Plastic, Bio Waste, Electronics, Sewage, Medical Waste, Industrial, Agricultural...
New and recently funded Recycling Startups
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Country: UK | Funding: $47.3M
Epoch aims to commercially scale its nylon recycling technology - enzymes that transform plastics into circular chemicals. The company operates demonstration-scale facility located near Imperial College London and plans to bring a commercial-scale facility online in 2028, which will have the capacity to produce 20,000 metric tons of monomer - small, basic molecules that act as the building blocks for plastic - annually
Epoch aims to commercially scale its nylon recycling technology - enzymes that transform plastics into circular chemicals. The company operates demonstration-scale facility located near Imperial College London and plans to bring a commercial-scale facility online in 2028, which will have the capacity to produce 20,000 metric tons of monomer - small, basic molecules that act as the building blocks for plastic - annually
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Country: Sweden | Funding: $11.5M
Renasens has developed a waterless textile recycling solution designed to convert mixed textile waste into high-quality fibers, supporting circular material use in the fashion industry. Its platform uses modified supercritical CO₂, a state in which carbon dioxide exhibits properties of both a liquid and a gas, to decolor and separate blended textiles. The process enables the recovery of intact fibers without depolymerization, toxic chemicals, or water use. The recovered fibers can be directly reintroduced into existing spinning and manufacturing infrastructure without requiring reformulation or new equipment. The system is modular and designed for deployment within existing facilities, rather than relying on large centralized plants.
Renasens has developed a waterless textile recycling solution designed to convert mixed textile waste into high-quality fibers, supporting circular material use in the fashion industry. Its platform uses modified supercritical CO₂, a state in which carbon dioxide exhibits properties of both a liquid and a gas, to decolor and separate blended textiles. The process enables the recovery of intact fibers without depolymerization, toxic chemicals, or water use. The recovered fibers can be directly reintroduced into existing spinning and manufacturing infrastructure without requiring reformulation or new equipment. The system is modular and designed for deployment within existing facilities, rather than relying on large centralized plants.
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Country: USA | Funding: $125M
CleanFiber is a construction manufacturing company that makes building insulation from recycled corrugated cardboard. The company describes its cellulose insulation as the purest, cleanest, best-performing, that gives low dust (because they infuse an all-borate, liquid fire retardant directly into the fiber walls). Besides the proprietary wet separation and infusion process floats off contaminants. CleanFiber's production facility in Buffalo is currently ramping up and will produce over 3 million bags of insulation annually. These high production volumes allow the comapny to offer the product at competitive pricing.
CleanFiber is a construction manufacturing company that makes building insulation from recycled corrugated cardboard. The company describes its cellulose insulation as the purest, cleanest, best-performing, that gives low dust (because they infuse an all-borate, liquid fire retardant directly into the fiber walls). Besides the proprietary wet separation and infusion process floats off contaminants. CleanFiber's production facility in Buffalo is currently ramping up and will produce over 3 million bags of insulation annually. These high production volumes allow the comapny to offer the product at competitive pricing.
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Country: Netherlands | Funding: €28M
Pryme is an innovative cleantech company focused on converting plastic waste into valuable products through low-carbon chemical recycling.
Pryme is an innovative cleantech company focused on converting plastic waste into valuable products through low-carbon chemical recycling.
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Country: USA | Funding: $20.5M
Glacier is on a groundbreaking journey to end waste – starting with recycling robotics, and with even more ambitious plans on the horizon.
Glacier is on a groundbreaking journey to end waste – starting with recycling robotics, and with even more ambitious plans on the horizon.
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Country: Canada | Funding: $780k
Arbor is a carbon accounting platform that helps companies calculate and reduce emissions to reach net zero.
Arbor is a carbon accounting platform that helps companies calculate and reduce emissions to reach net zero.
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Country: France | Funding: $112.5M
Fairmat develops technology to recycle carbon fiber composite into a new material
Fairmat develops technology to recycle carbon fiber composite into a new material
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Country: Netherlands | Funding: €42.5M
Molten salt reactor, recycling longlived elements from nuclear waste in collaboration with Orano
Molten salt reactor, recycling longlived elements from nuclear waste in collaboration with Orano
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Country: USA | Funding: $50M
A company engaged in securing plastic waste and converting them into reusable products, using its the proven pyrolysis technology process.
A company engaged in securing plastic waste and converting them into reusable products, using its the proven pyrolysis technology process.
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Country: USA | Funding: $28.5M
Cambium Carbon is an early-stage social enterprise startup focused on implementing systems-level natural climate solutions.
Cambium Carbon is an early-stage social enterprise startup focused on implementing systems-level natural climate solutions.
