Top 16 PET Recycling startups

Updated: Dec 31, 2025
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These startups develop new PET recycling technologies such as enzymatic recycling for plastic degradation, mechanical recycling with advanced sorting systems, chemical recycling for monomer recovery, melt filtration techniques, supercritical fluid recycling, upcycling into high-value products, etc.
1
Carbios
Country: France | Funding: €78M
Carbios is a chemistry company that focuses on discovering and developing enzymatic bioprocesses applied to plastic and textile polymers.
2
Worn Again
Country: UK | Funding: $46.2M
Worn Again is a textile to textile recycling technology that can separate and recapture polyester and cotton from discarded.
3
Ioniqa Technologies
Country: Netherlands | Funding: €42.5M
Ioniqa Technologies has a patented technology that uses magnetic colloidal systems with nanoparticles to break down PET into a re-usable monomer.
4
DePoly
Country: Switzerland | Funding: $41.1M
DePoly has developed a chemical-based method for recycling PET containers.
5
Gr3n Recycling
Country: Switzerland | Funding: $10.1M
Gr3n developed an innovative process, based on a new application of microwave technology to a well known chemical reaction.
6
CuRe Technology
Country: Netherlands
An energy-efficient solution for endless product to product transformation. To recycle infinitely, again and again and again. Creating a fully circular polyester chain.
7
RecycELIT
Country: France | Funding: €3.2M
Recyc'Elit is a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) system designed to solve difficult polyester-based textile recycling issues.
8
Birch Biosciences
Country: USA | Funding: $2.2M
Birch Biosciences is developing a new way to recycle plastics using naturally occurring enzymes that will yield better-quality plastic than current recycling methods.
9
Sekopak
Country: Serbia
Sekopak is recycling PET plastic, paper and cardboard, glass, metal and wood. We facilitate the management of packaging waste for all our clients.
10
Azure Printed Homes
Country: USA | Funding: $500K
Azure Printed Homes developed World's First Robotically Printed Homes using recycled plastic bottles
11
JD Composites
Country: Canada
JD Composites is building homes with recycled PET bottles
12
Greenbatch
Country: Australia
Greenbatch is working towards building Western Australia's first PET plastic recycling facility.
13
Vicfold recyclers
Country: Nigeria
Vicfold recyclers converts plastics to usable resins that are sold as feedstock to manufacturers of household plastics, egg crates, synthetic fibre, plastic furniture, construction DPC sheets, and carpets among others.
14
JB Ecotex
Country: India
JB Ecotex recycles used water and cold drink bottles and manufactures high tenacity recycle polyester staple fiber
15
Circularix
Country: USA
Circularix produces high-quality recycled food grade PET for sustainability.
16
Enviroo
Country: UK
Enviroo is a plastic recycling company that uses food-grade polymers to recreate food packaging and plastic bottles.
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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