Top 16 Glass Recycling startups

Nov 30, 2024 | By Marjana Bačić

These startups are processing waste glass into usable products
1
Country: USA | Funding: $10.4M
Glavel aims to turn recyclable glass into building material. Its technology will enable the construction industry to more cost effectively insulate below slab and achieve substantial reductions in the building material embedded carbon.
2
Country: USA | Funding: $6.5M
Startup recycling company in Louisiana offers a solution for glass
3
Country: USA
Momentum Recycling is a full-service zero waste company offering comprehensive recycling collection services to organizations and residences along the Wasatch Front.
4
Country: USA
Ripple Glass recycles glass in several US regions
5
Country: France | Funding: €1M
Lemontri offers a turnkey multi-flow recycling service (plastic, metal, paper, glass, etc.).
6
Country: USA
Through its recycling traceability system EOW tracks quantities of glass from bin to bottle, ensuring efficiency and accountability. At each stage of recycling, we’re creating the opportunity to divert glass from landfills and give it a new life.
7
Country: USA | Funding: $1.2M
KLAW Industries re-purposes glass, otherwise destined for a landfill, and turns it into a core component of concrete.
8
Country: Nigeria | Funding: £850K
Chanja Datti is making Nigeria safer and cleaner by recycling Plastic (PET bottles, pure water sachet, nylon bags etc.) and other waste streams such as Aluminium cans, Paper (old newspapers, old textbooks, corrugated cardboard, carton etc.), Glass bottles and Tires.
9
Country: Serbia
Solagro is a smart city startup that creates digital solutions for beverage packs recycling. It developes a smart can-pressing machine which rewards and communicates with users.
10
Country: USA | Funding: $320.5K
Bricolage Dynamics Inc is a recycling innovation company whose current focus consists of building glass recycling infrastructure in SC.
11
Country: UK
Kinetic Recycling is a subscription based, curb-side glass recycling service that allows Birmingham area residents and businesses the ability to divert used glass bottles and jars from landfills in a convenient, environmentally friendly manner.
12
Country: USA
Prism Recycling has developed a drop-off pilot program for glass recycling
13
Country: India
Earth Tatva offers recycled ceramic products to reduce mining and energy consumption by 60%.
14
Country: USA
Lemon Tree Recycling is a curbside and drop-off glass recycling service.
15
Country: Italy
rehub develops new easy-to-use technologies to process non recyclable glass.
16
Country: USA
BAGR diverts tons of glass recycling from the landfill by crushing the recycling into raw material. This raw material can be used for landscaping, erosion control, flood diversion, eco-construction, art material, and more
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