64 Best Recycling Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Recycling Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 64 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $4.5b. The average funding per company in this subset is $70.6m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Pyrowave logo

Pyrowave

Pyrowave is a company founded by Jocelyn Doucet, Jamal Chaouki, and Jean-Philippe Laviolette.

9

Funding Rounds

$177.9m

Money raised

Back Market logo

Back Market

Back Market is an online refurbished goods marketplace connecting consumers with sellers of electronic devices.

9

Funding Rounds

$1.3b

Money raised

LanzaTech logo

LanzaTech

A New Zealand industrial biotechnology company developing a gas fermentation platform for converting concentrated industrial emissions into valuable chemicals.

6

Funding Rounds

$265.4m

Money raised

Ecovadis logo

Ecovadis

Ecovadis is an environmental sustainability ratings platform to assess corporate social responsibility and sustainable procurement.

6

Funding Rounds

$732.4m

Money raised

AMP Robotics logo

AMP Robotics

AMP Robotics is a Denver-based robotics company developing robotic systems that sort recyclable material at a lower cost than current technology.

8

Funding Rounds

$301.4m

Money raised

Enerkem logo

Enerkem

Enerkem is a Quebec-based company producing biofuels and renewable chemicals made from non-recyclable waste.

2

Funding Rounds

$302.7m

Money raised

Evrnu logo

Evrnu

Evrnu is a Seattle-based developer of technology to recycle cotton garment waste into renewable textiles.

6

Funding Rounds

$28.6m

Money raised

Ceres (organization) logo

Ceres (organization)

Ceres is a non-profit organization advocating sustainability founded in 1989 by Joan Bavaria.

1

Funding Rounds

RecycleMatch logo

RecycleMatch

RecycleMatch is a developer of a marketplace for recyclables, industrial byproducts and other waste products.

2

Funding Rounds

$620.0k

Money raised

Tiptapp logo

Tiptapp

Digital marketplace for moving, recycling or delivering items.

1

Funding Rounds

$7.5m

Money raised

Phenix logo

Phenix

Phenix is a Paris-based company providing a platform and services for the management of unsold items and waste reduction.

1

Funding Rounds

$31.0m

Money raised

Carbon Upcycling Technologies Inc. logo

Carbon Upcycling Technologies Inc.

Carbon Upcycling Technologies Inc. is a Calgary-based carbon capture and storage company developing technologies to turn the carbon into building materials.

3

Funding Rounds

$6.0m

Money raised

Enevo logo

Enevo

Platform aiming to revolutionize the financial, environmental, and social impact of waste.

2

Funding Rounds

$14.6m

Money raised

Nordsense logo

Nordsense

Nordsense is a SaaS-based smart waste management platform that helps with the waste collection processes.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.0m

Money raised

AgriProtein logo

AgriProtein

AgriProtein is a Cape Town-based developer of insect based nutrient recycling to create sustainable sources of protein for the mono-gastric animal feed industry.

1

Funding Rounds

$106.6m

Money raised

Waste Repurposing International, Inc. logo

Waste Repurposing International, Inc.

Waste Repurposing International, Inc. is an Austin, Texas-based company founded in 2016 by Chris Ripley.

9

Funding Rounds

$71.2m

Money raised

Mobius logo

Mobius

Mobius is a Knoxville, Tennessee-based bioplastic and biorefinery company founded in 2016 by Jeffrey Beegle and Tony Bova.

7

Funding Rounds

$1.6m

Money raised

Recyclebank logo

Recyclebank

Recyclebank is a New York City-based company founded in 2004 by Ron Gonen.

4

Funding Rounds

$85.1m

Money raised

Sierra Energy logo

Sierra Energy

Sierra Energy is a Davis, California-based technology company turning waste into energy without burning.

1

Funding Rounds

$33.0m

Money raised

Infinite Cooling Inc. logo

Infinite Cooling Inc.

Infinite Cooling is a Cambridge, Massachusets-based renewables and environment company that specializes in wastewater management and recycling.

1

Funding Rounds

$12.3m

Money raised

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Graviky Labs

Graviky Labs is a company that started as MIT Media Lab experiment and the company is now a dedicated team that is trying to transform the industrial production.

1

Funding Rounds

$119.0k

Money raised

Axiom Energy logo

Axiom Energy

Axiom Energy is a Richmond, California-based company developing cooling systems into intelligent, cloud-connected batteries.

3

Funding Rounds

$10.1m

Money raised

RoadRunner Recycling logo

RoadRunner Recycling

RoadRunner Recycling is a company founded in 2014.

3

Funding Rounds

$108.6m

Money raised

Resourcify logo

Resourcify

Resourcify is on a mission to enable a zero-waste future and circular economy.

2

Funding Rounds

$20.7m

Money raised

Scrap Connection logo

Scrap Connection

The leading business intelligence & trading platform for the global trade of scrap & recyclable commodities.

1

Funding Rounds

$19.7k

Money raised

Reflow logo

Reflow

Reflow is a company that is using 3D Printing to translate creative ideas into physical reality.

2

Funding Rounds

$174.6k

Money raised

ROSI logo

ROSI

ROSI is a Grenoble-based company.

1

Funding Rounds

$226.0k

Money raised

Gazelle (Internet company) logo

Gazelle (Internet company)

Gazelle is an american internet company founded in 2006 by Israel Y. Ganot.

5

Funding Rounds

$46.4m

Money raised

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Intuitive

Intuitive has created a sensor and display that allows commercial facility managers to sort waste based on recycling category and captures information about the items being disposed. The decision to sell the technology as an add-on to existing bins rather than a stand-alone device was refined after feedback from pilot customers.

2

Funding Rounds

$150.0k

Money raised

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ReDeTec

ReDeTec is a company that develops 3D printing filament extrusion and recycling system for recycling old 3D printed parts.

3

Funding Rounds

$75.0k

Money raised

Paptic logo

Paptic

Paptic is a manufacturing company producing eco-friendly packaging materials founded in 2015.

1

Funding Rounds

$25.0m

Money raised

Moment Energy logo

Moment Energy

Moment Energy is a start-up striving to provide greater access to renewable and reliable energy storage.

2

Funding Rounds

$17.8m

Money raised

ZaaK technologies logo

ZaaK technologies

ZaaK technologies is a Zwickau-based company founded by Abbas Khan.

2

Funding Rounds

$1.2m

Money raised

Altilium logo

Altilium

Altilium is a critical metals supplier for EV batteries founded in 2020 by Christian Marston.

4

Funding Rounds

$19.4m

Money raised

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Aihuishou

Aihuishou is a is a company providing a bidding-based consumer-to-business platform for recycling and selling used electronic items.

1

Funding Rounds

$500.0m

Money raised

Blueoak Resources logo

Blueoak Resources

BlueOak Resources is a developer of mini-refineries for the extraction of precious minerals and rare earth minerals from electronic waste.

3

Funding Rounds

$36.5m

Money raised

TrueCircle logo

TrueCircle

TrueCircle is building a marketplace to support waste processing facilities in selling the verified material they reclaim.

1

Funding Rounds

$5.5m

Money raised

Empower logo

Empower

Blockchain platform that digitizes waste streams for buyers and auditors.

1

Funding Rounds

$900.0k

Money raised

Circ logo

Circ

Circ is revitalizing the future of material technology and recycling using hydrothermal technology to separate polyester from cotton in blended materials, recovering both to be re-made into new fibers, closing the loop for fashion and textiles.

1

Funding Rounds

$30.0m

Money raised

Green Independence logo

Green Independence

Device that produces green hydrogen and recycles CO2 using solar energy.

1

Funding Rounds

PeelPioneers logo

PeelPioneers

Developer of circular solutions converts orange peels into new raw materials.

$4.5m

Money raised

Recovo logo

Recovo

Recycling platform for textile, yarn and production material waste.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.1m

Money raised

Ingelia logo

Ingelia

Technology company specializing in research and development in renewable energy.

1

Funding Rounds

$560.0k

Money raised

Green Machine Equipment logo

Green Machine Equipment

Green Machine Equipment is a company that engineers lithium batteries out of Buffalo, New York.

1

Funding Rounds

$7.0m

Money raised

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Flipswap

Flipswap is a Torrance, California-based recycling company founded in 2005.

1

Funding Rounds

$14.0m

Money raised

Impact Recycling logo

Impact Recycling

Technology that separates the components of mixed plastic waste for recycling.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.2m

Money raised

Connora Technologies logo

Connora Technologies

Connora Technologies is an Hayward, California-based company founded in 2011 by Rey Banatao.

1

Funding Rounds

Tribogenics logo

Tribogenics

Tribogenics is a Los Angeles-based company founded by Dale Fox.

2

Funding Rounds

$8.7m

Money raised

YouRenew logo

YouRenew

YouRenew is an Illinois-based company founded by Rich Littlehale.

2

Funding Rounds

$920.0k

Money raised

Impact Solutions logo

Impact Solutions

Impact Solutions is a Grangemouth-based plastics research and development company.

1

Funding Rounds

$60.0k

Money raised

Rester logo

Rester

Rester is a textile recycling solutions provider founded in 2019.

1

Funding Rounds

$6.3m

Money raised

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MacroCycle

Developer of a novel PET & polyester textile waste upcycling technology.

$6.5m

Money raised

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E-Leather

E-Leather is a Peterborough-based developer of leather goods designed and manufactured from leather waste from the traditional leather industry.

1

Funding Rounds

$96.8m

Money raised

Roserve logo

Roserve

Roserve is a Mumbai-based wastewater recycling and treatment company.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.6m

Money raised

DEScycle logo

DEScycle

DEScycle is an e-waste metal recycling solutions provider founded in 2018 by Geoff McNamara.

1

Funding Rounds

$12.7m

Money raised

Compost Crew logo

Compost Crew

Compost Crew provides food scrap collection services for homes and businesses in DC, MD and VA.

2

Funding Rounds

$11.0m

Money raised

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NiftyThrifty

NiftyThrifty is a company founded by Topper Luciani.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

Replenysh logo

Replenysh

Replenysh is a company founded in 2016 by Mark Armen.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.0m

Money raised

CurbWaste logo

CurbWaste

CurbWaste is a company founded by Michael Marmo.

1

Funding Rounds

$6.0m

Money raised

TrashButler logo

TrashButler

TrashButler is a Tampa, Florida-based company founded in 2011.

2

Funding Rounds

$8.2m

Money raised

RECUPYL logo

RECUPYL

RECUPYL is a France-based company.

1

Funding Rounds

$18.7m

Money raised

Lithium Salvage logo

Lithium Salvage

Lithium Salvage is an end-to-end household lithium-ion battery recycler founded in 2021 by Duncan Noble.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.1m

Money raised

METYCLE logo

METYCLE

METYCLE is an AI-powered platform for global metal recycling founded in 2022.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.6m

Money raised

WastePlace logo

WastePlace

WastePlace is a company founded in 2016.

1

Funding Rounds

$3.0m

Money raised