What Circular Resources does

Circular Resources is a Singapore-domiciled clean-technology company that owns a patented thermal process for processing end-of-life electronics. The technology simultaneously pulverizes electronic devices, obliterates data on storage media, converts combustible materials into syngas, breaks down persistent organic pollutants (POPs) through controlled heat and residency, and produces a concentrate from which precious metals (gold, silver, copper, nickel, palladium, rare earths) can be chemically refined. The platform is structured to exceed NIST and GDPR data-destruction standards and to meet emissions guidelines under the Stockholm Convention.

The company offers four integrated service lines from this single technology stack: Data Destruction, Precious Metal Recovery, POPs Destruction, and Energy Capture. It does not operate processing facilities directly; instead, it monetizes the technology through a country-by-country licensing model, granting operators the right to buy and deploy the patented process within defined geographic markets. Target customers are country-level operators serving data-sensitive enterprise disposal, e-waste recyclers, hazardous-waste managers, and waste-to-energy facilities.

Circular Resources is privately held, headquartered at 143 Cecil Street in Singapore, and presently surfaces through a corporate website and two named contacts (Wayne Breeze and Brett Goodin). No funding rounds, ownership structure, headcount, or revenue figures are disclosed in the available data, indicating an early commercial stage where licensing traction has not yet been publicly evidenced.

Name

Circular Resources

Legal name

Circular Resources

Website

https://circularresources.sg

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Circular Resources is a Singapore-based clean-tech company that licenses a patented thermal technology for end-of-life electronics processing, offering country-level operators integrated data destruction, precious metal recovery, POPs elimination, and syngas energy capture in a single process.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

E-Waste Recycling Technology

NAICS

Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance (81121)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Electronics Recycling & Material Recovery (Dismantling/Separation) (BPALAIAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Electronics Dismantling & Pre-processing (Depollution, Sorting, Shredding) (EUAIAIAC), Material Reuse & Upcycling Services (Non-recycling Transformation) (EUAIANAJ), ITAD, Electronics Recycling & Parts Harvesting Retail (CRACAJAF)

Keywords

• Electronic waste recycling
• Data destruction technology
• Precious metal recovery
• Persistent organic pollutants
• E-waste processing licensing

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations

Revenue model

1. Technology Licensing: Circular Resources provides license rights to buy and operate their patented technology on a country-by-country basis. This is the primary revenue stream, where the company grants operators the rights to deploy their technology in specific geographic markets.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Circular Resources owns a patented end-of-life electronics processing technology that simultaneously pulverises electronics, obliterates data on memory chips, tapes, and hard disks, recovers precious metals (gold, silver, copper, nickel, palladium, rare earths), destroys persistent organic pollutants (POPs), and captures syngas energy from plastics/resins. The company licenses the rights to operate this technology on a country-by-country basis to operators worldwide.

Product overview

Circular Resources offers a single, unified patented technology platform that addresses multiple challenges in e-waste processing through four integrated services: Data Destruction (ensuring 100% guaranteed data destruction exceeding NIST and GDPR standards), Precious Metal Recovery (producing metal concentrates for chemical refining to recover gold, silver, copper, nickel, palladium, and rare earths), Persistent Organic Pollutants Destruction (breaking down POPs using controlled heat), and Energy Capture (producing syngas from plastics for power generation). The technology is offered through country-by-country licensing rights.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Data Destruction Patented processing capability that simultaneously pulverises electronics and converts combustible materials into gas, completely obliterating data stored on memory chips, tapes, hard disks, and other electronic media so that nothing can ever be accessed for unauthorized purposes. Delivered to licensees operating processing facilities on a country-by-country basis.
• Precious Metal Recovery Capability that produces a unique concentrate from metals used in electronics manufacturing; the concentrate can be refined using chemical refining methods to recover gold, silver, copper, nickel, palladium, and rare earths. Delivered to e-waste recyclers and precious metal recovery operators.
• Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Destruction Process that breaks down Persistent Organic Pollutants (forever chemicals) using controlled heat and residency, meeting emissions guidelines across all major regulatory regimes including the Stockholm Convention (ratified by 152 countries). Delivered to hazardous waste management operators.
• Energy Capture System that captures syngas produced from plastics and resins in electronics during the POPs destruction phase; the combustible gas can be used for power production and the system can be integrated with other energy conversion equipment as the nucleus for different plant configurations.

Quantifiable outcome

• For every million cell phones recycled: 16,000+ kg copper, 350 kg silver, 34 kg gold, 15 kg palladium recovered
• +1 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Iron Mountain: Established data management and secure ITAD services company with extensive data destruction offerings. Competes in the secure end-of-life electronics destruction space.
• Veolia: Global environmental services giant with significant e-waste collection, dismantling, and processing operations. Broader incumbent competing across Circular Resources' entire e-waste value chain.
• Glencore (Recycling): Through its recycling business, Glencore recovers precious and base metals from secondary feedstocks including electronics. Large incumbent with extensive refining capacity competing in the same metals recovery category.

Direct peers

• Aurubis: European copper and precious metals recycler with multi-metal recovery operations from secondary feedstock including electronics. Competes directly with Circular Resources' precious metal recovery offering.
• Umicore: Global materials technology and recycling group with a major precious metals refining and e-waste recycling business. Closest direct competitor in the precious metals e-waste recovery space that Circular Resources targets.
• TES (SK Tes): Global IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) provider with secure data destruction and electronics recycling capabilities. Direct competitor in the data destruction + e-waste recovery segment.
• Boliden: Swedish metals producer with integrated electronics recycling and precious metal recovery operations from e-waste. Directly comparable in the metal recovery segment with established refining scale.
• Quantum Lifecycle Partners: North American ITAD and electronics recycling company providing secure data destruction and asset recovery. Comparable ITAD-plus-recycling business model.

Emerging players

• MBA Polymers: Specialises in plastics recovery from end-of-life electronics and electrical equipment. Comparable technology focus on material recovery from e-waste streams, particularly plastics and resins.

Regional players

• Enviro-Hub Holdings: Singapore-based e-waste and precious metals recycling company. Directly comparable regional peer in the same home market with overlapping e-waste processing capabilities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A1 record

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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