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Top 57 Bio/Organic Waste Recycling startups
Mar 09, 2025 | By Marjana Bačić | 24 |
These startups develop new technologies transform plant-based, agricultural, food waste into biogas, biofuels and biomaterials
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Country: USA
Utopia Plastix is a plant based alternative polymer using what is traditionally known as agricultural cover crops. Pelletized resins are a drop in replacement used in vast applications including blown film, blow molding, thermoforming, extrusion, injection molding, and 3D without equipment modifications. 100% recyclable. Degradable. Compostable. Utopias IP also includes the ability to add their material to petroleum-based plastics to make them eco-friendly.
Utopia Plastix is a plant based alternative polymer using what is traditionally known as agricultural cover crops. Pelletized resins are a drop in replacement used in vast applications including blown film, blow molding, thermoforming, extrusion, injection molding, and 3D without equipment modifications. 100% recyclable. Degradable. Compostable. Utopias IP also includes the ability to add their material to petroleum-based plastics to make them eco-friendly.
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Country: USA | Funding: $17.4M
Strella Biotechnology offers a biosensing platform that predicts the ripeness of fruit which reduces waste and improves product quality.
Strella Biotechnology offers a biosensing platform that predicts the ripeness of fruit which reduces waste and improves product quality.
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Country: UK | 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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Country: USA | Funding: $1.6M
Bion’s patented technology provides comprehensive livestock waste treatment and resource recovery. It integrates several systems and processes into one unified waste collection, treatment and recycling system.
Bion’s patented technology provides comprehensive livestock waste treatment and resource recovery. It integrates several systems and processes into one unified waste collection, treatment and recycling system.
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Country: Canada | Funding: $871.5M
Enerkem is a cleantech company transforming waste into transportation biofuels, renewable chemicals and everyday products.
Enerkem is a cleantech company transforming waste into transportation biofuels, renewable chemicals and everyday products.
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Country: USA | Funding: $281.2M
Fulcrum Bioenergy converts household garbage into low-carbon transportation fuels, including jet fuel, diesel, and ethanol.
Fulcrum Bioenergy converts household garbage into low-carbon transportation fuels, including jet fuel, diesel, and ethanol.
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Country: USA | Funding: $171M
Renmatix focuses on the production of cellulosic sugars from plant-based feedstocks for the improvement of bio-primarily based materials.
Renmatix focuses on the production of cellulosic sugars from plant-based feedstocks for the improvement of bio-primarily based materials.
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Country: Canada | Funding: $126.8M
Anaergia maximizes resource recovery from virtually any waste stream, transforming waste into renewable energy, clean water, high-quality fertilizer, and recyclables. Anaergia provides complete, integrated solutions for municipal solid waste management, resource recovery in wastewater sector, and large‐scale farming & food production waste management.
Anaergia maximizes resource recovery from virtually any waste stream, transforming waste into renewable energy, clean water, high-quality fertilizer, and recyclables. Anaergia provides complete, integrated solutions for municipal solid waste management, resource recovery in wastewater sector, and large‐scale farming & food production waste management.
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Country: Netherlands | Funding: €75M
BioBTX replaces oil for biomass & waste as a resource for the production of aromatics. With its technology, BioBTX can convert end-of-life waste plastics and biomass towards circular and sustainable chemical building blocks.
BioBTX replaces oil for biomass & waste as a resource for the production of aromatics. With its technology, BioBTX can convert end-of-life waste plastics and biomass towards circular and sustainable chemical building blocks.
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Country: Norway | Funding: $60.4M
Kebony produces sustainable softwood that behave like hardwood, using food waste.
Kebony produces sustainable softwood that behave like hardwood, using food waste.
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Country: UK | 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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Country: Canada | Funding: $40.8M
Nexterra delivers advanced gasification systems to self-generate clean, low cost heat and power using waste fuels.
Nexterra delivers advanced gasification systems to self-generate clean, low cost heat and power using waste fuels.
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Country: Israel | Funding: $33.9M
TripleW upcycles food waste into high-demand, high-value lactic acid, the building block of PLA bioplastics.
TripleW upcycles food waste into high-demand, high-value lactic acid, the building block of PLA bioplastics.
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Country: Israel | Funding: $32.3M
Homebiogas develops bio-toilet which can convert human waste into cooking fuel sans the need to access sewers or water grids.
Homebiogas develops bio-toilet which can convert human waste into cooking fuel sans the need to access sewers or water grids.
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Country: USA | Funding: $28.7M
WasteFuel Agriculture is focusing on ways to create a waste-to-energy infrastructure where farmers can tap new business opportunities.
WasteFuel Agriculture is focusing on ways to create a waste-to-energy infrastructure where farmers can tap new business opportunities.
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Country: USA | Funding: $25.4M
Anellotech is a sustainable technology company focused on producing cost-competitive renewable chemicals from non-food biomass.
Anellotech is a sustainable technology company focused on producing cost-competitive renewable chemicals from non-food biomass.
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Country: USA | Funding: $19M
Carbonwave is a leading developer of ultra-regenerative, plant-based, biomaterials from seaweed.
Carbonwave is a leading developer of ultra-regenerative, plant-based, biomaterials from seaweed.
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Country: USA | Funding: $16.2M
Spoiler Alert is a technology company that helps food businesses, farms and nonprofits better manage unsold food inventory. Spoiler Alert enables operators of food distribution and fulfillment centers to mitigate the impacts of unsold inventory and recover value from these under-utilized assets.
Spoiler Alert is a technology company that helps food businesses, farms and nonprofits better manage unsold food inventory. Spoiler Alert enables operators of food distribution and fulfillment centers to mitigate the impacts of unsold inventory and recover value from these under-utilized assets.
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Country: Germany
PreZero builds and operates state-of-the-art facilities that convert organic waste, plastics and paper into valuable raw materials and commodities.
PreZero builds and operates state-of-the-art facilities that convert organic waste, plastics and paper into valuable raw materials and commodities.
