🌎 loopway.org — every state, every category, one loop at a time.

Nothing in this loop goes to waste.

Loopway connects people to the organizations, programs, and local projects that keep reusable materials out of landfills, across all 50 U.S. states, with a growing directory of circular-economy projects worldwide.

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50U.S. states covered
28+Recycling & reuse categories
91Pages across the site
60+Organizations & agencies listed
12Monthly project spotlights / year
🌍Local to global, zero landfill
8+Countries reached — see Global Projects
The Scale of the Problem

What the data says

Project Drawdown, “The World’s Leading Guide to Science-Based Climate Solutions,” ranks materials and waste management among the highest-impact, most cost-effective ways to cut greenhouse gases — often while saving money. Figures below are estimated global impact in gigatons of CO2-equivalent avoided per year (Gt CO2-eq/yr).

Alternative refrigerants

2.50–2.70 Gt CO2-eq/yr

Recycling metals

1.90–2.10 Gt CO2-eq/yr — saves $100/ton

Landfill biocovers

0.98–1.59 Gt CO2-eq/yr

Centralized composting

0.78–1.20 Gt CO2-eq/yr

See the full Drawdown data →

🏆 Environmental Xperience 2026

Mainefactured Wins the Design & Build Xperience Competition

Casa Francesca · A-Frame Luxury Tiny Home

Nevada, TXHeadquarters
Anabella MainettiCEO & Co-Founder
NOAH-CertifiedBuild Standard

Nevada, Texas-based Mainefactured took the Grand Prize at the 2026 Design & Build Xperience Competition, earning Grand Champion design-and-build recognition at The Environmental Xperience at EarthX — the same event, same day, that hosts Loopway's own Earth Day Award.

Mainefactured builds high-end, NOAH-certified tiny homes engineered for durability and long-term performance.

Their winning entry, Casa Francesca, is an A-frame luxury tiny home with panoramic glass and a rooftop deck — recognized for pairing sustainable, factory-built construction with high-design livability.

Visit mainefactured.com Watch the Video →
Recurring Feature

Project of the Month

Every month, Loopway spotlights one organization or project making a measurable dent in landfill-bound waste. Know a project worth featuring? Nominate it.

★ October 2026 Spotlight

The Alluvium Project

Mexico & the U.S.–Mexico Border Region · Circular economy & river-plastic recovery

The Alluvium Project is a cross-border environmental and social impact initiative building a circular economy ecosystem that intercepts plastic waste before it reaches rivers and oceans — partnering with RiverRecycle, Rotary clubs on both sides of the border, Monarchs Without Borders, and the 7 Seas Foundation.

Together they turn recovered waste into economic and environmental value.

Visit alluviumproject.org
EarthX “Brand Hero” Nominees for 2026

EarthX Announces 50 ‘Brand Hero’ Nominees for 2026, Recognizing Circular, Market-Based Supply Chain Leadership

Out of the 50 nominees, ten Brand Heroes (one from each category) will be recognized at Earthx2026, taking place April 20-22 in Dallas.

EarthX announced the 50 Nominees for its 2026 Brand Hero Awards, which recognize companies using market leadership, supply chain influence, and innovation to advance a more circular and sustainable economy.

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Get Oriented

Three ways to use Loopway

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Find your state

Every state has an official recycling agency plus, in many cases, a statewide reuse or circular-economy nonprofit, each with its own dedicated page. We link to all of it.

Go to State Resources →
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Sort by category

From e-waste to mattresses to construction debris — find out where a specific item can go besides the trash can, with a dedicated guide for each of 28+ categories.

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Meet the people doing the work

Our Project of the Month, annual Earth Day Award, and features like Mainefactured's EarthX win highlight the people and organizations pushing the circular economy forward.

See the Award →
Why It Matters

The circular economy, in short

A circular economy keeps materials in use — through reuse, repair, remanufacturing, and recycling — instead of extracting new resources and sending the old ones to a landfill.

Loopway exists to make the "middle step" (finding where something actually goes) as easy as possible.

Reduce

Buy less, buy durable, borrow before you buy.

Reuse

Donate, resell, or repurpose items still in good condition.

Repair

Fix it instead of replacing it — repair cafés and right-to-repair resources.

Recycle

When nothing else works, recycle materials properly so they re-enter the supply chain.

Featured Partner

Denali

Dallas, TX & Russellville, AR · Nationwide organics recycling & food waste solutions

Denali is on a mission to replenish the earth by repurposing waste. Through proprietary depackaging technology and a nationwide collection network, Denali turns food waste, used cooking oil, and biosolids from clients like Walmart and NASCAR into animal feed, renewable biofuel, compost, and natural fertilizers.

Denali has recovered more than 2.4 billion pounds of material and produced 12.1 million gallons of biofuel to date.

Denali’s executive leadership team, including CEO Todd Mathes, is based right here in Dallas — with a corporate office on Turtle Creek Blvd — making Denali a next-door partner for DFW-area cities and corporations pursuing zero-waste and sustainability goals.

Denalicorp.com

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