Top 17 Recycling startups in Bangalore

KOSHA.ai produces IoT devices that verify the authenticity of textile products and ensure precise fiber identification. The device attaches directly to handlooms, records loom-specific characteristics, weaving rhythms, timestamps and short videos, which are converted into a counterfeit-proof digital trace of provenance. QR code on the finished product allows buyers to view real-time videos of the production process of their sari or fabric. The device uses near-infrared spectroscopy combined with AI-based chemometric modeling to determine fiber composition in seconds. By projecting near-infrared light onto textile sample, the system detects unique absorption and reflectance patterns, essentially creating "molecular signature" for each fiber. By integrating this device with the KOSHA tracking platform, recyclers, brands and regulators can track materials throughout their entire lifecycle, from origin to sorting, recycling and CO₂ emission reduction.

Funding: $6.7M
Loopworm is working on an extremely protein-rich diet for poultry farms and fisheries by using food waste. This environment-friendly method extracts the nutrition from food wastes with the help of different identified species of worms. The waste of these larvae, in turn, act as a natural fertiliser and creates a fertile soil ecosystem that plants can thrive in.

Funding: $4.3M
Uravu Labs developed renewable water technology with inexhaustible atmospheric moisture and renewable energy to produce drinking water.

Metastable Materials extract metals from end-of-life Lithium-ion batteries.

Funding: ₹60M
Saahas Zero Waste is a social enterprise that provides end-to-end waste management services.

Funding: ₹12.5M
Hasiru Dala provides waste management solutions to apartments, corporate offices and at events, and also helps design, set up and maintain urban gardens.

Plastics for Change is a social enterprise platform that creates a fair trade system for recycling plastic waste. It has applied mobile technology to create sustainable livelihoods for the urban poor, while transitioning the industry towards a circular economy. Their deal process and mobile platform provides wastepickers with access to fair and consistent income opportunities. All the real costs involved in getting the plastic from the waste pickers to the end buyer are uploaded onto this platform, which improves the supply chain efficiency and results in higher quality material.

Binbag Recycling enables circular integration in the electronics supply chain by recycling e-waste and recovering precious materials, helps producers of Electrical & Electronic Equipment (EEE) collect and channelise their end-of-life products to ensure environmentally sound management of such e-waste by working with various authorised recyclers across India.

Carbon Masters has developed a bottled bio CNG (compressed natural gas) brand Carbonlites. It is made by converting food and agri wastes into clean renewable energy that can displace LPG for commercial cooking in restaurants and hotels

Rexaw has moved to the forefront with the last 20 years of history in sustainable recycling and its competence in the thriving market. Having a past in undertaking challenging projects, the company has advanced in recycling specific materials like plastic, paper, Tetra pack & other aseptic packaging laminated paper , steel, used oil, washing drum.

SmarterHomes creats IoT water meter, WaterOn, that measures the number of units used by each apartment. It provides real-time information about the apartments' water meters, individual consumption, trends, and billing status.

Bare Necessities uses post-packaging materials for their products – reusable glass jars wrapped in cloth scraps from the tailor and paper scraps from the printer.

Nunam is working on energy storage systems that run on second life lithium-ion batteries.

Breathe Applied Sciences developed efficient catalysts and methodologies for the conversion of CO2 to methanol and other chemicals.

Trash To Cash creats a digital platform through which people can discard their waste at their convenience and get paid for the quantity of waste given as an encouragement to create an eco-system for sustainable environment.

E-scrappy Recyclers propose a progressive approach to the disposal of IT Assets and End of Life Electronics with Zero Landfill using an eco-friendly recycling methodology for all Electronic and Electrical Equipments.

NoKasa gives your forgotten clothes a second chance and new purpose. No waiting, no waste, just simple way to declutter, do good, and get paid.