Top 9 Recycling Blockchain startups

Updated: Nov 17, 2025
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These startups use blockchain technology to create transparent systems for tracking and verifying the recycling process.
1
Circulor
Country: UK | 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.
2
Everledger
Country: UK | 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.
3
Retraced
Country: Germany | Funding: €22.7M
Retraced provides a SaaS solution enabling tracing of fashion supply chains with Blockchain technology.
4
Nori
Country: USA | Funding: $18.7M
Nori is the world’s only carbon dioxide removal marketplace.
5
Circularise
Country: Netherlands | Funding: €12.5M
Circularise uses blockchain to track plastics from the initial resin to the end product, including any additives along the way.
6
Empower
Country: Norway | Funding: NOK21.8M
Empower offers blockchain-powered tracking that digitize waste streams and make them available to buyers as well as auditors.
7
Circularr
Country: UK | Funding: $1.3M
Circularr is a sustainable blockchain ecosystem focused on the development of sustainable crypto assets backed by recycled commodities.
8
ZeLoop
Country: UAE
ZeLoop has developed an app that informs users of recycling options and rewards them for bringing recyclables to those sites.
9
Binpong
Country: USA | Funding: $1M
BinPong is an innovative waste management platform streamlining recycling and waste disposal for businesses and communities.
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Marjana Bačić
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