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Top 32 Metal Recycling startups
Sep 16, 2025 | By Marjana Bačić | 18 |
These startups develop new technologies to recycle scrap metal and refine strategic metals
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Country: Sweden | Funding: $10.9B
H2 Green Steel operates a steel production plant to accelerate the decarbonization of the steel industry using green energy.
H2 Green Steel operates a steel production plant to accelerate the decarbonization of the steel industry using green energy.
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Country: USA | Funding: $260M
Aqua Metals is the only company that has produced a commercially proven sustainable, closed-loop metal recycling process that is capable of producing the world’s purest metals.
Aqua Metals is the only company that has produced a commercially proven sustainable, closed-loop metal recycling process that is capable of producing the world’s purest metals.
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Country: USA | Funding: $96.4M
Sortera Alloys brings state-of-the-art artificial intelligence image/data analytics and advanced sensors to the industrial scrap metal recycling and re-use industry. It's focused on converting recycled material from vehicles into new tech products
Sortera Alloys brings state-of-the-art artificial intelligence image/data analytics and advanced sensors to the industrial scrap metal recycling and re-use industry. It's focused on converting recycled material from vehicles into new tech products
4
Country: USA | Funding: $64.1M
Nth Cycle is a metal processing technology company working with battery recyclers and miners to recover production-grade critical minerals.
Nth Cycle is a metal processing technology company working with battery recyclers and miners to recover production-grade critical minerals.
5
Country: New Zealand | Funding: NZ$80M
Developing a biometallurgical processes that use microbes to capture value from metal waste streams while mitigating environmental harm.
Developing a biometallurgical processes that use microbes to capture value from metal waste streams while mitigating environmental harm.
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Country: USA | Funding: $39.7M
SUN METALON provides cost-effective technology to decarbonize metal manufacturing through recycling, refining, and forming.
SUN METALON provides cost-effective technology to decarbonize metal manufacturing through recycling, refining, and forming.
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Country: USA | Funding: $36M
MolyWorks has developed a recycling foundry which converts metallic scrap into metal powders for additive manufacturing at the point-of-need.
MolyWorks has developed a recycling foundry which converts metallic scrap into metal powders for additive manufacturing at the point-of-need.
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Country: Germany | Funding: €20.3M
METYCLE is building the B2B trading platform to accelerate international trade of secondary metals.
METYCLE is building the B2B trading platform to accelerate international trade of secondary metals.
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Country: Austria | Funding: €18.8M
Metaloop is a scrap trading company that helps businesses from the metal recycling industry to boost revenue without scaling.
Metaloop is a scrap trading company that helps businesses from the metal recycling industry to boost revenue without scaling.
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Country: Canada | Funding: $18.6M
pH7 designs and implements sustainable extraction and refining of strategic metals, essential for the transition to renewable energy.
pH7 designs and implements sustainable extraction and refining of strategic metals, essential for the transition to renewable energy.
12
Country: Japan | Funding: ¥2.3B
Emulsion Flow Technologies offers rare metal recycling, utilizing emulsion flow technology, emulsion flow technology, etc., businesses.
Emulsion Flow Technologies offers rare metal recycling, utilizing emulsion flow technology, emulsion flow technology, etc., businesses.
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Country: Germany | Funding: $11.3M
Sapertec’s technology allows laminated packaging materials to be separated more easily. Many packaging materials don’t make the recycling cut because they contain mixed materials like soup cartons or cardboard and aluminum combos.
Sapertec’s technology allows laminated packaging materials to be separated more easily. Many packaging materials don’t make the recycling cut because they contain mixed materials like soup cartons or cardboard and aluminum combos.
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Country: Germany | Funding: €6.3M
ScrapBees is a pick-up service for the recycling of scrap metal from commercial businesses and private households.
ScrapBees is a pick-up service for the recycling of scrap metal from commercial businesses and private households.
15
Country: USA | Funding: $3M
The galvanized steel industry produces a waste acid with high concentrations of dissolved zinc and iron. Zincovery developed a process that recovers the precious zinc and regenerates the acid for reuse and reducing waste in the process.
The galvanized steel industry produces a waste acid with high concentrations of dissolved zinc and iron. Zincovery developed a process that recovers the precious zinc and regenerates the acid for reuse and reducing waste in the process.
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Country: France | Funding: €1M
Lemontri offers a turnkey multi-flow recycling service (plastic, metal, paper, glass, etc.).
Lemontri offers a turnkey multi-flow recycling service (plastic, metal, paper, glass, etc.).
17
Country: Nigeria | Funding: £850K
Chanja Datti is making Nigeria safer and cleaner by recycling Plastic (PET bottles, pure water sachet, nylon bags etc.) and other waste streams such as Aluminium cans, Paper (old newspapers, old textbooks, corrugated cardboard, carton etc.), Glass bottles and Tires.
Chanja Datti is making Nigeria safer and cleaner by recycling Plastic (PET bottles, pure water sachet, nylon bags etc.) and other waste streams such as Aluminium cans, Paper (old newspapers, old textbooks, corrugated cardboard, carton etc.), Glass bottles and Tires.
18
Country: India
Namo ewaste is a pioneer in asset management and electronics recycling, with its top of the line services to efficiently manage, dispose and recycle discarded electronic items.
Namo ewaste is a pioneer in asset management and electronics recycling, with its top of the line services to efficiently manage, dispose and recycle discarded electronic items.
19
Country: India
We are a recycling consultant and help new recycling startups providing guidance and trading copper aluminium iron etc
We are a recycling consultant and help new recycling startups providing guidance and trading copper aluminium iron etc
20
Country: Germany
Aurubis is the leading integrated copper group and the world’s largest copper recycler
Aurubis is the leading integrated copper group and the world’s largest copper recycler
