Top 18 Recycling startups in Italy
Mar 01, 2026
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Funding: €14.2M
MOGU is an innovative design company developing and commercialising responsible products and circular solutions for interior design, architecture, fashion & beyond. This, by radically disrupting the design and production of everyday items through the development of targeted biofabrication-based technologies, mainly rooted in employing fungal mycelium.
MOGU is an innovative design company developing and commercialising responsible products and circular solutions for interior design, architecture, fashion & beyond. This, by radically disrupting the design and production of everyday items through the development of targeted biofabrication-based technologies, mainly rooted in employing fungal mycelium.
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Funding: €6M
Krill Design is creating beautiful, well-designed lamp made of Sicilian orange peels.
Krill Design is creating beautiful, well-designed lamp made of Sicilian orange peels.
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Funding: €2.5M
Circular Materials delivers sustainable & innovative solutions to recover critical raw materials from black mass and industrial wastewater.
Circular Materials delivers sustainable & innovative solutions to recover critical raw materials from black mass and industrial wastewater.
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Funding: €1.1M
Northern Light Composites (nlcomp) focuses on the research and development of natural fibers and recycled materials for the construction of pleasure yachts.
Northern Light Composites (nlcomp) focuses on the research and development of natural fibers and recycled materials for the construction of pleasure yachts.
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Tialpi is developing a process to recycle end-of-life solar panels that promises to recover 100% of a PV module’s weight.
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Funding: €490K
Zerow is a retailing company for exchanging material in order to reuse and recapture the value of previously discarded items.
Zerow is a retailing company for exchanging material in order to reuse and recapture the value of previously discarded items.
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Funding: €375K
The startup developing software and AI-powered robots sas to revolutionize waste management.
The startup developing software and AI-powered robots sas to revolutionize waste management.
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Funding: €300K
Vegea turns waste from wine production into a bio-textile for clothing, creating an environmentally friendly alternative to synthetic textile production which uses 100 million tons of oil a year.
Vegea turns waste from wine production into a bio-textile for clothing, creating an environmentally friendly alternative to synthetic textile production which uses 100 million tons of oil a year.
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Funding: €180K
Pixies is developing a small army of autonomous litter pickers, capable of sweeping through urban environments collecting trash.
Pixies is developing a small army of autonomous litter pickers, capable of sweeping through urban environments collecting trash.
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Funding: €110K
Atelier Riforma collects secondhand clothes, which are catalogued and tracked via AI technology, then redirected for reuse, recycling or upcycling.
Atelier Riforma collects secondhand clothes, which are catalogued and tracked via AI technology, then redirected for reuse, recycling or upcycling.
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Funding: €50K
Eggplant created a biodegradable plastic alternative that’s made using a zero-waste process. It’s also non-toxic, which is important for consumer packaged goods and agriculture.
Eggplant created a biodegradable plastic alternative that’s made using a zero-waste process. It’s also non-toxic, which is important for consumer packaged goods and agriculture.
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River Cleaning develops system that consists of a diagonal line of floating devices that move along the course of the river to intercept waste.
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Maple is an environmentally conscious company that strives to improve the human-environment relationship. Through a collection and recycling service, its main project, Maple Cigarettes, gives new life to cigarette butts, a polluting and currently undifferentiated waste.
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9-Tech studies and develops new processes and plants for the recovery of strategic metals from electronic waste.
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AraBat has developed a recycling technology that recovers critical metals like nickel, cobalt, and others from spent lithium‑ion batteries. The company’s process is bio-based, using plant waste like citrus peels rather than toxic chemicals.
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