Top 67 Recycling startups in London
Jan 11, 2026
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Funding: $213.6M
Carbon Clean Solutions develops CO2 separation technology designed for industrial and gas treating applications.
Carbon Clean Solutions develops CO2 separation technology designed for industrial and gas treating applications.
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Funding: $212.4M
Carbon Clean Solutions develops CO2 separation technology designed for industrial and gas treating applications.
Carbon Clean Solutions develops CO2 separation technology designed for industrial and gas treating applications.
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Funding: €172.5M
CIRCTEC is an innovator and operator of pyrolysis technology to recycle waste into renewable fuels and circular chemicals.Circtec uses pyrolysis technology to convert waste tires into renewable fuels and chemical products. The company's solution decomposes old tires through a thermal decomposition process in an oxygen-free environment and then converts the products into high-quality recycled chemicals and environmentally friendly marine fuel, naphtha for the responsible production of plastics, polymers, and chemicals, and carbon black for use in new tires, rubber and plastics production. The company has two factories in the UK and the Netherlands. Their production processes are focused on energy efficiency and emissions control.
CIRCTEC is an innovator and operator of pyrolysis technology to recycle waste into renewable fuels and circular chemicals.Circtec uses pyrolysis technology to convert waste tires into renewable fuels and chemical products. The company's solution decomposes old tires through a thermal decomposition process in an oxygen-free environment and then converts the products into high-quality recycled chemicals and environmentally friendly marine fuel, naphtha for the responsible production of plastics, polymers, and chemicals, and carbon black for use in new tires, rubber and plastics production. The company has two factories in the UK and the Netherlands. Their production processes are focused on energy efficiency and emissions control.
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Funding: £124M
Plastic Energy offers a sustainable solution to help prevent plastic pollution by transforming previously unrecyclable plastic waste into and optimal feedstock for making clean recycled plastics or alternative law-carbon fuels.
Plastic Energy offers a sustainable solution to help prevent plastic pollution by transforming previously unrecyclable plastic waste into and optimal feedstock for making clean recycled plastics or alternative law-carbon fuels.
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Funding: $95.5M
Sylvera develops machine learning-based tools to track the performance of carbon offsets.
Sylvera develops machine learning-based tools to track the performance of carbon offsets.
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Funding: $53.1M
OLIO is a free app that connects neighbours to ensure that surplus food and other items are shared instead of being wasted. The location-based app and website let users list and post a photo of the unwanted food items that will otherwise go waste.
OLIO is a free app that connects neighbours to ensure that surplus food and other items are shared instead of being wasted. The location-based app and website let users list and post a photo of the unwanted food items that will otherwise go waste.
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Funding: £41.3M
Satellite Vu develops “the world’s thermometer”: a satellite constellation capable of monitoring thermal emissions around the world.
Satellite Vu develops “the world’s thermometer”: a satellite constellation capable of monitoring thermal emissions around the world.
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Funding: $48.2M
4.01 is a company that specializes in eliminating CO2 from the atmosphere by mineralizing it in peridotite.
4.01 is a company that specializes in eliminating CO2 from the atmosphere by mineralizing it in peridotite.
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Funding: $46.8M
Econic Technologies develops new catalysts and processes for the manufacture of polymers from CO2.
Econic Technologies develops new catalysts and processes for the manufacture of polymers from CO2.
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Funding: $45.7M
Too Good To Go is an app for fighting food waste. They fight food waste by helping food stores sell their surplus food instead of throwing it away. Their mission is to reduce food waste worlwide, and their vision is to create a world where food produced is food consumed.
Too Good To Go is an app for fighting food waste. They fight food waste by helping food stores sell their surplus food instead of throwing it away. Their mission is to reduce food waste worlwide, and their vision is to create a world where food produced is food consumed.
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Funding: £36.4M
Notpla wants to replace all single use plastics for material made of seaweed and plants. As it is made of seaweed and plants, Notpla is a very malleable product, perfect to store beverages, sauces and food in general.
Notpla wants to replace all single use plastics for material made of seaweed and plants. As it is made of seaweed and plants, Notpla is a very malleable product, perfect to store beverages, sauces and food in general.
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Funding: $44.9M
Circulor uses blockchain and AI to cut the cost of traceability and due diligence in raw materials supply chains. It’s pioneer customers include car manufacturers, EV battery manufacturers, commodity traders, and miners who collectively want to pioneer more effective approaches to responsible sourcing. Circulor proves chain of custody for manufactured and recycled materials, ensuring that recyclable waste enters and exits the recycling process successfully.
Circulor uses blockchain and AI to cut the cost of traceability and due diligence in raw materials supply chains. It’s pioneer customers include car manufacturers, EV battery manufacturers, commodity traders, and miners who collectively want to pioneer more effective approaches to responsible sourcing. Circulor proves chain of custody for manufactured and recycled materials, ensuring that recyclable waste enters and exits the recycling process successfully.
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Funding: £35M
Polymateria is a London-based startup advancing science to help nature deal with plastic pollution.
Polymateria is a London-based startup advancing science to help nature deal with plastic pollution.
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Funding: $41.9M
Winnow developed smart kitchen tech to help commercial kitchens reduce food waste
Winnow developed smart kitchen tech to help commercial kitchens reduce food waste
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Funding: $38.7M
Mission Zero is an Electrochemical that removes carbon dioxide from the air and concentrates it for a variety of sequestration pathways.
Mission Zero is an Electrochemical that removes carbon dioxide from the air and concentrates it for a variety of sequestration pathways.
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Funding: $37.4M
Everledger platform enables both vehicle and battery manufacturers to track repurposing activity downstream. With batteries as unique digital assets and ownership history recorded on the blockchain, a longer-term supply of minerals for these products is more easily secured.
Everledger platform enables both vehicle and battery manufacturers to track repurposing activity downstream. With batteries as unique digital assets and ownership history recorded on the blockchain, a longer-term supply of minerals for these products is more easily secured.
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Funding: $34.3M
Epoch develops natural solutions to unnatural problems. First up: enzymes that transform plastics into circular chemicals.
Epoch develops natural solutions to unnatural problems. First up: enzymes that transform plastics into circular chemicals.
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Funding: $30.8M
Greyparrot uses computer vision to make waste sorting more efficient at different stages of the waste chain.
Greyparrot uses computer vision to make waste sorting more efficient at different stages of the waste chain.
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Funding: $25M
Isometric is a carbon removal registry, verification service, and science platform.
Isometric is a carbon removal registry, verification service, and science platform.
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Funding: $25M
Safi (previously TrueCircle) is building a marketplace to support waste processing facilities in selling the verified material they reclaim.
Safi (previously TrueCircle) is building a marketplace to support waste processing facilities in selling the verified material they reclaim.
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Funding: $25M
TrueCircle is a computer vision startup for the recycling industry. Its AI model ingests the footage and calculates composition by weight in real-time, to a 95%+ accuracy
TrueCircle is a computer vision startup for the recycling industry. Its AI model ingests the footage and calculates composition by weight in real-time, to a 95%+ accuracy
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Funding: $16.6M
Emitwise is an AI-powered carbon management platform that helps businesses in tracking and managing their carbon footprint.
Emitwise is an AI-powered carbon management platform that helps businesses in tracking and managing their carbon footprint.
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Funding: $15.8M
Supercritical is a software platform that helps businesses reach carbon net zero and tackle the climate crisis.
Supercritical is a software platform that helps businesses reach carbon net zero and tackle the climate crisis.
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Funding: $14.5M
Pledge builds a carbon-measurement and removal API that enables businesses of any size to provide efficient and measurable climate solutions to its customers.
Pledge builds a carbon-measurement and removal API that enables businesses of any size to provide efficient and measurable climate solutions to its customers.
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Funding: $14.2M
Treefera is transforming the way the world approaches forest data and conservation, to create a clear future for the carbon market and the planet. It intends to solve the carbon credits credibility problem with AI
Treefera is transforming the way the world approaches forest data and conservation, to create a clear future for the carbon market and the planet. It intends to solve the carbon credits credibility problem with AI
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Funding: $12.1M
CarbonChain's AI platform automates emissions tracking in carbon-heavy supply chains for a net-zero economy.
CarbonChain's AI platform automates emissions tracking in carbon-heavy supply chains for a net-zero economy.
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Funding: £8M
Greenback Recycling Technologies is building a decentralised network of recycling plants near the sources of plastic waste, which it buys from local collectors.
Greenback Recycling Technologies is building a decentralised network of recycling plants near the sources of plastic waste, which it buys from local collectors.
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Funding: £8M
SURI (for Sustainable Rituals) redesigned the electric toothbrush to make it repairable and recyclable
SURI (for Sustainable Rituals) redesigned the electric toothbrush to make it repairable and recyclable
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Funding: $8.6M
Ocean Bottle wants to revolutionise two things: plastic recycling and the design of water bottles. With every sale, 11.4kg of plastic is collected in coastal communities where plastic pollution is a big problem.
Ocean Bottle wants to revolutionise two things: plastic recycling and the design of water bottles. With every sale, 11.4kg of plastic is collected in coastal communities where plastic pollution is a big problem.
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Funding: $7.9M
Bio-Bean has found a way to turn that waste into a valuable resource. The company developed coffee-based biofuel for households and industrial use.
Bio-Bean has found a way to turn that waste into a valuable resource. The company developed coffee-based biofuel for households and industrial use.
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Funding: $7M
Seabound has created a system that attaches to a ship’s exhaust pipe and soaks up the carbon dioxide.
Seabound has created a system that attaches to a ship’s exhaust pipe and soaks up the carbon dioxide.
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Funding: €6M
Itero creates profitable waste management solutions. The startup's chemical recycling technology is designed to convert previously non-recycled plastic waste into petrochemical resources.
Itero creates profitable waste management solutions. The startup's chemical recycling technology is designed to convert previously non-recycled plastic waste into petrochemical resources.
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Funding: $5.6M
Twin Science & Robotics is an award-winning UK company that develops children’s skills through purpose-led STEM learning.
Twin Science & Robotics is an award-winning UK company that develops children’s skills through purpose-led STEM learning.
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Funding: £4.2M
Big Atom is initially focused on reverse-manufacturing tyre rubber into recycled crude.
Big Atom is initially focused on reverse-manufacturing tyre rubber into recycled crude.
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Funding: £4M
Scindo develops novel ways to break down plastic polymers into useful molecular components
Scindo develops novel ways to break down plastic polymers into useful molecular components
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Funding: $3.7M
Allye is a software-enabled energy storage company that promotes local grid resiliency while helping society access green energy.
Allye is a software-enabled energy storage company that promotes local grid resiliency while helping society access green energy.
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Funding: $3.4M
Circular digital platform using technology to streamline the post purchase experience through digital wardrobes and care and repair services
Circular digital platform using technology to streamline the post purchase experience through digital wardrobes and care and repair services
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Funding: £2.5M
Hylo Athletics creates sustainable athletic footwear, that offers high performance and low environmental impact
Hylo Athletics creates sustainable athletic footwear, that offers high performance and low environmental impact
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Funding: £2.5M
All Good Things is a multi-brand outlet retailer that sells pre-owned, fragmented, or repaired apparel to promote sustainable fashion.
All Good Things is a multi-brand outlet retailer that sells pre-owned, fragmented, or repaired apparel to promote sustainable fashion.
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Funding: £2M
Materials Nexus is finding alternatives to materials that are already used in products such as semiconductors and batteries to help innovations like wind turbines and electric cars scale more rapidly and sustainably.
Materials Nexus is finding alternatives to materials that are already used in products such as semiconductors and batteries to help innovations like wind turbines and electric cars scale more rapidly and sustainably.
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Funding: £2.1M
SEaB Energy is an international specialist, UK based company, working in the renewable energy and energy from waste sectors. SEaB Energy has developed a compact easy to install turnkey Anaerobic Digestion (AD) systems in shipping container.
SEaB Energy is an international specialist, UK based company, working in the renewable energy and energy from waste sectors. SEaB Energy has developed a compact easy to install turnkey Anaerobic Digestion (AD) systems in shipping container.
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Funding: £1.8M
Recommerce platform - E-commerce, SaaS and on-demand buyback of consumer electronics
Recommerce platform - E-commerce, SaaS and on-demand buyback of consumer electronics
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Funding: $2.2M
Jiva has developed a fully recyclable and biodegradable PCB substrate – Soluboard.
Jiva has developed a fully recyclable and biodegradable PCB substrate – Soluboard.
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Funding: $2M
Ichthion developed an award-winning technology that is able to remove big volumes of plastic for rivers and oceans. It's a system that is energy-generative and can be installed in rivers, coastal areas and oceans.
Ichthion developed an award-winning technology that is able to remove big volumes of plastic for rivers and oceans. It's a system that is energy-generative and can be installed in rivers, coastal areas and oceans.
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Funding: $2M
iWarranty is to give people peace of mind from the minute they make a purchase.
iWarranty is to give people peace of mind from the minute they make a purchase.
