2027

Where waste becomes wealth,and the circular economy comes to trade, invest and decide.

BangoPure puts the manufacturers, recyclers, suppliers and operators of the circular economy in the same rooms as the buyers, investors, regulators and development finance institutions who turn recovered material into trade. Three ways in for 2027. One standard, down to how we count our own footprint.

See the events Who each event is for

1–6 Feb 2027Circular Summit and Waste to Wealth Expo, Cork 2027 · UKCatalyst By BangoPure: Waste to Wealth Summit Both eventsThe Corridor, admitted not bought

Waste becomes wealth: use it longer, repair it, give it a second job, recycle it last.

BangoPure events

We don’t run conferences about it. We run the rooms where it happens.

In 2027 both events carry Waste to Wealth in their name, and The Corridor runs inside each of them. Everything we build is measured in outcomes, not contacts.

Circular Summit and Waste to Wealth Expo

See it and prove it

Products made from waste on an Expo floor, each with a record of what it is and where its material came from.

Catalyst: Waste to Wealth Summit

Make it and trade it

Makers and suppliers turn recovered material into trade with UK and EU buyers on a live floor, then the Waste2Wealth Gala.

The Corridor

Sign it

Recovered material becomes signed trade. Buyers are hosted, suppliers verified, and deals closed in the room.

Across all three

Count it and publish it

Our own footprint, travel included, measured and cut first, with the results published.

What was it before?

Waste is worth something. Come and see what.

About two thirds of the Expo floor is products made from recovered material. Drag across each picture to see the waste on one side and the wealth on the other.

Before

After

Second-life fashion and textilesUpcycled clothing and accessories, fibre-to-fibre, textile sorters

Before

After

Home, furniture and designFrom recovered timber, plastics, glass and metals

Before

After

Recovered materialsGlass, granulate and packaging given a second job

Illustrative pairs. On the Expo floor, every product carries a Proof Tag saying exactly what it was before and who checked it.

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Three rooms in 2027

Each one stands on its own. Or plan your year around all three.

Cork in February, to see, prove and trade what is made from waste. The United Kingdom in 2027, to make, trade, pitch and celebrate. The Corridor at both, for deals signed in the room.

1–6 Feb2027 · Cork

The open summit and expo

Circular Summit and Waste to Wealth Expo 2027

SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh, Cork, Ireland

A week where waste becomes things you can see, touch, buy and prove. The Expo is open all week, and every product on its floor carries a Proof Tag. Around it, five Summit days take one theme each. The week opens seventeen days before the EU Battery Passport becomes mandatory.

6 daysExpo open daily

100Makers, open call

FreeFor trade visitors

Sat 6Public Festival

The Waste to Wealth Expo, the Makers’ Yard and the 100 Makers
The Passport Line, Score Your Pack and the Trading Floor
Built for trade visitors, manufacturers, packaging producers, recyclers, makers, students and families

Attend for business Visit the public festival

2027United Kingdom

The flagship

Catalyst By BangoPure: Waste to Wealth Summit 2027

United Kingdom · Six days

Six days where waste becomes wealth, for the people who make, trade, fund and regulate the circular economy. Artisans and verified materials suppliers meet UK and EU buyers on a live trade floor. Founders pitch to investors. Designers take sustainable collections to the runway.

3Summit days

4Trade days

2Workshop days

£25,000Pitch Award

Waste to Wealth sessions, the Circular Economy Conference and the Global Commerce Bridge
Eco-Artisan Workshops and the Artisan Pitch Finals
The Eco-Fashion Show and the Waste2Wealth Gala

Bothevents · by admission

Admitted, not bought

The Corridor

The closed, hosted exchange at both 2027 events

Where recovered material becomes signed trade. Obligated European buyers are matched with verified suppliers, meetings are arranged in advance with the documentation ready, and deals are signed in the room.

2Cork and the UK

3Routes in

40 minEach meeting

LedgerDeals recorded

Hosted places for obligated European buyers
A collective table for registered artisan cooperatives
The Documentation Desk, the Signing Rooms and a Signing Day

How admission works Apply

The Waste to Wealth Expo

No Proof Tag, no display.

Exhibitors are admitted by application, and everything on the floor passes one test: it is made from recovered material, or it collects, sorts, repairs, verifies or trades it.

Proof Tag

Scan a product and see what it is made of and where it came from

What it is
What it is made from, and what share is recovered or recycled, by weight
Where the material came from
How to repair it, reuse it or recycle it
Who checked the record, and when

Free for the 100 MakersIncluded with every stand

What you’ll see on the Expo floor

Waste to wealth · about two thirds

Second-life fashionUpcycled clothing, fibre-to-fibre, textile sorters
Home and designObjects and furniture from recovered materials
Recovered materialsRecycled-content packaging, granulate, building materials
Second Life EnergyOld EV batteries and solar panels given a second job
OrganicsCompost, biofertiliser, biogas, food-waste products
Waste to wealth servicesCollection, sorting, repair, deposit and reward
100 MakersOne hundred makers turning waste into products you can buy

Proof and services · one third

The Passport LineA live passport and Proof Tag clinic
The Trading FloorPre-booked buyer and supplier meetings
Waste for Cash LiveWatch waste become money in real time
Campus RowUniversities, spin-outs and Start-up Alley
Country PavilionsDelegations with projects seeking partners

Cork, 1–6 February 2027

Six days, one theme a day.

The Expo floor is the same show all week. Each day the Summit takes one theme, and each evening has its own event. See the schedule →

1MondayPassport Day

Seventeen days to the passport

The opening ceremony, then the Expo opens and the Passport Line starts. Bring a product; leave with a draft passport and a gap list.

EveningWelcome Reception and Makers’ Yard preview

2TuesdayPackaging Day

Packaging Sustainability Intelligence

The packaging regulation six months in, and electric batteries sixteen days from their passport: Score Your Pack, EPR fees by design, buyer briefings on recycled content, and a battery and solar panel health check workshop.

EveningBuyers and Suppliers Dinner, by invitation

3WednesdayExpo Day

Waste to Wealth and Carbon

The Trading Floor, Waste for Cash Live, retail buyers meeting the 100 Makers, and the Carbon Market Buyers Briefing.

Second Life Conference

Use it longer
Repair it
Second job
Recycle last

EveningMakers’ Yard Late, open to the public

4ThursdayCapital Day

Capital and Government

The Ministerial Table, the DFI Briefing Room, government bilaterals, country showcases, investor meetings and Article 6. The Ledger opens.

EveningThe Second Life Runway

5FridayCampus Day

Makers, Campus and Commitments

The University Challenge final, the Green Careers Fair and the Catalyst Prize Cork heat. Then the Ledger is read out: every commitment of the week.

EveningWaste to Wealth Gala and Awards

6SaturdayFestival

Waste to Wealth Festival

A free Makers’ Market and Repair Fair for all ages, with a bring-back point for textiles, small electricals and drinks containers.

EveningA concert at a Cork venue, to be announced

Catalyst week, United KingdomBuilt in layers, so you choose exactly what you come for

Catalyst By BangoPure, 2027

Move in, trade, learn, pitch and celebrate.

1Move-in and Welcome ReceptionStand build, registration and the Welcome Address from 17:30
2Keynotes and the Commerce BridgeWaste to Wealth sessions, with the trade floor open all day
3Masterclasses and the Investment ShowcaseDPP deep dives and the Certified Circular Artisan Assessment
4Investor pitches and procurementThe Government Procurement Session and one-to-one mentorship
5Craft, certification and Pitch FinalsVIP Trade Day and the Artisan Pitch Finals from 16:30
6Waste2Wealth GalaEco-Fashion Show, awards and the £25,000 Pitch Award

Featured destinations

Discover the best events happening in major hubs.

From the Expo floor in Cork to the trade floor in the United Kingdom, and Makers’ Markets in between.

The Corridor 2027

Three routes into the room, and no fourth.

A floor anyone can pay onto is a floor no buyer trusts. The room is small by design, so every buyer meets only suppliers who can serve them, and every supplier meets only buyers who must buy.

Apply

Suppliers, self-funding buyers, investors, delegations and accredited deal-service providers apply and are assessed.

Assessed by the Committee

Be invited

A small number of places are extended personally, in writing, by BangoPure leadership to named organisations.

Confirmed by written acceptance

Be a member

Members of the House of CATALYST are considered first each season. Membership makes you eligible, not admitted.

Eligible, never automatic

Buy a place

No sponsorship, ticket, table or fee anywhere in either open programme buys a place in The Corridor.

Not offered

A schedule of pre-matched meetings, issued seven days before opening

Material verification and batch documentation prepared before arrival

A witnessed signing and a Ledger entry, with consent, for any deal agreed

A named Corridor liaison for the full week

The Corridor Lounge, the Buyers’ Breakfast and verification clinics

An admission letter you can include with a visa application

Apply for admission How admission works

Second life by BangoPure

Give things a second life. Recycle last.

Most people think the right thing to do with something old is recycle it. Recycling is useful, but it should be the last step, not the first. Before it come three steps that keep far more value.

PhonesClothesFurnitureAppliancesBatteriesPackaging

4 stepsAlways in this order

9×More value from old phones resold and reused first^*

PassportsMake every step easier

Every time something breaks, ask four questions in order: can it be used for longer, can it be repaired, can it have a second job, and only then, how should it be recycled properly?

Read about Second life

^*A worked example from BangoPure’s series The Ladder Before the Bin.

Recycling comes last

Our rule for the whole week, in this order.

Use it longerLook after it so it lasts, in its first job for as long as it does that job well.Keeps the whole product
Repair itFix the part that is weak, not the whole thing: a phone screen, a pump, a chair leg.Keeps all but one part
Give it a second jobResell, refurbish or repurpose it: an old laptop becomes a learning device.Keeps it useful
Recycle it lastWhen nothing else is safe or worthwhile, recover the materials through licensed recyclers.Keeps the materials

The Second Life LabA reused car battery charged by reused solar panels, powering the Saturday market’s lights and phone charging.

Waste for Cash LiveA working reverse vending machine and smart bin. Deposit, get paid, and watch the record being created.

Not carbon neutral, and we won’t claim it is

Our climate approach

Measured. Cut first. Published.

Bringing people together in Cork, some from far away, creates emissions. We measure them, cut what we can, and fund climate projects for what remains, without claiming that this cancels anything.

70–90%of an average event’s footprint is travel

9categories measured, long-haul flights included

12 Mar 2027results published, after independent review

Read our climate approach

The rootsWe measureThe whole event: travel, venue, food, the Gala, freight and waste.
The trunkWe cut firstA written reduction plan with named owners: rail, coaches, shuttles, plant-forward menus.
The branchesWe give you choicesAn estimate for your trip and lower-impact ways to make it. Nothing is ticked for you.
The leavesWe fund what remainsIndependently certified credits, with no BangoPure margin. Funding does not cancel emissions.
The crownWe publish everythingNumbers, method and missed targets, in the Waste to Wealth Index.

Two dates set in law

If either touches your products, this is the week to get ready.

FEB 202712Friday

The next packaging obligation starts

The EU Packaging Regulation’s bring-your-own-container rule for food service starts on 12 February.

FEB 202718Thursday

The EU Battery Passport becomes mandatory

EV, light-transport and industrial batteries above 2 kWh need a digital passport. The Summit opens seventeen days before.

All year, not one week

Waste to wealth carries on before and after Cork.

The same names, every year.

Nominations open in November

The Waste to Wealth 100

A public list of the people turning waste into wealth, presented on the Expo floor in February.

Live from December 2026

The 100 Makers directory

Every maker selected for the Expo, with their products and Proof Tags, online.

Entries open each November

The Waste to Wealth Awards

Finalists shown on the Expo floor, winners presented at the Gala. No award goes to its own sponsor.

First edition March 2027

The Waste to Wealth Index

What was brought, what it was made into, what sold and what it was worth, with the method published.

From spring 2027

Makers’ Markets

One-day pop-up markets featuring the 100 Makers, in Cork, Dublin and one UK city, two or three times a year.

Weekly from November

What was it before?

A short video series showing one maker’s product at a time, before and after.

90%

A zero-waste event, measured and published

The target is nothing to landfill and at least 90% of all waste by weight reused, recycled or composted. The result is counted, not estimated, and published afterwards, shortfall included.

Who comes

Everyone who makes, buys, funds or learns from recovered material.

Find yourself below and see which room is built for you. Many people belong in more than one.

Make and recover

Turning waste into products and materials

100 Makers, artisans and upcyclers
Recyclers, processors and exporters
Cooperatives and social enterprises
Waste champions and collectors
Sustainable fashion designers

Comply and buy

Needing proof, packaging and supply

Manufacturers and packaging producers
Trade visitors and procurement directors
Retail, hotel and gifting buyers
Brands and packaging supply teams
Food service, cafés and retailers

Fund and govern

Financing, regulating and partnering

Investors, banks and trade finance
Development finance institutions
Ministers and government procurement
Cities and waste authorities
Trade delegations and embassies

Learn and celebrate

The next generation and the public

Start-ups and founders
Students and young entrepreneurs
Universities and researchers
Award entrants and finalists
Makers, families, students and the public

Questions people ask

Before you book.

Can I come for one day?

Yes. Every day stands on its own, and the Expo is open every day of the week. At Catalyst, a visitor can come for a single afternoon on the trade floor.

Is the Expo really free?

Yes, for trade visitors who register in advance. Summit conference sessions need a pass, and the Saturday Festival is free for everyone.

Who needs a battery passport?

From 18 February 2027, makers and importers of EV batteries, industrial batteries above 2 kWh and light-transport batteries placed on the EU market need an electronic battery passport (Regulation (EU) 2023/1542, Article 77). If you sell into the EU, it applies to you. The Summit opens seventeen days before the deadline with live passport and compliance clinics.

What is The Corridor?

Closed meetings for buyers, suppliers, investors, development finance institutions and delegations. You apply, and a committee decides. A place cannot be bought. Admitted parties pay a participation fee.

I need a visa for Ireland. Can you help?

Yes. Register, then request an invitation letter. Apply for your visa straight away, and allow at least eight weeks.

What should I wear?

Business dress for the Summit. Black tie, second life for the Gala: formal dress that is re-worn, rented, vintage, borrowed or upcycled. Wear your waste for the Festival.

Is the event carbon neutral?

No, and we won’t claim it is. We measure the whole week, including how everyone travels here, cut what we can first, and publish the results on 12 March 2027.

Three rooms. One year. Choose where you need to be.

Cork in February, where waste becomes things you can see, touch, buy and prove. The United Kingdom in 2027, to make, trade, pitch and celebrate. The Corridor at both. Or all three.

Cork · 1–6 February 2027Circular Summit and Waste to Wealth Expo United Kingdom · 2027Catalyst: Waste to Wealth Summit At both events · By admissionThe Corridor

Where waste becomes wealth,and the circular economy comes to trade, invest and decide.

No Proof Tag, no display.

Exhibitors are admitted by application, and everything on the floor passes one test: it is made from recovered material, or it collects, sorts, repairs, verifies or trades it.

Proof Tag

Scan a product and see what it is made of and where it came from

What it is
What it is made from, and what share is recovered or recycled, by weight
Where the material came from
How to repair it, reuse it or recycle it
Who checked the record, and when

Free for the 100 MakersIncluded with every stand

If either touches your products, this is the week to get ready.

FEB 202712Friday

The next packaging obligation starts

The EU Packaging Regulation’s bring-your-own-container rule for food service starts on 12 February.

FEB 202718Thursday

The EU Battery Passport becomes mandatory

EV, light-transport and industrial batteries above 2 kWh need a digital passport. The Summit opens seventeen days before.

Before you book.

Can I come for one day?

Yes. Every day stands on its own, and the Expo is open every day of the week. At Catalyst, a visitor can come for a single afternoon on the trade floor.

Is the Expo really free?

Yes, for trade visitors who register in advance. Summit conference sessions need a pass, and the Saturday Festival is free for everyone.

Who needs a battery passport?

What is The Corridor?

I need a visa for Ireland. Can you help?

Yes. Register, then request an invitation letter. Apply for your visa straight away, and allow at least eight weeks.

What should I wear?

Business dress for the Summit. Black tie, second life for the Gala: formal dress that is re-worn, rented, vintage, borrowed or upcycled. Wear your waste for the Festival.

Is the event carbon neutral?

No, and we won’t claim it is. We measure the whole week, including how everyone travels here, cut what we can first, and publish the results on 12 March 2027.

We don’t run conferences about it. We run the rooms where it happens.

See it and prove it

Make it and trade it

Sign it

Count it and publish it

Waste is worth something. Come and see what.

Events near you

Each one stands on its own. Or plan your year around all three.

Circular Summit and Waste to Wealth Expo 2027

Catalyst By BangoPure: Waste to Wealth Summit 2027

The Corridor

No Proof Tag, no display.

What you’ll see on the Expo floor

Waste to wealth · about two thirds

Proof and services · one third

Six days, one theme a day.

Seventeen days to the passport

Packaging Sustainability Intelligence

Waste to Wealth and Carbon

Capital and Government

Makers, Campus and Commitments

Waste to Wealth Festival

Move in, trade, learn, pitch and celebrate.

Discover the best events happening in major hubs.

Three routes into the room, and no fourth.

Apply

Be invited

Be a member

Buy a place

Give things a second life. Recycle last.

Our rule for the whole week, in this order.

Measured. Cut first. Published.

If either touches your products, this is the week to get ready.

The next packaging obligation starts

The EU Battery Passport becomes mandatory

Waste to wealth carries on before and after Cork.

The Waste to Wealth 100

The 100 Makers directory

The Waste to Wealth Awards

The Waste to Wealth Index

Makers’ Markets

What was it before?

A zero-waste event, measured and published

Everyone who makes, buys, funds or learns from recovered material.

Make and recover

Comply and buy

Fund and govern

Learn and celebrate

Before you book.

Three rooms. One year. Choose where you need to be.

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We don’t run conferences about it. We run the rooms where it happens.

See it and prove it

Make it and trade it

Sign it

Count it and publish it

Waste is worth something. Come and see what.

Events near you

Each one stands on its own. Or plan your year around all three.

Circular Summit and Waste to Wealth Expo 2027

Catalyst By BangoPure: Waste to Wealth Summit 2027

The Corridor

No Proof Tag, no display.

What you’ll see on the Expo floor

Waste to wealth · about two thirds

Proof and services · one third

Six days, one theme a day.

Seventeen days to the passport

Packaging Sustainability Intelligence

Waste to Wealth and Carbon

Capital and Government

Makers, Campus and Commitments

Waste to Wealth Festival

Move in, trade, learn, pitch and celebrate.

Discover the best events happening in major hubs.

Three routes into the room, and no fourth.

Apply

Be invited

Be a member

Buy a place