics and critical raw materials.

Through real-world cases, including recent bankruptcies in the Netherlands, we’ll uncover root causes like high operational costs, misaligned policies, and market barriers that hinder circular solutions.

Participants will gain actionable insights into innovative policies, financing strategies, and partnerships to support circular businesses globally, with lessons particularly relevant for Brazil and beyond.

Join us to explore how to align economics with circularity and drive a global transition with a clear call to action to policymakers.

​In case you cannot join us in person, you can follow the session online by registering here.

​This event is an accelerator session at the World Circular Economy Forum 2025 (wcef2025.com). On social media, you can follow the event with #WCEF2025.