Top 61 Recycling startups in Germany
Mar 18, 2026
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Funding: €156.1M
cylib is on a mission to revolutionize how lithium-ion batteries are recycled in Europe, making the process more efficient and sustainable.
cylib is on a mission to revolutionize how lithium-ion batteries are recycled in Europe, making the process more efficient and sustainable.
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Funding: $579.9M
Everphone’s business takes care of the supply, support, repair/replacement and recycling of mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) for enterprises customers — billed under a per-user monthly subscription.
Everphone’s business takes care of the supply, support, repair/replacement and recycling of mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) for enterprises customers — billed under a per-user monthly subscription.
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Funding: €58M
air up is a provider of drinking bottle system that provides scent-flavored water.
air up is a provider of drinking bottle system that provides scent-flavored water.
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Funding: $43M
Plan A is a GreenTech company that develops a carbon quantification platform to measure, monitor, and reduce environmental footprint.
Plan A is a GreenTech company that develops a carbon quantification platform to measure, monitor, and reduce environmental footprint.
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Funding: $43M
PlanA. offers an end-to-end platform that enables companies to measure, monitor and reduce their environmental footprint.
PlanA. offers an end-to-end platform that enables companies to measure, monitor and reduce their environmental footprint.
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Funding: €39M
Traceless has developed a technique for transforming agricultural industry residues into a biodegradable substitute for cling-film and other packaging.
Traceless has developed a technique for transforming agricultural industry residues into a biodegradable substitute for cling-film and other packaging.
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Funding: €29.1M
Voltfang develops home storage solutions for private houses using recycled traction batteries.
Voltfang develops home storage solutions for private houses using recycled traction batteries.
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Funding: $28.5M
Klim mission is to scale up regenerative agriculture to make agriculture part of the climate solution
Klim mission is to scale up regenerative agriculture to make agriculture part of the climate solution
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Funding: €25M
rebuy is an online marketplace that allows its users to buy and sell used electronics and media.
rebuy is an online marketplace that allows its users to buy and sell used electronics and media.
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Funding: €23M
Resourcify is develops and operates a neutral cloud platform that enables businesses to manage waste and recycling operations online.
Resourcify is develops and operates a neutral cloud platform that enables businesses to manage waste and recycling operations online.
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Funding: €22.7M
Retraced provides a SaaS solution enabling tracing of fashion supply chains with Blockchain technology.
Retraced provides a SaaS solution enabling tracing of fashion supply chains with Blockchain technology.
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Funding: €20.3M
METYCLE is building the B2B trading platform to accelerate international trade of secondary metals.
METYCLE is building the B2B trading platform to accelerate international trade of secondary metals.
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Funding: $19M
Altilium Clean Technology offers transition of energy from fossil-based to zero-carbon by decarbonizing the supply of e-vehicles.
Altilium Clean Technology offers transition of energy from fossil-based to zero-carbon by decarbonizing the supply of e-vehicles.
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Funding: €18M
Eeden has developed an innovative chemical process for the sustainable and environmentally friendly recycling of clothing and other textile products.
Eeden has developed an innovative chemical process for the sustainable and environmentally friendly recycling of clothing and other textile products.
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Funding: $18M
tozero is offering a novel process to recover critical materials such as lithium, nickel, and cobalt from lithium-ion batteries.
tozero is offering a novel process to recover critical materials such as lithium, nickel, and cobalt from lithium-ion batteries.
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Funding: $16.4M
CEEZER is a digital platform offering companies easy, secure, direct access to top-quality projects across the voluntary carbon market.
CEEZER is a digital platform offering companies easy, secure, direct access to top-quality projects across the voluntary carbon market.
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PreZero builds and operates state-of-the-art facilities that convert organic waste, plastics and paper into valuable raw materials and commodities.
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Funding: $13.1M
RECUP is your reusable deposit system for coffee-to-go paper cups. RECUP is made up of material that can be recycled, but it also helps that it can be used more than once, given they are properly maintained and cleaned
RECUP is your reusable deposit system for coffee-to-go paper cups. RECUP is made up of material that can be recycled, but it also helps that it can be used more than once, given they are properly maintained and cleaned
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Funding: $11.9M
Cleanhub is a company dedicated to protect the oceans and facilitates a platform that enables the large scale collection of plastic waste in coastal regions.
Cleanhub is a company dedicated to protect the oceans and facilitates a platform that enables the large scale collection of plastic waste in coastal regions.
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Funding: $11.3M
Sapertec’s technology allows laminated packaging materials to be separated more easily. Many packaging materials don’t make the recycling cut because they contain mixed materials like soup cartons or cardboard and aluminum combos.
Sapertec’s technology allows laminated packaging materials to be separated more easily. Many packaging materials don’t make the recycling cut because they contain mixed materials like soup cartons or cardboard and aluminum combos.
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Funding: €8.1M
Recyda’s software helps packaging producers, brand owners and retailers in the consumer goods sector assess the recyclability of packaging – one of the first steps towards reducing waste.
Recyda’s software helps packaging producers, brand owners and retailers in the consumer goods sector assess the recyclability of packaging – one of the first steps towards reducing waste.
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Funding: €6.3M
ScrapBees is a pick-up service for the recycling of scrap metal from commercial businesses and private households.
ScrapBees is a pick-up service for the recycling of scrap metal from commercial businesses and private households.
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Funding: €6M
EcoLocked provides a turnkey solution for the construction industry to build with climate-neutral concrete. It is creating a climate-friendly built environment by converting captured carbon into highly functional concrete admix materials.
EcoLocked provides a turnkey solution for the construction industry to build with climate-neutral concrete. It is creating a climate-friendly built environment by converting captured carbon into highly functional concrete admix materials.
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Funding: €5M
Made of Air materials sequester carbon from biomass waste in the form of thermoplastics.
Made of Air materials sequester carbon from biomass waste in the form of thermoplastics.
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Funding: €4.8M
Cyclize turns plastic waste and CO2 into drop-in syngas, a mix of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, using a patented plasma reactor to replace natural gas.
Cyclize turns plastic waste and CO2 into drop-in syngas, a mix of carbon monoxide and hydrogen, using a patented plasma reactor to replace natural gas.
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Funding: €3.7M
HighLine Technology develops and commercializes highly efficient dispensing technology. They are working to reduce material usage in the PV sector, increasing its competitiveness and sustainability.
HighLine Technology develops and commercializes highly efficient dispensing technology. They are working to reduce material usage in the PV sector, increasing its competitiveness and sustainability.
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Funding: €3M
Faircado is making sustainable consumption easy, attractive and affordable through its AI-powered second-hand shopping assistant
Faircado is making sustainable consumption easy, attractive and affordable through its AI-powered second-hand shopping assistant
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Funding: €2.7M
Radical Dot technology extracts sustainable carbon from complex, yet inescapable, plastic waste streams.
Radical Dot technology extracts sustainable carbon from complex, yet inescapable, plastic waste streams.
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Pyrum develops, builds and operates recycling plants, with the help of which Pyrum extracts raw materials of high quality from used tyres, rubber and plastic waste and feeds them back into the material cycle.
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Funding: €1.7M
Variolytics develops measurement technology and AI software. Its EmiCo system drives the decarbonization of the wastewater industry, empowering treatment plants to achieve carbon neutrality.
Variolytics develops measurement technology and AI software. Its EmiCo system drives the decarbonization of the wastewater industry, empowering treatment plants to achieve carbon neutrality.
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Funding: $1.5M
EcoFlakes are a polymer modification for asphalt that replaces virgin polymers and reduces the use of bitumen. They lower CO2 emissions and material costs.
EcoFlakes are a polymer modification for asphalt that replaces virgin polymers and reduces the use of bitumen. They lower CO2 emissions and material costs.
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Funding: €1.1M
Re-Fresh Global transforms any kind of textile waste into new raw materials for industrial production. Their products are bioethanol, nanocellulose and sanitized textile pulp.
Re-Fresh Global transforms any kind of textile waste into new raw materials for industrial production. Their products are bioethanol, nanocellulose and sanitized textile pulp.
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Funding: $1.1M
ZaaK Technologies is an innovation and technology development start-up company focusing on recycling industrial wastes into high value products. Using patented clean technologies, ZaaK intends to revolutionise building and construction industry with state-of-the-art technologies and high quality products produced from fly ash, a waste by-product from coal-fired power plants.
ZaaK Technologies is an innovation and technology development start-up company focusing on recycling industrial wastes into high value products. Using patented clean technologies, ZaaK intends to revolutionise building and construction industry with state-of-the-art technologies and high quality products produced from fly ash, a waste by-product from coal-fired power plants.
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By applying own IP protected remanufacturing process onto decommissioned (early-loss) solar modules, SunCrafter upcycles them into extremely robust plug-and-play solar generators. Through this approach, the lifespan of solar panels is drastically extended.
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Funding: €600K
circolution is a reusable food packaging startup that creates a solution that makes a contribution to reducing the waste problem.
circolution is a reusable food packaging startup that creates a solution that makes a contribution to reducing the waste problem.
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Funding: $155K
Got Bag, works with a network of 1,500 fishermen near Java, Indonesia, to collect plastic, which is then sorted and recycled into pellets that are turned into thread that the company uses to make backpacks and other bags.
Got Bag, works with a network of 1,500 fishermen near Java, Indonesia, to collect plastic, which is then sorted and recycled into pellets that are turned into thread that the company uses to make backpacks and other bags.
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Optocycle is developing an AI-based system designed to assess construction waste in real time. Optical sensors scan rubble as it moves along conveyor belts. The system focuses on recycled mineral aggregates. These materials form a key input for concrete and road construction.
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ESTER Biotech also innovates process technologies for plastic waste pre-treatment with the aim of biological recycling.
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The official page for openLCA, a full-fledged open source Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and sustainability modelling software. Created and developed by GreenDelta GmbH.
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A sustainable change agency creating product and system innovation for a circular economy in fashion and textiles.
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JPM Silicon is developing innovative process solutions for the silicon and solar silicon industry.
