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Top 26 Agricultural Crop Recycling startups
Nov 30, 2024 | By Marjana Bačić | 30 |
These startups develop new crop recycling technologies such as biofuel production, precision nutrient recovery, anaerobic digestion for methane production, cover crop integration, composting for soil health enhancement, crop residue pyrolysis, microbial fermentation for bioproducts.
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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: Canada | Funding: $96.8M
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: Germany | Funding: €39M
Traceless has developed a technique for transforming agricultural industry residues into a biodegradable substitute for cling-film and other packaging.
Traceless has developed a technique for transforming agricultural industry residues into a biodegradable substitute for cling-film and other packaging.
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Country: Israel | Funding: $33.9M
3PLW develops a process that can convert food waste into feedstock for biodegradable plastics. The process involves breaking down raw organic waste and then fermenting it to create a “soup” after which the solids and liquids are separated.
3PLW develops a process that can convert food waste into feedstock for biodegradable plastics. The process involves breaking down raw organic waste and then fermenting it to create a “soup” after which the solids and liquids are separated.
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Country: Canada | Funding: $33.4M
Woodland Biofuels develops technology ti produce cellulosic ethanol from waste biomass, such as wood chips and agricultural waste.
Woodland Biofuels develops technology ti produce cellulosic ethanol from waste biomass, such as wood chips and agricultural waste.
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Country: USA | Funding: $28.6M
Sweetwater Energy is a company that produces concentrated sugar from multiple non-food plant materials (from agricultural residues to harvested wood).
Sweetwater Energy is a company that produces concentrated sugar from multiple non-food plant materials (from agricultural residues to harvested wood).
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Country: Israel | Funding: $27M
Blue Sphere develops waste-to-energy plants that generate biofuels from food and farm waste. These biofuels are then sold to local utility providers that utilize them to power steam turbines for electricity production.
Blue Sphere develops waste-to-energy plants that generate biofuels from food and farm waste. These biofuels are then sold to local utility providers that utilize them to power steam turbines for electricity production.
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Country: France | Funding: €20.5M
A French biotechnology company that uses precision fermentation to produce real dairy products, accessible to everyone.
A French biotechnology company that uses precision fermentation to produce real dairy products, accessible to everyone.
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Country: Germany | Funding: €10M
BIO-LUTIONS offers sustainable packaging and disposable tableware solutions made of agricultural residues.
BIO-LUTIONS offers sustainable packaging and disposable tableware solutions made of agricultural residues.
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Country: India | Funding: $9.4M
Phool aims to solve the flower-temple-waste problem. It collects tonnes of floral waste from temples, which is handcrafted into charcoal-free incense, organic vermicompost, and biodegradable packaging material through their ‘flowercycling’ technology.
Phool aims to solve the flower-temple-waste problem. It collects tonnes of floral waste from temples, which is handcrafted into charcoal-free incense, organic vermicompost, and biodegradable packaging material through their ‘flowercycling’ technology.
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Country: USA | Funding: $7.4M
Glanris makes a sustainable, low cost hybrid filtration media that removes organics as well as metals from water. Its Biocarbon is made from the largest agricultural waste, rice husks, allowing for global expansion of our carbon-negative technology to reduce greenhouse gasses and sequester carbon at gigaton scale.
Glanris makes a sustainable, low cost hybrid filtration media that removes organics as well as metals from water. Its Biocarbon is made from the largest agricultural waste, rice husks, allowing for global expansion of our carbon-negative technology to reduce greenhouse gasses and sequester carbon at gigaton scale.
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Country: USA | Funding: $7M
Inventure Chemicals develops an ethanol and biodiesel conversion process by using a variety of raw materials including algae and agribusiness waste.
Inventure Chemicals develops an ethanol and biodiesel conversion process by using a variety of raw materials including algae and agribusiness waste.
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Country: UK | Funding: £2.1M
UPP (Upcycled Plant Power) replaces hand-labour, delivering fresh broccoli and the 80% for uppcycling
UPP (Upcycled Plant Power) replaces hand-labour, delivering fresh broccoli and the 80% for uppcycling
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Country: USA | Funding: $1.5M
Ecotone Renewables has developed the “Seahorse”, which reinvents the food and plant waste disposal system, taking food that would otherwise be wasted and turning it into renewable energy and nutrient-rich fertilizer, through the process of anaerobic digestion.
Ecotone Renewables has developed the “Seahorse”, which reinvents the food and plant waste disposal system, taking food that would otherwise be wasted and turning it into renewable energy and nutrient-rich fertilizer, through the process of anaerobic digestion.
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Country: Israel | Funding: $700K
Valentis Nanotech develops platform that combines nanoparticles with cellulose nanocrystals (essentially, a form of plant pulp waste) to produce unique coatings and compounds. For example, they’re working on a strong flexible food packaging material that could offer an alternative to aluminum foil.
Valentis Nanotech develops platform that combines nanoparticles with cellulose nanocrystals (essentially, a form of plant pulp waste) to produce unique coatings and compounds. For example, they’re working on a strong flexible food packaging material that could offer an alternative to aluminum foil.
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Country: Italy | 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.
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.
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Country: Mexico | Funding: $109.5K
Xilinat is transforming agricultural waste into a sugar substitute. Their product looks and tastes like sugar, is safe for diabetics, low in calories and protects teeth against cavities.
Xilinat is transforming agricultural waste into a sugar substitute. Their product looks and tastes like sugar, is safe for diabetics, low in calories and protects teeth against cavities.
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Country: USA | Funding: $10K
Facet Power’s revolutionary technology is optimized to produce clean, green, high purity streams of hydrogen from biomass and organic waste.
Facet Power’s revolutionary technology is optimized to produce clean, green, high purity streams of hydrogen from biomass and organic waste.
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Country: India
Carbon Masters has developed a bottled bio CNG (compressed natural gas) brand Carbonlites. It is made by converting food and agri wastes into clean renewable energy that can displace LPG for commercial cooking in restaurants and hotels
Carbon Masters has developed a bottled bio CNG (compressed natural gas) brand Carbonlites. It is made by converting food and agri wastes into clean renewable energy that can displace LPG for commercial cooking in restaurants and hotels
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Country: USA
Chapul develops modular insect farms that process diverted agricultural waste streams into dried insect larvae for food and fertilizer and also reduces agriculture water usage.
Chapul develops modular insect farms that process diverted agricultural waste streams into dried insect larvae for food and fertilizer and also reduces agriculture water usage.
