Top 17 Electronics (e-Waste) Recycling startups in USA
Jun 18, 2026
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Funding: $4.9B
Redwood Materials is a leading battery and electronics recycling company. Founded by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, the company's primary business is electric vehicle battery recycling. But in addition to car batteries, it recycles phones, laptops, tablets, power tools and any other lithium-ion-containing devices - to recover critical minerals such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, and copper. The company also uses old batteries to create own energy storage systems that supply electricity to data centers and the national power grid. The company also offers the creation of corporate and municipal energy storages. Thanks to using the most affordable domestic batteries, combining used and new batteries and simplifying installation and system design, it offers the most cost-effective energy storage systems on the market.
Redwood Materials is a leading battery and electronics recycling company. Founded by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, the company's primary business is electric vehicle battery recycling. But in addition to car batteries, it recycles phones, laptops, tablets, power tools and any other lithium-ion-containing devices - to recover critical minerals such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, and copper. The company also uses old batteries to create own energy storage systems that supply electricity to data centers and the national power grid. The company also offers the creation of corporate and municipal energy storages. Thanks to using the most affordable domestic batteries, combining used and new batteries and simplifying installation and system design, it offers the most cost-effective energy storage systems on the market.
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Funding: $501.7M
Rubicon provides waste management platform and services for businesses and smart cities. Using computer vision, the platform conducts an initial analysis of a client's waste stream to identify waste types and volumes, then creates a customized waste collection schedule and optimal routes for fleets. Rubicon uses data analysis and AI to improve waste management strategies, providing transparency into waste generation patterns and predicting future trends. The company's services cover the recycling of cardboard, plastic, paper, metal, glass, electronics, construction and demolition waste, organic waste (including food waste and composting services), and separate waste collection. Acquired by Dev.al
Rubicon provides waste management platform and services for businesses and smart cities. Using computer vision, the platform conducts an initial analysis of a client's waste stream to identify waste types and volumes, then creates a customized waste collection schedule and optimal routes for fleets. Rubicon uses data analysis and AI to improve waste management strategies, providing transparency into waste generation patterns and predicting future trends. The company's services cover the recycling of cardboard, plastic, paper, metal, glass, electronics, construction and demolition waste, organic waste (including food waste and composting services), and separate waste collection. Acquired by Dev.al
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Funding: $343.8M
Urban Mining Company has developed groundbreaking technology to cost effectively recycle rare earth magnets from discarded hard disk drives or motors, and reprocess them into high performance magnets that are critical components used for industrial, automotive, clean energy, and military defense.
Urban Mining Company has developed groundbreaking technology to cost effectively recycle rare earth magnets from discarded hard disk drives or motors, and reprocess them into high performance magnets that are critical components used for industrial, automotive, clean energy, and military defense.
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Funding: $6.8M
TerraCycle is an innovative recycling company that has become a global leader in recycling hard-to-recycle waste. TerraCycle recycles non-recyclable waste into various consumer products.
TerraCycle is an innovative recycling company that has become a global leader in recycling hard-to-recycle waste. TerraCycle recycles non-recyclable waste into various consumer products.
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Funding: $44.2M
Molg enables circular manufacturing with robotics and design. Our robotic microfactories autonomously disassemble complex electronic products, and we work with manufacturers to design electronics for reuse — ensuring one product’s end is another’s new beginning.
Molg enables circular manufacturing with robotics and design. Our robotic microfactories autonomously disassemble complex electronic products, and we work with manufacturers to design electronics for reuse — ensuring one product’s end is another’s new beginning.
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Ridwell recycles items such as batteries, light bulbs and textiles not typically accepted by existing recycling services.
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All Green Recycling is a full-service industrial, commercial and consumer e-waste recycling company.
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Funding: $957.9K
TG Companies makes the solar industry sustainable by providing recycling service and equipment for end-of-life solar cells and modules. The chemical concoction developed by TG Companies is used to extract silver, tin, copper, and lead from the cells, leaving behind silicon.
TG Companies makes the solar industry sustainable by providing recycling service and equipment for end-of-life solar cells and modules. The chemical concoction developed by TG Companies is used to extract silver, tin, copper, and lead from the cells, leaving behind silicon.
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Funding: $325K
Cybercrunch provides nationwide electronics recycling and hard drive shredding services in US.
Cybercrunch provides nationwide electronics recycling and hard drive shredding services in US.
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Funding: $250K
Recycle Global Exchange is a digital marketplace for business eWaste and IT asset disposal.
Recycle Global Exchange is a digital marketplace for business eWaste and IT asset disposal.
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Call2Recycle is a product stewardship program that provides no-cost battery and cellphone recycling solutions.
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As one of the leading IT lifecycle management companies in the area, eLoop llc provides businesses, counties, municipalities, healthcare organizations and educational institutions a full range of IT asset disposition (ITAD) and remarketing solutions.
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Big Sky Recycling is a Certified B Corp dedicated to sustainable cell phone and e-waste recycling.
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Determinant Materials is an electronic waste recycling and ethical materials production company.
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Verdant develops resource recovery technologies - focusing on neglected waste streams - to enable environmental conservation, resource retention, and supply chain resiliency. It recovers cobalt, zinc, gold, lithium and silver from electronics waste.
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Computer Recycling is a leading electronics recycling company committed to helping customers dispose of obsolete or unwanted electronic equipment.
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Based in downtown Los Angeles, Isidore Electronics recycling offers certified e-waste recycling, data destruction, and IT asset recovery services.
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