Top 50 Recycling startups in Canada
Mar 14, 2026
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Funding: $505.3M
Svante is a carbon capture and removal solutions provider specializing in the development and manufacturing of novel solid sorbents.
Svante is a carbon capture and removal solutions provider specializing in the development and manufacturing of novel solid sorbents.
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Funding: $6.2M
Swirltex builds custom water treatment systems for a wide range of applications. Swirltex unique patent membrane works by separating and filtering liquids according to their buoyancy, which allows for greater production with less pollution of the water. The ability to manipulate the buoyancy of different contaminants within the liquid stream allows the Swirltex system to treat water that would be considered unusable.
Swirltex builds custom water treatment systems for a wide range of applications. Swirltex unique patent membrane works by separating and filtering liquids according to their buoyancy, which allows for greater production with less pollution of the water. The ability to manipulate the buoyancy of different contaminants within the liquid stream allows the Swirltex system to treat water that would be considered unusable.
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Funding: $2.5M
Xatoms has created a photocatalyst - a light-activated chemical - that can remove bacteria, viruses, chemicals, and heavy metals from polluted water. The company is using AI and quantum chemistry to find new water-treatment chemicals.
Xatoms has created a photocatalyst - a light-activated chemical - that can remove bacteria, viruses, chemicals, and heavy metals from polluted water. The company is using AI and quantum chemistry to find new water-treatment chemicals.
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Funding: $879.9M
Nova Chemicals is producing polyethylene, styrenic polymers, monomers, and a variety of coproducts.
Nova Chemicals is producing polyethylene, styrenic polymers, monomers, and a variety of coproducts.
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Funding: $871.5M
Enerkem is a cleantech company transforming waste into transportation biofuels, renewable chemicals and everyday products.
Enerkem is a cleantech company transforming waste into transportation biofuels, renewable chemicals and everyday products.
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Funding: $161.2M
Cyclic Materials specializes in recycling magnet manufacturing waste and other end-of-life components (electric vehicle motors, hybrid transmissions, wind turbine generators, hard drives, MRI machines) to extract rare earth elements. It utilizes physical and hydrometallurgical processing for extracting metals. Its patented MagCycleSM and REEPureSM technologies enable the recovery of critical minerals with minimal environmental impact. The resulting products include high-quality recycled mixed rare earth oxide (rMREO), aluminum, copper, nickel, cobalt, mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP) and pure iron-containing materials. The company operates a rare earth element recycling facility in South Carolina that can produce 600 tonnes of rare metals per year.
Cyclic Materials specializes in recycling magnet manufacturing waste and other end-of-life components (electric vehicle motors, hybrid transmissions, wind turbine generators, hard drives, MRI machines) to extract rare earth elements. It utilizes physical and hydrometallurgical processing for extracting metals. Its patented MagCycleSM and REEPureSM technologies enable the recovery of critical minerals with minimal environmental impact. The resulting products include high-quality recycled mixed rare earth oxide (rMREO), aluminum, copper, nickel, cobalt, mixed hydroxide precipitate (MHP) and pure iron-containing materials. The company operates a rare earth element recycling facility in South Carolina that can produce 600 tonnes of rare metals per year.
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Funding: $159.5M
Electra is an ESG-focused battery materials company advancing the only fully integrated.
Electra is an ESG-focused battery materials company advancing the only fully integrated.
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Funding: $146.7M
Ostara’s proprietary Pearl technology recovers nutrients from industrial, agricultural, and municipal water treatment streams, transforming them into granular fertilizers that improve crop yields and reduce runoff. We are transforming the commodity market value chain and closing the loop on phosphorus for future generations.
Ostara’s proprietary Pearl technology recovers nutrients from industrial, agricultural, and municipal water treatment streams, transforming them into granular fertilizers that improve crop yields and reduce runoff. We are transforming the commodity market value chain and closing the loop on phosphorus for future generations.
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Funding: $139.9M
Loop Industries is a leading sustainable plastics technology innovator. Loop owns patented and proprietary technology that depolymerizes no and low value waste PET plastic and polyester fiber, including plastic bottles and packaging, carpet
Loop Industries is a leading sustainable plastics technology innovator. Loop owns patented and proprietary technology that depolymerizes no and low value waste PET plastic and polyester fiber, including plastic bottles and packaging, carpet
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Funding: $126.8M
Anaergia offers comprehensive, integrated solutions for municipal solid waste management, resource recovery in the wastewater sector and waste management for large agricultural and food processing enterprises. The company develops world-leading solutions for anaerobic digestion, pyrolysis, organic matter recovery and biogas upgrading. Anaergia's anaerobic digestion technology has been implemented at over 1,000 facilities in more than 17 countries. The company provides customers with equipment or designs, finances, builds and operates complete biorefineries. The company's goal is to become the world's leading producer of renewable fuels while simultaneously reducing global carbon emissions.
Anaergia offers comprehensive, integrated solutions for municipal solid waste management, resource recovery in the wastewater sector and waste management for large agricultural and food processing enterprises. The company develops world-leading solutions for anaerobic digestion, pyrolysis, organic matter recovery and biogas upgrading. Anaergia's anaerobic digestion technology has been implemented at over 1,000 facilities in more than 17 countries. The company provides customers with equipment or designs, finances, builds and operates complete biorefineries. The company's goal is to become the world's leading producer of renewable fuels while simultaneously reducing global carbon emissions.
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Funding: $125.3M
Lithion Recycling is a Company that allows environmentally responsible and economically viable management of lithium-ion batteries.
Lithion Recycling is a Company that allows environmentally responsible and economically viable management of lithium-ion batteries.
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Funding: $119.2M
NorthStar is revolutionary in its raw data capabilities & capacity for information processing via advanced software analytics.
NorthStar is revolutionary in its raw data capabilities & capacity for information processing via advanced software analytics.
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Funding: CA$160M
Intelex develops software solutions for environment, health, safety, and quality (EHSQ) programs.
Intelex develops software solutions for environment, health, safety, and quality (EHSQ) programs.
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Funding: $100M
The responsible business platform, built by EHS & sustainability experts, for enterprises that want to do better.
The responsible business platform, built by EHS & sustainability experts, for enterprises that want to do better.
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Funding: $92.4M
CarbonCure Technologies creates, develops and licenses solutions that consume waste CO2 to make better concrete.
CarbonCure Technologies creates, develops and licenses solutions that consume waste CO2 to make better concrete.
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Funding: $66.2M
pH7 develops and implements environmentally sustainable methods for extracting and refining strategic metals essential for the transition to renewable energy. The company created solvometallurgy technology, which utilizes non-aqueous solutions as a solvent to selectively extract metals from ores, concentrates and electronics waste. This process is complementary to hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical methods, achieving a near-zero environmental impact. The company says that its metals recovery process consumes 84% less energy, 98% less water and 100% less NOx and SOx emissions, while improving the efficiency of base and precious recovery of copper, tin, gold, silver, platinum and palladium. pH7's technology also enables the recovery of important metals and gold from heap (partially oxidized) ores at mines that are not realizing their maximum potential value.
pH7 develops and implements environmentally sustainable methods for extracting and refining strategic metals essential for the transition to renewable energy. The company created solvometallurgy technology, which utilizes non-aqueous solutions as a solvent to selectively extract metals from ores, concentrates and electronics waste. This process is complementary to hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical methods, achieving a near-zero environmental impact. The company says that its metals recovery process consumes 84% less energy, 98% less water and 100% less NOx and SOx emissions, while improving the efficiency of base and precious recovery of copper, tin, gold, silver, platinum and palladium. pH7's technology also enables the recovery of important metals and gold from heap (partially oxidized) ores at mines that are not realizing their maximum potential value.
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Funding: $61.5M
Moment Energy develops clean, affordable, and reliable energy storage by repurposing retired electric vehicle batteries.
Moment Energy develops clean, affordable, and reliable energy storage by repurposing retired electric vehicle batteries.
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Funding: $40.8M
Nexterra delivers advanced gasification systems to self-generate clean, low cost heat and power using waste fuels.
Nexterra delivers advanced gasification systems to self-generate clean, low cost heat and power using waste fuels.
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Funding: $37.1M
Axine Water Technologies is a developer of wastewater treatment technologies and solutions.
Axine Water Technologies is a developer of wastewater treatment technologies and solutions.
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Funding: $33.4M
Woodland Biofuels develops technology ti produce cellulosic ethanol from waste biomass, such as wood chips and agricultural waste.
Woodland Biofuels develops technology ti produce cellulosic ethanol from waste biomass, such as wood chips and agricultural waste.
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Funding: $32.1M
Polystyvert is an innovative SME environmental company with a mission to recycle polystyrene
Polystyvert is an innovative SME environmental company with a mission to recycle polystyrene
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Funding: CA$31.9M
ChopValue recycles used chopsticks into bespoke furniture and other useful items like tablet stands.
ChopValue recycles used chopsticks into bespoke furniture and other useful items like tablet stands.
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American Manganese has patented a process which recovers lithium, cobalt, nickel, manganese and aluminum from cathodes used in lithium-ion batteries.
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Funding: CA$23.4M
Exterra is a negative emissions technology company developing a world class solution for durable CO2 storage using mineral waste.
Exterra is a negative emissions technology company developing a world class solution for durable CO2 storage using mineral waste.
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Funding: $15.1M
Genecis is an early-stage organic waste processing startup that uses biotechnology to convert waste into high value materials.
Genecis is an early-stage organic waste processing startup that uses biotechnology to convert waste into high value materials.
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Funding: $9.8M
Waste Robotics designs and delivers intelligent recycling robots to replace human pickers in recycling centres.
Waste Robotics designs and delivers intelligent recycling robots to replace human pickers in recycling centres.
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Funding: $6.4M
Pyrowave is a pioneer of the Plastic-to-Plastic microwave-based chemical recycling technology that allows post-consumer and post-industrial plastics to be regenerated and restored to their full value. Its patented high-power microwave catalytic depolymerization technology platform is the most advanced worldwide and is now at the forefront of the new generation of plastics. By bringing plastics back to their molecular state identical to virgin materials, Pyrowave technology allows infinite recycling of plastics.
Pyrowave is a pioneer of the Plastic-to-Plastic microwave-based chemical recycling technology that allows post-consumer and post-industrial plastics to be regenerated and restored to their full value. Its patented high-power microwave catalytic depolymerization technology platform is the most advanced worldwide and is now at the forefront of the new generation of plastics. By bringing plastics back to their molecular state identical to virgin materials, Pyrowave technology allows infinite recycling of plastics.
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Funding: $5.3M
Metaspectral has created technology using hyperspectral cameras and artificial intelligence (AI) to rapidly identify and sort plastics for recycling. While distinguishing between many plastics is essentially impossible with a regular camera that sees only red, blue and green, a hyperspectral camera can capture up to 300 frequencies of light.
Metaspectral has created technology using hyperspectral cameras and artificial intelligence (AI) to rapidly identify and sort plastics for recycling. While distinguishing between many plastics is essentially impossible with a regular camera that sees only red, blue and green, a hyperspectral camera can capture up to 300 frequencies of light.
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Funding: $5M
Bioform develops sustainable alternatives to single-use plastics and climate-friendly materials.
Bioform develops sustainable alternatives to single-use plastics and climate-friendly materials.
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Funding: $3.7M
Sepura is the world's first eco-friendly garbage disposal unit, making discarding food waste at home easy.
Sepura is the world's first eco-friendly garbage disposal unit, making discarding food waste at home easy.
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Funding: $3M
EVSX develops closed-looped solutions to extract all of the value of used domestic, commercial and electric vehicles (EV) batteries. We have developed processes that allow us to target niche battery chemistries in a profitable way.
EVSX develops closed-looped solutions to extract all of the value of used domestic, commercial and electric vehicles (EV) batteries. We have developed processes that allow us to target niche battery chemistries in a profitable way.
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Funding: $3M
Lacus Innovations is a start-up that specializes in the manufacture of spas and plastic parts.
Lacus Innovations is a start-up that specializes in the manufacture of spas and plastic parts.
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EcoMed Services is an innovative medical waste disposal and recycling company that specializes in providing environmental and healthcare integrated waste treatment and disposal solutions through the use of clean sustainable technology that meets strict national and international safety standards and regulations.
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Funding: CA$2.8M
CleanO2 is a microscale carbon capture solution platform for the commercial heating industry.
CleanO2 is a microscale carbon capture solution platform for the commercial heating industry.
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Funding: $2.1M
GreeNovel stands at the forefront of electrifying the chemical industry, focusing on recycling and upgrading materials deemed non-recyclable. They offer cutting-edge, sustainable solutions to modern waste management challenges, leveraging patented technologies to minimize greenhouse gas emissions, enhance resource efficiency, and foster a circular economy.
GreeNovel stands at the forefront of electrifying the chemical industry, focusing on recycling and upgrading materials deemed non-recyclable. They offer cutting-edge, sustainable solutions to modern waste management challenges, leveraging patented technologies to minimize greenhouse gas emissions, enhance resource efficiency, and foster a circular economy.
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Funding: $1.4M
Plaex Building Systems uses composite material to process a difficult-to-recycle thermal plastic waste for use in construction applications.
Plaex Building Systems uses composite material to process a difficult-to-recycle thermal plastic waste for use in construction applications.
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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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Funding: CA$690K
Prairie Robotics is developing artificial intelligence that can sort the types of waste entering landfills and estimate its approximate weight through imaging.
Prairie Robotics is developing artificial intelligence that can sort the types of waste entering landfills and estimate its approximate weight through imaging.
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Funding: $350K
Livestock Water Recycling is an environmental company focused on livestock manure management.
Livestock Water Recycling is an environmental company focused on livestock manure management.
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Funding: $150K
Intuitive AI develops Waste Management Platform for global enterprises, making measurement, management and improvement on waste - transparent & intuitive. It uses computer vision to sort waste.
Intuitive AI develops Waste Management Platform for global enterprises, making measurement, management and improvement on waste - transparent & intuitive. It uses computer vision to sort waste.
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Funding: $40K
Aruna Revolution has developed a compostable natural fiber menstrual pad from agricultural by-products. It has redesigned the menstrual pad into a product that works well yet still decomposes quickly and avoids plastic and harmful chemicals.
Aruna Revolution has developed a compostable natural fiber menstrual pad from agricultural by-products. It has redesigned the menstrual pad into a product that works well yet still decomposes quickly and avoids plastic and harmful chemicals.
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Funding: CA$10.4K
Tuf Candy developed dessert spoons and small glasses that are made entirely of 100% natural cane sugar. The packaging is 100% recyclable.
Tuf Candy developed dessert spoons and small glasses that are made entirely of 100% natural cane sugar. The packaging is 100% recyclable.
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MetaCycler BioInnovations creates a variety of microbes capable of producing polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA).
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enim offers metals extraction technology from circuit board. enim can recover metals such as palladium, gold, silver, copper, platinum, aluminum, zinc, tin and lead.
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EcoAction Recycling is committed to helping the cannabis industry recycle and reduce its carbon footprint. We have created a program that provides cannabis retail customers with an easy way to recycle their packaging in-store and ensures that the returned empties are given another life.
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The Plastic Bank is globally recognized as one of the most important solutions to stop Ocean plastic.
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LILA Composter is a manufacturing company that designs, develops, and sales composters for household waste.
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CarboMat Inc. specializes in developing an end-to-end less Green House Gas (GHG) intensive process for producing low-cost and high-value carbon fibers for multifunctional applications in the composite industries.
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Plastic Flux collects used plastic packaging, recycles it, and uses a sheet press to consolidate the recycled plastic into sheets of plastic for use as coasters and in the future, tables.
