Top 7 Recycling startups in Sydney

Last updated: February 22, 2024

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Funding: $54M
Samsara Eco uses enzyme-based technology to break down plastic into its core molecules
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Funding: $26M
Licella developed unique hydrothermal upgrading platform, the Cat-HTR, that can rapidly and economically transform a wide range of biomass, waste plastic and industry residues into a synthetic oil or biocrude to produce more sustainable fuels and chemicals.
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Funding: A$990K
RecycleSmart makes recycling the tough stuff easy as ordering an Uber.
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Funding: $625K
Developing technology for safe shredding, robot dismantling, black mass separation/critical material recovery & fire suppressants
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POET Systems is using anaerobic digestion to turn plastic into energy
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Superyard is a marketplace built to serve the construction industry to connect buyers and sellers of unused materials sitting in yards all over Australia. Ritchie’s lightbulb moment came when he had trouble finding materials and used his retail and technology experience to create a service to power the construction industry’s circular and sharing economy.
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SoNiA Green Tech has developed a revolutionary method for producing polymer-modified bitumen that uses much less energy.