Top 24 Plastic Recycling startups in USA
May 11, 2026
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Funding: $844.2M
PureCycle transforms polypropylene plastic waste into like-new plastic. The revolutionary technology that PureCycle uses is a form of dissolution. It consists of six main process stages that help close the loop on plastic waste while making recycled plastics more accessible at scale to companies seeking to use a sustainable, recycled resin. PureCycle’s ultra-pure recycled resin with its clarity and low odor can be offered as a substitute for virgin polypropylene. PureCycle’s process uses less energy to recycle existing waste than the energy needed to create first-use plastic, making PureCycled plastic an environmentally mindful and sustainable product.
PureCycle transforms polypropylene plastic waste into like-new plastic. The revolutionary technology that PureCycle uses is a form of dissolution. It consists of six main process stages that help close the loop on plastic waste while making recycled plastics more accessible at scale to companies seeking to use a sustainable, recycled resin. PureCycle’s ultra-pure recycled resin with its clarity and low odor can be offered as a substitute for virgin polypropylene. PureCycle’s process uses less energy to recycle existing waste than the energy needed to create first-use plastic, making PureCycled plastic an environmentally mindful and sustainable product.
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Funding: $196M
Agilyx created a solutions platform that can take a wide variety of waste plastics and polymers, and chemically recycle those plastics into high value synthetic oils, chemicals and in some cases back to basic monomers that can be used to re-manufacture products.
Agilyx created a solutions platform that can take a wide variety of waste plastics and polymers, and chemically recycle those plastics into high value synthetic oils, chemicals and in some cases back to basic monomers that can be used to re-manufacture products.
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Funding: $150M
Nexus Circular is a leader in pyrolysis-based advanced plastics recycling.
Nexus Circular is a leader in pyrolysis-based advanced plastics recycling.
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Funding: $45.1M
Advanced upcycling company creating quality chemicals and materials made from plastic waste
Advanced upcycling company creating quality chemicals and materials made from plastic waste
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Funding: $30.8M
Resynergi develops plastic recycling technology to rapidly convert plastic waste into reusable and environmentally friendly material.
Resynergi develops plastic recycling technology to rapidly convert plastic waste into reusable and environmentally friendly material.
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Funding: $20M
Ushering in a new era of sustainable and circular plastics. It engineers supercharged organisms to break down plastic and textile waste
Ushering in a new era of sustainable and circular plastics. It engineers supercharged organisms to break down plastic and textile waste
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Funding: $7.9M
MacroCycle believes that chemistry holds the key to enabling fully circular plastics, made without carbon emissions and wants to protect world through circular, sustainable, zero-carbon upcycling process.
MacroCycle believes that chemistry holds the key to enabling fully circular plastics, made without carbon emissions and wants to protect world through circular, sustainable, zero-carbon upcycling process.
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Birch Plastics is a plastic recycling facility in Texas diverting millions of pounds of plastic each year from going to the land fill.
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Funding: $3.1M
Aeternal Upcycling is a carbon economy revolution that combats the plastic waste crisis, reduces the need for fossil fuels.
Aeternal Upcycling is a carbon economy revolution that combats the plastic waste crisis, reduces the need for fossil fuels.
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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.
Birch Biosciences is developing a new way to recycle plastics using naturally occurring enzymes that will yield better-quality plastic than current recycling methods.
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Alterra Energy is an innovative chemical recycling technology company. Alterra Energy engages in developing and commercializing continuous recycling technology, which transforms waste plastic into petrochemical products.
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Funding: $1.5M
ByFusion’s Blocker system turns 100% of plastic waste into ByBlock – an advanced, cost-effective building material.
ByFusion’s Blocker system turns 100% of plastic waste into ByBlock – an advanced, cost-effective building material.
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Brightmark Energy, we are on a mission to provide innovative waste and energy solutions that have a positive global impact.
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Funding: $80K
MicroRecycling Systems develops small scale, advanced recycling machinery to enable a circular economy.
MicroRecycling Systems develops small scale, advanced recycling machinery to enable a circular economy.
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Funding: $50K
necoPlastics is a plastic recycling company dedicated to reducing the plastic waste cluttering our world, while also utilizing it in beneficial products. necoPlastics has patented a technology to convert mixed plastics into a 100% recycled product for use in the hot mix asphalt (HMA) process.
necoPlastics is a plastic recycling company dedicated to reducing the plastic waste cluttering our world, while also utilizing it in beneficial products. necoPlastics has patented a technology to convert mixed plastics into a 100% recycled product for use in the hot mix asphalt (HMA) process.
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GreenLabs Recycling is focused on diverting lab plastics from the landfill. It's also recycling container lab plastics used in facilities that manage medical waste
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Recover Brands is 100% recycled apparel manufacturer. What makes them unique is their specialization in creating recycled yarn.
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Scrapo makes it easier for buyers and sellers of plastic scraps to instantly discover, negotiate and close deals so that more plastic scrap is consumed.
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CRC Global Solutions provides supply chain management, logistics, real estate and property management services.
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We are DRIVEN to solve the world’s plastic crisis 91% of the world’s plastic is not recycled… at DRIVEN we turn plastic waste into better roadways.
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FutureBio is a biotech startup dedicated to developing and deploying innovative solutions to combat climate change, reduce carbon emissions, and promote sustainability.
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Marble Plastics produces sheets from 100% recycled plastic for designers and architects to create sustainable furniture and spaces. The material is high-impact polystyrene (HIPS #6). The sheets are waterproof and durable, and can be cut and fabricated into a variety of new products for the construction and furniture industries.
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