ēkotrace to Community
The public doorway for people and organisations to explore education, local action, warm introductions and honest expressions of interest.
You are hereēkot circular solutions · Aotearoa
Make circularity
ordinary.
Community is where a good intention becomes a local habit — and where local action connects to evidence a council, brand or neighbour can trust.
For people, places and organisations across Aotearoa and internationally.
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A living network
not a mailing list
not a mailing list
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The reason to join
Textiles sent to landfill in New Zealand, every year.
That is 78% of generated textiles — a 2026 estimate from Eunomia / Textile Advisory Group. The number is large. The response can be personal, practical and measurable.
Source
Eunomia / Textile Advisory Group
2026 estimate
Eunomia / Textile Advisory Group
2026 estimate
A connected approach
Change feels closer
when the system does too.
There is no single hero in a circular economy. A person needs a place to drop. A host needs a pathway. A brand needs credible evidence. Community is the layer that helps those moments meet.
ēkotrace
The enterprise evidence layer for organisations: chain of custody, reporting and reviewable circular outcomes.
Explore the evidence layerStartup Week · Validation Lab
Material, proof,
or both?
What makes waste data trustworthy, and recycled materials worth using? A short survey for founders, investors, researchers, students and anyone curious—separate from joining the Community.
Take the one-minute surveyChoose your doorway
There is a place
for your kind of action.
Start with what is realistic for you now. We will help make the next introduction warm, specific and useful — no grand promises required.
less waste · more evidence · closer loops · shared action · less waste · more evidence ·
International partner pathway
Exploring a European textile evidence trial.
We are open to conversations with collection, sorting, processing, research and public-interest organisations about a bounded textile pilot. This is an invitation to shape a trial — not a claim that ēkot operates a European facility or certified pathway.
Your next useful step
Bring your
maybe.
Tell us what you are curious about. This is an expression of interest, not a commitment. We read every note and reply with the most practical next step.
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Individuals can advocate, introduce or learn.
02Organisations can host a point, explore a pilot or connect education.
The ordinary future
It starts with a conversation
near you.
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