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Top 59 Recycling startups in London
Last updated: March 15, 2024 | 18 |
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Funding: $433.5M
Newcleo is developing the latest generation of nuclear reactors providing a path to combatting both climate change and existing nuclear waste. It is working on so-called Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and wants to use so-called MOX technology to make it possible to recycle spent uranium from conventional nuclear power plants.
Newcleo is developing the latest generation of nuclear reactors providing a path to combatting both climate change and existing nuclear waste. It is working on so-called Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) and wants to use so-called MOX technology to make it possible to recycle spent uranium from conventional nuclear power plants.
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Funding: $213.6M
Carbon Clean Solutions develops CO2 separation technology designed for industrial and gas treating applications.
Carbon Clean Solutions develops CO2 separation technology designed for industrial and gas treating applications.
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Funding: $212.4M
Carbon Clean Solutions develops CO2 separation technology designed for industrial and gas treating applications.
Carbon Clean Solutions develops CO2 separation technology designed for industrial and gas treating applications.
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Funding: $168.2M
Plastic Energy offers a sustainable solution to help prevent plastic pollution by transforming previously unrecyclable plastic waste into and optimal feedstock for making clean recycled plastics or alternative law-carbon fuels.
Plastic Energy offers a sustainable solution to help prevent plastic pollution by transforming previously unrecyclable plastic waste into and optimal feedstock for making clean recycled plastics or alternative law-carbon fuels.
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Funding: $95.5M
Sylvera develops machine learning-based tools to track the performance of carbon offsets.
Sylvera develops machine learning-based tools to track the performance of carbon offsets.
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Funding: $53.1M
OLIO is a free app that connects neighbours to ensure that surplus food and other items are shared instead of being wasted. The location-based app and website let users list and post a photo of the unwanted food items that will otherwise go waste.
OLIO is a free app that connects neighbours to ensure that surplus food and other items are shared instead of being wasted. The location-based app and website let users list and post a photo of the unwanted food items that will otherwise go waste.
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Funding: $46.8M
Econic Technologies develops new catalysts and processes for the manufacture of polymers from CO2.
Econic Technologies develops new catalysts and processes for the manufacture of polymers from CO2.
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Funding: $45.7M
Too Good To Go is an app for fighting food waste. They fight food waste by helping food stores sell their surplus food instead of throwing it away. Their mission is to reduce food waste worlwide, and their vision is to create a world where food produced is food consumed.
Too Good To Go is an app for fighting food waste. They fight food waste by helping food stores sell their surplus food instead of throwing it away. Their mission is to reduce food waste worlwide, and their vision is to create a world where food produced is food consumed.
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Funding: $44.9M
Circulor uses blockchain and AI to cut the cost of traceability and due diligence in raw materials supply chains. It’s pioneer customers include car manufacturers, EV battery manufacturers, commodity traders, and miners who collectively want to pioneer more effective approaches to responsible sourcing. Circulor proves chain of custody for manufactured and recycled materials, ensuring that recyclable waste enters and exits the recycling process successfully.
Circulor uses blockchain and AI to cut the cost of traceability and due diligence in raw materials supply chains. It’s pioneer customers include car manufacturers, EV battery manufacturers, commodity traders, and miners who collectively want to pioneer more effective approaches to responsible sourcing. Circulor proves chain of custody for manufactured and recycled materials, ensuring that recyclable waste enters and exits the recycling process successfully.
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Funding: $41.9M
Winnow developed smart kitchen tech to help commercial kitchens reduce food waste
Winnow developed smart kitchen tech to help commercial kitchens reduce food waste
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Funding: £35M
Polymateria is a London-based startup advancing science to help nature deal with plastic pollution.
Polymateria is a London-based startup advancing science to help nature deal with plastic pollution.
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Funding: £31.3M
Satellite Vu develops “the world’s thermometer”: a satellite constellation capable of monitoring thermal emissions around the world.
Satellite Vu develops “the world’s thermometer”: a satellite constellation capable of monitoring thermal emissions around the world.
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Funding: $37.4M
Everledger platform enables both vehicle and battery manufacturers to track repurposing activity downstream. With batteries as unique digital assets and ownership history recorded on the blockchain, a longer-term supply of minerals for these products is more easily secured.
Everledger platform enables both vehicle and battery manufacturers to track repurposing activity downstream. With batteries as unique digital assets and ownership history recorded on the blockchain, a longer-term supply of minerals for these products is more easily secured.
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Funding: $30.8M
Greyparrot uses computer vision to make waste sorting more efficient at different stages of the waste chain.
Greyparrot uses computer vision to make waste sorting more efficient at different stages of the waste chain.
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Funding: $25M
TrueCircle is a computer vision startup for the recycling industry. Its AI model ingests the footage and calculates composition by weight in real-time, to a 95%+ accuracy
TrueCircle is a computer vision startup for the recycling industry. Its AI model ingests the footage and calculates composition by weight in real-time, to a 95%+ accuracy
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Funding: $25M
Isometric is a carbon removal registry, verification service, and science platform.
Isometric is a carbon removal registry, verification service, and science platform.
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Funding: $25M
Safi (previously TrueCircle) is building a marketplace to support waste processing facilities in selling the verified material they reclaim.
Safi (previously TrueCircle) is building a marketplace to support waste processing facilities in selling the verified material they reclaim.
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Funding: £16.4M
Notpla wants to replace all single use plastics for material made of seaweed and plants. As it is made of seaweed and plants, Notpla is a very malleable product, perfect to store beverages, sauces and food in general.
Notpla wants to replace all single use plastics for material made of seaweed and plants. As it is made of seaweed and plants, Notpla is a very malleable product, perfect to store beverages, sauces and food in general.
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Funding: $16.6M
Emitwise is an AI-powered carbon management platform that helps businesses in tracking and managing their carbon footprint.
Emitwise is an AI-powered carbon management platform that helps businesses in tracking and managing their carbon footprint.
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Funding: $15.8M
Supercritical is a software platform that helps businesses reach carbon net zero and tackle the climate crisis.
Supercritical is a software platform that helps businesses reach carbon net zero and tackle the climate crisis.
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Funding: $14.5M
Pledge builds a carbon-measurement and removal API that enables businesses of any size to provide efficient and measurable climate solutions to its customers.
Pledge builds a carbon-measurement and removal API that enables businesses of any size to provide efficient and measurable climate solutions to its customers.
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Funding: $12.1M
CarbonChain's AI platform automates emissions tracking in carbon-heavy supply chains for a net-zero economy.
CarbonChain's AI platform automates emissions tracking in carbon-heavy supply chains for a net-zero economy.
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Funding: £8M
Greenback Recycling Technologies is building a decentralised network of recycling plants near the sources of plastic waste, which it buys from local collectors.
Greenback Recycling Technologies is building a decentralised network of recycling plants near the sources of plastic waste, which it buys from local collectors.
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Funding: $10.9M
Mission Zero is an Electrochemical that removes carbon dioxide from the air and concentrates it for a variety of sequestration pathways.
Mission Zero is an Electrochemical that removes carbon dioxide from the air and concentrates it for a variety of sequestration pathways.
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Funding: $7.5M
Bio-Bean has found a way to turn that waste into a valuable resource. The company developed coffee-based biofuel for households and industrial use.
Bio-Bean has found a way to turn that waste into a valuable resource. The company developed coffee-based biofuel for households and industrial use.
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Funding: €6M
Itero creates profitable waste management solutions. The startup's chemical recycling technology is designed to convert previously non-recycled plastic waste into petrochemical resources.
Itero creates profitable waste management solutions. The startup's chemical recycling technology is designed to convert previously non-recycled plastic waste into petrochemical resources.
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Funding: £3.5M
Big Atom is initially focused on reverse-manufacturing tyre rubber into recycled crude.
Big Atom is initially focused on reverse-manufacturing tyre rubber into recycled crude.
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Funding: $3.4M
Circular digital platform using technology to streamline the post purchase experience through digital wardrobes and care and repair services
Circular digital platform using technology to streamline the post purchase experience through digital wardrobes and care and repair services
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Funding: £2.6M
Again develops system to clean reusable packaging and prepare it for refill and reuse
Again develops system to clean reusable packaging and prepare it for refill and reuse
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Funding: £2.5M
Hero Labs produces ultrasonic device to monitor a property’s water use and prevent leaks
Hero Labs produces ultrasonic device to monitor a property’s water use and prevent leaks
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Funding: £2.5M
Hylo Athletics creates sustainable athletic footwear, that offers high performance and low environmental impact
Hylo Athletics creates sustainable athletic footwear, that offers high performance and low environmental impact
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Funding: £2.5M
All Good Things is a multi-brand outlet retailer that sells pre-owned, fragmented, or repaired apparel to promote sustainable fashion.
All Good Things is a multi-brand outlet retailer that sells pre-owned, fragmented, or repaired apparel to promote sustainable fashion.
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Funding: $2.9M
Ocean Bottle wants to revolutionise two things: plastic recycling and the design of water bottles. With every sale, 11.4kg of plastic is collected in coastal communities where plastic pollution is a big problem.
Ocean Bottle wants to revolutionise two things: plastic recycling and the design of water bottles. With every sale, 11.4kg of plastic is collected in coastal communities where plastic pollution is a big problem.
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Funding: $2.9M
Materials Nexus is finding alternatives to materials that are already used in products such as semiconductors and batteries to help innovations like wind turbines and electric cars scale more rapidly and sustainably.
Materials Nexus is finding alternatives to materials that are already used in products such as semiconductors and batteries to help innovations like wind turbines and electric cars scale more rapidly and sustainably.
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Funding: £2.1M
SEaB Energy is an international specialist, UK based company, working in the renewable energy and energy from waste sectors. SEaB Energy has developed a compact easy to install turnkey Anaerobic Digestion (AD) systems in shipping container.
SEaB Energy is an international specialist, UK based company, working in the renewable energy and energy from waste sectors. SEaB Energy has developed a compact easy to install turnkey Anaerobic Digestion (AD) systems in shipping container.
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Funding: £2M
SURI (for Sustainable Rituals) redesigned the electric toothbrush to make it repairable and recyclable
SURI (for Sustainable Rituals) redesigned the electric toothbrush to make it repairable and recyclable
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Funding: £1.8M
Recommerce platform - E-commerce, SaaS and on-demand buyback of consumer electronics
Recommerce platform - E-commerce, SaaS and on-demand buyback of consumer electronics
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Funding: $2.2M
Treefera is transforming the way the world approaches forest data and conservation, to create a clear future for the carbon market and the planet. It intends to solve the carbon credits credibility problem with AI
Treefera is transforming the way the world approaches forest data and conservation, to create a clear future for the carbon market and the planet. It intends to solve the carbon credits credibility problem with AI
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Funding: $2M
Ichthion developed an award-winning technology that is able to remove big volumes of plastic for rivers and oceans. It's a system that is energy-generative and can be installed in rivers, coastal areas and oceans.
Ichthion developed an award-winning technology that is able to remove big volumes of plastic for rivers and oceans. It's a system that is energy-generative and can be installed in rivers, coastal areas and oceans.
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Funding: $1.9M
Jiva has developed a fully recyclable and biodegradable PCB substrate – Soluboard.
Jiva has developed a fully recyclable and biodegradable PCB substrate – Soluboard.
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Funding: $1.3M
Circularr is a sustainable blockchain ecosystem focused on the development of sustainable crypto assets backed by recycled commodities.
Circularr is a sustainable blockchain ecosystem focused on the development of sustainable crypto assets backed by recycled commodities.
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Funding: $1.1M
Skipping Rocks Lab develops natural and biodegradable packaging for liquids made from seaweed extract.
Skipping Rocks Lab develops natural and biodegradable packaging for liquids made from seaweed extract.
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Funding: £900K
Allye is a software-enabled energy storage company that promotes local grid resiliency while helping society access green energy.
Allye is a software-enabled energy storage company that promotes local grid resiliency while helping society access green energy.
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Funding: £750K
Globechain helps businesses reduce waste by providing a reuse marketplace for listing unneeded items. All items are free for collection by charities, SMEs and individuals.
Globechain helps businesses reduce waste by providing a reuse marketplace for listing unneeded items. All items are free for collection by charities, SMEs and individuals.
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Funding: $685K
TeknTrash uses AI to to locate products at disposal sites and thus obtain valuable consumer data. This allows consumer product companies know their consumers better, encourages proper recycling, and creates a source of income for vulnerable people
TeknTrash uses AI to to locate products at disposal sites and thus obtain valuable consumer data. This allows consumer product companies know their consumers better, encourages proper recycling, and creates a source of income for vulnerable people
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Funding: $522K
Bpacks is a startup that has developed the first bark packaging technology that integrates easily into existing production streams, replacing plastic materials.
Bpacks is a startup that has developed the first bark packaging technology that integrates easily into existing production streams, replacing plastic materials.
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Funding: $227.6K
AEROPOWDER is creating novel materials from surplus feathers. It developed world's first thermal packaging material made from surplus feathers.
AEROPOWDER is creating novel materials from surplus feathers. It developed world's first thermal packaging material made from surplus feathers.
