Top 15 Recycling startups in Los Angeles

Mar 18, 2026
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1
ProducePay
Funding: $380.9M
ProducePay is an AgTech company developing a financing platform that allows farmers to have access to liquidity for pricing transparency.
2
Ambercycle
Funding: $38.1M
Ambercycle is enabling the circular economy in polyester for fashion
3
WasteFuel Agriculture
Funding: $28.7M
WasteFuel Agriculture is focusing on ways to create a waste-to-energy infrastructure where farmers can tap new business opportunities.
4
Tribogenics
Funding: $19.7M
Tribogenics offers miniature x-ray solutions for applications in the recycling
5
CarbonBuilt
Funding: $10M
CarbonBuilt enables concrete manufacturing to drive greenhouse gas reductions through the utilization of CO2 and other industrial wastes.
6
TransAstra
Funding: $9.5M
TransAstra is a space logistics startup, that solves space debris problem and develops a technology to find, prospect, harvest and use space resources.
7
Circular Systems
Funding: $9.1M
Circular Systems transform waste into a valuable fiber, yarn, and textile fabrics for the fashion industry.
8
For Days
Funding: $7.6M
For Days sells sells recyclable clothes and then swap them for new ones, while the old ones are recycled.
9
Clairity Technology
Funding: $6.8M
Clairity Technology is a climate startup that creates low-cost, scalable technology to harvest carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
10
Mitico
Funding: $5.5M
Mitico offers accessible carbon capture technology and services to mitigate the impact of industrial emissions on people and the climate:
11
Azure
Funding: $2.3M
Azure is using recycled plastic to 3D print prefab homes.
12
Azure Printed Homes
Funding: $2.3M
Azure Printed Homes developed World's First Robotically Printed Homes using recycled plastic bottles
13
Isidore Electronics

Based in downtown Los Angeles, Isidore Electronics recycling offers certified e-waste recycling, data destruction, and IT asset recovery services.
14
MerMade

MerMade is a creative collective that helps people reimagine traditional plastic products by using certified ocean plastic. In short, we take plastic pollution out of the ocean, and help you tell a powerful sustainability story.
15
Rewilder

Rewilder is an online marketplace for waste materials and upcycling industrial materials.
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Editor: Marjana Bačić
Marjana Bačić is a senior editor for RecyclingStartups. She has has more than 5 years experience covering the recycling industry. Marjana graduated from University of Belgrade, where she edited Recycling and Sustainable Development Journal. She has helped several non-profit organizations dedicated to promoting environmental education and sustainability. She also participates in beach clean-up initiatives and advocates for sustainable practices in local businesses. In her free time, Marjana enjoys hiking in the scenic Montenegrin countryside, practicing yoga for mindfulness, and experimenting with plant-based recipes in her kitchen. You can contact Marjana at marjanabacic(at)recyclingstartups(dot)com