Top 10 Battery Recycling startups in USA

Jan 03, 2025 | By Marjana Bačić

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Funding: $3.8B
Redwood Materials is a advanced technology and process development for materials recycling, re-manufacturing, and reuse.
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Funding: $1.8B
Ascend Elements turns spent lithium-ion batteries into ones that are better than new — longer-lasting, faster-charging and less-polluting.
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Funding: $1.7B
Battery Resourcers is bringing sustainable closed loop recycling to the Li-ion battery industry.
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Funding: $650M
EnergyX's direct lithium extraction technology can make lithium metal directly from brine and potentially in anode-ready form for electric vehicle batteries.
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Funding: $377.4M
Cirba Solutions is a sustainability company providing battery recycling management and materials.
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Funding: $260M
Aqua Metals is the only company that has produced a commercially proven sustainable, closed-loop metal recycling process that is capable of producing the world’s purest metals.
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Funding: $134.2M
American Battery Technology Company champions environmental and ethical sourcing of critical battery materials..
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Funding: $82.1M
Princeton NuEnergy is a clean-tech startup focused on the direct recycling of lithium-ion batteries.
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Funding: $64.1M
Nth Cycle is a metal processing technology company working with battery recyclers and miners to recover production-grade critical minerals.
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Funding: $6.8M
TerraCycle is an innovative recycling company that has become a global leader in recycling hard-to-recycle waste. TerraCycle recycles non-recyclable waste into various consumer products.
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Funding: $44M
Li Industries is a start-up company focusing on developing the next generation of lithium-ion battery recycling technologies.
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Funding: $20M
Momentum is a lithium-ion battery recycling company that has developed a patented modular, scalable battery recycling technology.
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Funding: $14.4M
SiTration improves ultra-durable filtration membranes intended for efficient separations in the harshest environments.
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Ecobat is the world’s largest global recycler of lead-acid car batteries
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Funding: $8M
Aepnus Technology company provides Electrified chemicals for carbon-free future.
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Funding: $8M
ExPost Technology is upcycling lithium batteries
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Funding: $4.3M
Posh is a Bay Area battery recycling startup that wants reuse rare materials from EV batteries.
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Funding: $1.5M
OnTo develops and patents advanced battery recycling innovations that yield high-quality electrode materials made from recycled batteries.
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Ridwell recycles items such as batteries, light bulbs and textiles not typically accepted by existing recycling services.
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Funding: $100K
Renewance provides software solutions, consultancy, and project management services to manage the battery end of life liabilities.
Editor: Marjana Bačić
Marjana Bačić is a senior editor for RecyclingStartups. She has has more than 5 years experience covering the recycling industry. Marjana graduated from University of Belgrade, where she edited Recycling and Sustainable Development Journal. She has helped several non-profit organizations dedicated to promoting environmental education and sustainability. She also participates in beach clean-up initiatives and advocates for sustainable practices in local businesses. In her free time, Marjana enjoys hiking in the scenic Montenegrin countryside, practicing yoga for mindfulness, and experimenting with plant-based recipes in her kitchen. You can contact Marjana at marjanabacic(at)recyclingstartups(dot)com