Top 12 Recycling startups in Italy

Ecoplasteam solves the difficulty of separating mixtures of materials, such as waste composed of a metal and plastic layer. Instead of using complex processes to separate these components, Ecoplasteam’s patented production process creates a new versatile material that can be used for clothing, paving stones or household items.

Tialpi is developing a process to recycle end-of-life solar panels that promises to recover 100% of a PV module’s weight.

Funding: $1M
Redivivus designs and develops environmental impact reduction products.

Funding: €300K
Vegea turns waste from wine production into a bio-textile for clothing, creating an environmentally friendly alternative to synthetic textile production which uses 100 million tons of oil a year.

Funding: €300k
Repod is a new smart household appliance that makes recycling at home easy.

Funding: €110K
Atelier Riforma collects secondhand clothes, which are catalogued and tracked via AI technology, then redirected for reuse, recycling or upcycling.

Funding: €50K
Eggplant created a biodegradable plastic alternative that’s made using a zero-waste process. It’s also non-toxic, which is important for consumer packaged goods and agriculture.

Northern Light Composites (nlcomp) focuses on the research and development of natural fibers and recycled materials for the construction of pleasure yachts.

River Cleaning develops system that consists of a diagonal line of floating devices that move along the course of the river to intercept waste.

Krill Design is creating beautiful, well-designed lamp made of Sicilian orange peels.

rehub develops new easy-to-use technologies to process non recyclable glass.

Maple is an environmentally conscious company that strives to improve the human-environment relationship. Through a collection and recycling service, its main project, Maple Cigarettes, gives new life to cigarette butts, a polluting and currently undifferentiated waste.