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Top 48 Recycling startups in Germany
Updated: March 04, 2024 | 24 |
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Funding: $388M
Everphone’s business takes care of the supply, support, repair/replacement and recycling of mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) for enterprises customers — billed under a per-user monthly subscription.
Everphone’s business takes care of the supply, support, repair/replacement and recycling of mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) for enterprises customers — billed under a per-user monthly subscription.
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Funding: €130M
APK (APK Aluminium and Kunststoffe AG) has developed a chemical-physical process for recycling plastic waste that produces single-origin, new-quality plastics at low prices (Newcycling).
APK (APK Aluminium and Kunststoffe AG) has developed a chemical-physical process for recycling plastic waste that produces single-origin, new-quality plastics at low prices (Newcycling).
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Funding: €58M
air up is a provider of drinking bottle system that provides scent-flavored water.
air up is a provider of drinking bottle system that provides scent-flavored water.
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Funding: $43M
PlanA. offers an end-to-end platform that enables companies to measure, monitor and reduce their environmental footprint.
PlanA. offers an end-to-end platform that enables companies to measure, monitor and reduce their environmental footprint.
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Funding: $43M
Plan A is a GreenTech company that develops a carbon quantification platform to measure, monitor, and reduce environmental footprint.
Plan A is a GreenTech company that develops a carbon quantification platform to measure, monitor, and reduce environmental footprint.
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Funding: €39M
Traceless has developed a technique for transforming agricultural industry residues into a biodegradable substitute for cling-film and other packaging.
Traceless has developed a technique for transforming agricultural industry residues into a biodegradable substitute for cling-film and other packaging.
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Funding: €23M
Resourcify is develops and operates a neutral cloud platform that enables businesses to manage waste and recycling operations online.
Resourcify is develops and operates a neutral cloud platform that enables businesses to manage waste and recycling operations online.
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Funding: $16.4M
CEEZER is a digital platform offering companies easy, secure, direct access to top-quality projects across the voluntary carbon market.
CEEZER is a digital platform offering companies easy, secure, direct access to top-quality projects across the voluntary carbon market.
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The I:CO take-back system makes it possible to collect used clothing and shoes at a retailer’s point of sale and give them a new life through reuse or recycling.
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PreZero builds and operates state-of-the-art facilities that convert organic waste, plastics and paper into valuable raw materials and commodities.
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Funding: $13.1M
RECUP is your reusable deposit system for coffee-to-go paper cups. RECUP is made up of material that can be recycled, but it also helps that it can be used more than once, given they are properly maintained and cleaned
RECUP is your reusable deposit system for coffee-to-go paper cups. RECUP is made up of material that can be recycled, but it also helps that it can be used more than once, given they are properly maintained and cleaned
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Funding: $12.6M
cylib is on a mission to revolutionize how lithium-ion batteries are recycled in Europe, making the process more efficient and sustainable.
cylib is on a mission to revolutionize how lithium-ion batteries are recycled in Europe, making the process more efficient and sustainable.
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Funding: $13.2M
Altilium Clean Technology offers transition of energy from fossil-based to zero-carbon by decarbonizing the supply of e-vehicles.
Altilium Clean Technology offers transition of energy from fossil-based to zero-carbon by decarbonizing the supply of e-vehicles.
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Funding: $11.9M
Cleanhub is a company dedicated to protect the oceans and facilitates a platform that enables the large scale collection of plastic waste in coastal regions.
Cleanhub is a company dedicated to protect the oceans and facilitates a platform that enables the large scale collection of plastic waste in coastal regions.
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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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Funding: €10M
BIO-LUTIONS offers sustainable packaging and disposable tableware solutions made of agricultural residues.
BIO-LUTIONS offers sustainable packaging and disposable tableware solutions made of agricultural residues.
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Funding: €6.2M
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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Funding: €5.3M
Voltfang develops home storage solutions for private houses using recycled traction batteries.
Voltfang develops home storage solutions for private houses using recycled traction batteries.
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Funding: €5M
Made of Air materials sequester carbon from biomass waste in the form of thermoplastics.
Made of Air materials sequester carbon from biomass waste in the form of thermoplastics.
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Funding: €3.7M
HighLine Technology develops and commercializes highly efficient dispensing technology. They are working to reduce material usage in the PV sector, increasing its competitiveness and sustainability.
HighLine Technology develops and commercializes highly efficient dispensing technology. They are working to reduce material usage in the PV sector, increasing its competitiveness and sustainability.
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Funding: €3.5m
tozero is offering a novel process to recover critical materials such as lithium, nickel, and cobalt from lithium-ion batteries.
tozero is offering a novel process to recover critical materials such as lithium, nickel, and cobalt from lithium-ion batteries.
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Funding: €2.1M
EcoLocked provides a turnkey solution for the construction industry to build with climate-neutral concrete. It is creating a climate-friendly built environment by converting captured carbon into highly functional concrete admix materials.
EcoLocked provides a turnkey solution for the construction industry to build with climate-neutral concrete. It is creating a climate-friendly built environment by converting captured carbon into highly functional concrete admix materials.
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Pyrum develops, builds and operates recycling plants, with the help of which Pyrum extracts raw materials of high quality from used tyres, rubber and plastic waste and feeds them back into the material cycle.
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Funding: €1.8M
Recyda’s software helps packaging producers, brand owners and retailers in the consumer goods sector assess the recyclability of packaging – one of the first steps towards reducing waste.
Recyda’s software helps packaging producers, brand owners and retailers in the consumer goods sector assess the recyclability of packaging – one of the first steps towards reducing waste.
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Funding: €1.1M
Re-Fresh Global transforms any kind of textile waste into new raw materials for industrial production. Their products are bioethanol, nanocellulose and sanitized textile pulp.
Re-Fresh Global transforms any kind of textile waste into new raw materials for industrial production. Their products are bioethanol, nanocellulose and sanitized textile pulp.
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Funding: $1.1M
ZaaK Technologies is an innovation and technology development start-up company focusing on recycling industrial wastes into high value products. Using patented clean technologies, ZaaK intends to revolutionise building and construction industry with state-of-the-art technologies and high quality products produced from fly ash, a waste by-product from coal-fired power plants.
ZaaK Technologies is an innovation and technology development start-up company focusing on recycling industrial wastes into high value products. Using patented clean technologies, ZaaK intends to revolutionise building and construction industry with state-of-the-art technologies and high quality products produced from fly ash, a waste by-product from coal-fired power plants.
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By applying own IP protected remanufacturing process onto decommissioned (early-loss) solar modules, SunCrafter upcycles them into extremely robust plug-and-play solar generators. Through this approach, the lifespan of solar panels is drastically extended.
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Eeden has developed an innovative chemical process for the sustainable and environmentally friendly recycling of clothing and other textile products.
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Funding: €600K
circolution is a reusable food packaging startup that creates a solution that makes a contribution to reducing the waste problem.
circolution is a reusable food packaging startup that creates a solution that makes a contribution to reducing the waste problem.
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Funding: $155K
Got Bag, works with a network of 1,500 fishermen near Java, Indonesia, to collect plastic, which is then sorted and recycled into pellets that are turned into thread that the company uses to make backpacks and other bags.
Got Bag, works with a network of 1,500 fishermen near Java, Indonesia, to collect plastic, which is then sorted and recycled into pellets that are turned into thread that the company uses to make backpacks and other bags.
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Kaffeeform is an e-shop that sells a wide selection of coffee cups, weducer cups, recycled coffee grounds and accessories.
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Arekapak created a sustainable packaging design from the areca palm leaf that it claims requires less water and energy consumption for production without added chemical substances.
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Superseven develops fully biodegradable packaging solutions that can compete technically with plastic packaging. Its packaging film is made from cellulose and can be used, once discarded, as compost in homes and gardens, according to TÜV certification.
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Kleiderly transforms textile waste into a sustainable plastic alternative for use in furniture and, fittingly, clothes hangers.
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Cyclic Design is creatng single-use packaging. Its refillable Nepenthes bottles are ideal for patrons of packaging-free shops: they can be refilled with shampoo, conditioner and liquid soap.
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Carbonauten’s charcoal-like biocarbons offer a climate-negative alternative to traditional building materials.
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Papair develops planet-friendly plastic bubble wrap alternative, which is made of out of 100 per cent recycled paper
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Plastship is a digital platform that enables companies to source recycled plastics to the specification they require, rather than using virgin materials.
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WasteAnt's computer vision system records and evaluates the waste quality. It checks the waste stream for interfering materials and thus brings more transparency into the system, while increasing the recycling rate
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Seraplant offers recycled phosphorus-based fertilizers to promote sustainable agriculture. The startup’s process involves mixing sewage sludge ash to make it reactive to chemical bonding, before spraying, granulating, and fractionating the waste. Moreover, the process does not produce dangerous intermediate products and toxic exhaust gases. The fertilizer also contains significantly lower proportions of uranium and cadmium, making it ideal for agriculture.
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New Dawn Silicones has developed innovative chemical process and a take-back system, closing the material cycle of silicone and reproducing silicone from old material again and again – without any loss of quality.
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FLAXRES has set itself the task to revolutionize the recycling of composite materials. With a process based on high-intensity light pulses, photovoltaic modules can be separated into their main fractions. Thanks to the innovative method, the components obtained are of high quality and can be profitably returned to the materials cycle.
