Top 43 Recycling startups in France
May 08, 2026
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Funding: €34M
Spark Cleantech is developing a decarbonization system for heavy industry based on pulsed plasmalysis, which reduces emissions by 85% while simultaneously generating two decarbonized materials: solid carbon and hydrogen. Spark Cleantech's modules are installed between the client's existing gas network and their high-temperature industrial burners. Using pulsed plasma, the technology removes carbon from the gas before combustion, leaving only hydrogen - fully decarbonized energy source used directly in the production process. The extracted carbon is converted into a solid nanomaterial needed for polymer and battery production. Spark Cleantech's technology is currently being tested by clients in the metals, glass, polymer and battery industries.
Spark Cleantech is developing a decarbonization system for heavy industry based on pulsed plasmalysis, which reduces emissions by 85% while simultaneously generating two decarbonized materials: solid carbon and hydrogen. Spark Cleantech's modules are installed between the client's existing gas network and their high-temperature industrial burners. Using pulsed plasma, the technology removes carbon from the gas before combustion, leaving only hydrogen - fully decarbonized energy source used directly in the production process. The extracted carbon is converted into a solid nanomaterial needed for polymer and battery production. Spark Cleantech's technology is currently being tested by clients in the metals, glass, polymer and battery industries.
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Funding: €4.5M
Reekom is a textile recycling startup that aims to combine automated processing with skilled craftsmanship to help brands meet circularity requirements and generate additional revenue. The company accepts used items, defective items, prototypes, shoot items, Care & Repair items and more (via shared or dedicated transport). Reekom's specialists perform quality control according to strict criteria (brand, condition, season, presence of defects, etc.) and determine the optimal recycling process. Reekom's production facilities and teams of expert craftsmen breathe new life into each item, taking into account its unique characteristics and restoring its maximum value: washing and dry cleaning, repair of textile and knitwear, leather repair, shoe repair, photo shoots. Reekom can connect to the brand's various sales channels to receive, prepare and ship orders, both in B2C and B2B formats.
Reekom is a textile recycling startup that aims to combine automated processing with skilled craftsmanship to help brands meet circularity requirements and generate additional revenue. The company accepts used items, defective items, prototypes, shoot items, Care & Repair items and more (via shared or dedicated transport). Reekom's specialists perform quality control according to strict criteria (brand, condition, season, presence of defects, etc.) and determine the optimal recycling process. Reekom's production facilities and teams of expert craftsmen breathe new life into each item, taking into account its unique characteristics and restoring its maximum value: washing and dry cleaning, repair of textile and knitwear, leather repair, shoe repair, photo shoots. Reekom can connect to the brand's various sales channels to receive, prepare and ship orders, both in B2C and B2B formats.
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Funding: €900M
Orano offers customers customized solutions for every stage of nuclear energy production: from mining, conversion, enrichment, reprocessing, logistics and engineering to decommissioning and dismantling. The company operates uranium mines in Canada, Kazakhstan and Niger and is one of the world's leading uranium producers. It's offering competitive production costs and advanced recovery technologies. In addition to mining, Orano carries out exploration and development projects in uranium-bearing zones, as well as the rehabilitation and modernization of former mines. Orano is also a world leader in uranium processing, ensuring its customers the efficient, safe and responsible management of spent nuclear fuel. By recovering 96% of recycled materials (95% uranium and 1% plutonium) from spent fuel Orano can reprocess the material and produce new fuel, such as mixed oxide fuel (MOX) for nuclear reactors.
Orano offers customers customized solutions for every stage of nuclear energy production: from mining, conversion, enrichment, reprocessing, logistics and engineering to decommissioning and dismantling. The company operates uranium mines in Canada, Kazakhstan and Niger and is one of the world's leading uranium producers. It's offering competitive production costs and advanced recovery technologies. In addition to mining, Orano carries out exploration and development projects in uranium-bearing zones, as well as the rehabilitation and modernization of former mines. Orano is also a world leader in uranium processing, ensuring its customers the efficient, safe and responsible management of spent nuclear fuel. By recovering 96% of recycled materials (95% uranium and 1% plutonium) from spent fuel Orano can reprocess the material and produce new fuel, such as mixed oxide fuel (MOX) for nuclear reactors.
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Funding: $765.7M
Newcleo is developing the latest generation of nuclear reactors providing a path to combatting both climate change and existing nuclear waste. It is working on so-called Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and wants to use so-called MOX technology to make it possible to recycle spent uranium from conventional nuclear power plants.
Newcleo is developing the latest generation of nuclear reactors providing a path to combatting both climate change and existing nuclear waste. It is working on so-called Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and wants to use so-called MOX technology to make it possible to recycle spent uranium from conventional nuclear power plants.
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Funding: $1B
Back Market is a leading European marketplace for used electronics (phones, tablets, laptops, etc.), that also operates in around 17 countries outside Europe. It targets consumers looking to save money on a new device while still enjoy reliability (as it offers minimum 12-month warranty). Back Market uses a network of third-party "repair shops" that inspect and refurbish devices. Quality control and ratings are centralized. The company is certified as a B-Corp (this is a social and environmental standard) and actively participates in the "right to repair" movement, has partnership with iFixit - an international community that specializes in the repair of electronics. The company actively communicates environmental indicators: how much CO₂ is saved, how many devices are sold, etc.
Back Market is a leading European marketplace for used electronics (phones, tablets, laptops, etc.), that also operates in around 17 countries outside Europe. It targets consumers looking to save money on a new device while still enjoy reliability (as it offers minimum 12-month warranty). Back Market uses a network of third-party "repair shops" that inspect and refurbish devices. Quality control and ratings are centralized. The company is certified as a B-Corp (this is a social and environmental standard) and actively participates in the "right to repair" movement, has partnership with iFixit - an international community that specializes in the repair of electronics. The company actively communicates environmental indicators: how much CO₂ is saved, how many devices are sold, etc.
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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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Funding: €78M
Carbios is a chemistry company that focuses on discovering and developing enzymatic bioprocesses applied to plastic and textile polymers.
Carbios is a chemistry company that focuses on discovering and developing enzymatic bioprocesses applied to plastic and textile polymers.
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Funding: $78M
Greenly develops a carbon accounting platform to track, assess, manage, and reduce CO2 emissions.
Greenly develops a carbon accounting platform to track, assess, manage, and reduce CO2 emissions.
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Funding: €52.5M
A French biotechnology company that uses precision fermentation to produce real dairy products, accessible to everyone.
A French biotechnology company that uses precision fermentation to produce real dairy products, accessible to everyone.
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Funding: €46.5M
Calyxia designs and industrially produces a new class of microcapsules that are transforming the way the world makes formulated products.
Calyxia designs and industrially produces a new class of microcapsules that are transforming the way the world makes formulated products.
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Funding: €42.5M
MECAWARE mission is to speed up strategic autonomy thanks to resource circularity and the intelligence of the material cycle.
MECAWARE mission is to speed up strategic autonomy thanks to resource circularity and the intelligence of the material cycle.
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Funding: $36.9M
Woodoo produces wood-based composite materials for use in a variety of industries. The company's core products are building blocks, which offer a highly efficient alternative to steel, aluminum, and concrete for both cladding and structural applications. Its flagship product, STACK, is produced by transforming low-grade, climate-damaged, and decaying wood into a modern material with up to 90% lower emissions. Through the delignification process, the company removes lignin, the "glue" that binds wood fibers together but also weakens them. Woodoo replaces lignin with a highly efficient cellular binder, creating a much stronger composite material.
Woodoo produces wood-based composite materials for use in a variety of industries. The company's core products are building blocks, which offer a highly efficient alternative to steel, aluminum, and concrete for both cladding and structural applications. Its flagship product, STACK, is produced by transforming low-grade, climate-damaged, and decaying wood into a modern material with up to 90% lower emissions. Through the delignification process, the company removes lignin, the "glue" that binds wood fibers together but also weakens them. Woodoo replaces lignin with a highly efficient cellular binder, creating a much stronger composite material.
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Funding: €30M
Phenix is a food waste management startup that allows merchants to dispose their surplus via consumers and charity organisations.
Phenix is a food waste management startup that allows merchants to dispose their surplus via consumers and charity organisations.
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Funding: €28.5M
Fairbrics is developing the first synthetic fiber with a net positive impact on climate change and capable of meeting the demand of the market.
Fairbrics is developing the first synthetic fiber with a net positive impact on climate change and capable of meeting the demand of the market.
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Funding: €28M
MagREEsource is to link the circular economy by providing a green metallurgical solution.
MagREEsource is to link the circular economy by providing a green metallurgical solution.
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Funding: €23.2M
TOOPI Organics collects and transforms human urine into fertiliser products
TOOPI Organics collects and transforms human urine into fertiliser products
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Funding: €23.6M
Lactips created a water soluble and biodegradable thermoplastic pellets based on casein, a milk protein. They can be used to make a variety of packaging materials including food.
Lactips created a water soluble and biodegradable thermoplastic pellets based on casein, a milk protein. They can be used to make a variety of packaging materials including food.
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Funding: €18.4M
Ever Dye innovates in the fashion industry by developing ecological dyeing processes for the textile industry.
Ever Dye innovates in the fashion industry by developing ecological dyeing processes for the textile industry.
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Funding: €16.5M
ETC specializes in thermal storage, energetic efficiency, industrial wastes recovery high valuation and advanced materials characterization.
ETC specializes in thermal storage, energetic efficiency, industrial wastes recovery high valuation and advanced materials characterization.
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Funding: $15M
Enablon, a Wolters Kluwer business, is the number 1 provider of EHS, Risk, and Sustainability management software.
Enablon, a Wolters Kluwer business, is the number 1 provider of EHS, Risk, and Sustainability management software.
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Neos specialises in the installation of waste sorting and management centres for wastes from household, current industrial and building and construction sites. The company sets up turnkey installations, further to local authorities or private companies’ call for tenders.
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Funding: €6.3M
Pellenc ST develops optical sorting machines for household and industrial wastes. The technologies used to sort these materials are near infrared (NIR), middle infrared, vision & induction technologies. Thanks to Pellenc ST, sorting solutions are highly valuable in the recycling industries. The company is actively developing new sorting solutions for the single stream recycling. Renowned references in more than 40 countries all around the world have installed Pellenc ST machines.
Pellenc ST develops optical sorting machines for household and industrial wastes. The technologies used to sort these materials are near infrared (NIR), middle infrared, vision & induction technologies. Thanks to Pellenc ST, sorting solutions are highly valuable in the recycling industries. The company is actively developing new sorting solutions for the single stream recycling. Renowned references in more than 40 countries all around the world have installed Pellenc ST machines.
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Funding: €6.1M
ThrustMe offers advanced mobility solutions for the growing space industry which is facing new challenges due to the rise of satellite constellations. As experts in in-space propulsion and satellite orbital maneuvering strategies, ThrustMe enables a future where space is used sustainably to create value both on Earth, and beyond.
ThrustMe offers advanced mobility solutions for the growing space industry which is facing new challenges due to the rise of satellite constellations. As experts in in-space propulsion and satellite orbital maneuvering strategies, ThrustMe enables a future where space is used sustainably to create value both on Earth, and beyond.
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Funding: €4.2M
Syntetica is a nylon recycling startup which solves the pollution problem in the fashion industry
Syntetica is a nylon recycling startup which solves the pollution problem in the fashion industry
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Funding: €3.2M
Recyc'Elit is a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) system designed to solve difficult polyester-based textile recycling issues.
Recyc'Elit is a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) system designed to solve difficult polyester-based textile recycling issues.
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Funding: $3.2M
BioFluff develops plant-based fur to support the fashion industry and replace animal and plastic fur.
BioFluff develops plant-based fur to support the fashion industry and replace animal and plastic fur.
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Funding: €2M
Saola is an eco-friendly footwear firm that creates unique shoes using recycled and bio-based materials.
Saola is an eco-friendly footwear firm that creates unique shoes using recycled and bio-based materials.
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Funding: €1M
Lemontri offers a turnkey multi-flow recycling service (plastic, metal, paper, glass, etc.).
Lemontri offers a turnkey multi-flow recycling service (plastic, metal, paper, glass, etc.).
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Funding: €1.4M
Ictyos is a startup that creates marine leathers using a circular and sustainable economy logic.
Ictyos is a startup that creates marine leathers using a circular and sustainable economy logic.
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Plastic Odyssey’s mission is to develop low-tech and open-source solutions to make it possible to reuse plastic to create other useful objects. To spread the word, they’re going to sail the most polluted seas for three years in a boat powered by plastic garbage. Along this journey they’ll stop in many ports to build small transposable and adaptable recycling plants built specifically for every region and its needs.
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Funding: $386.2K
Uzer is a technology company that manufactures and distributes home barcode scanners for recycling materials. The technology allows its users to scan the barcodes of waste items before disposal, which assists them in finding sorting instructions, creating shopping lists based on consumption, providing reminders of required products, and sending lists of products required to online retailers for delivery. Furthermore, it helps its users analyze consumption and discover new products.
Uzer is a technology company that manufactures and distributes home barcode scanners for recycling materials. The technology allows its users to scan the barcodes of waste items before disposal, which assists them in finding sorting instructions, creating shopping lists based on consumption, providing reminders of required products, and sending lists of products required to online retailers for delivery. Furthermore, it helps its users analyze consumption and discover new products.
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Le Pavé is a manufacturing firm that specialize in transformation of plastic waste into usable building material.
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Wasterial, creator and supplier of low-carbon and aesthetically pleasing materials and products
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Arkeale is the specialist in the design and manufacture of hyperlocal waste recovery solutions.
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Earthwake is developing a unique pyrolysis solution, called Chrysalis, designed to recycle plastic waste that is difficult to convert into energy. Indeed, the challenges are on an unprecedented scale: if plastic demand follows its current trajectory, waste volumes will triple in the coming years, while only 16% of plastic is recycled globally.
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ROSI is a company offering innovative solutions for recycling and revalorization of raw materials in the photovoltaic industry.
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Goodcollect’s mission is to make recycling easier and cheaper and streamline the waste management industry digitally. Today It takes hours to get quotes from waste haulers, bookings aren't made online, documents aren't digital and communication is asynchronous. Goodcollect has digitized the waste collection in order to combat these issues and modernise the waste management industry.
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Weturn recycles unsold textiles from fashion houses into new quality yarn, with a focus on traceability, profitability and information.
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