Circle (formerly OPLN) | The Circular Leadership Network Employee Directory

EducationNew York, United States2-10 Employees

Circle, based in New York, was founded in 2019 as the Ocean Plastics Leadership Network. It functions as a neutral convening platform for the plastics and circularity ecosystem, gathering leaders from government, industry, academia, finance, and advocacy to surface alignment and bridge divergent viewpoints. Rebranded from OPLN to Circle, The Circular Leadership Network, it provides a pre-competitive, nonpartisan intelligence resource that tracks evolving circular economy solutions and policy developments as Extended Producer Responsibility policies expand in the United States.

Working within the education sector, Circle serves legislators, industry leaders, and advocates who rely on trusted insights, structured dialogue, and real-time awareness of policy changes and circularity options. Recent activity illustrates its role through partnerships and dialogues, such as the UK Plastic Treaty Dialogues with Defra, and the Global Treaty Dialogues conducted with Greenpeace and WWF to promote engagement toward a UN treaty on plastics pollution.

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