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Top 29 Metal Recycling startups
Mar 07, 2025 | By Marjana Bačić | 18 |
These startups develop new technologies to recycle scrap metal and refine strategic metals
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Country: Canada | Funding: $18.6M
pH7 designs and implements sustainable extraction and refining of strategic metals, essential for the transition to renewable energy.
pH7 designs and implements sustainable extraction and refining of strategic metals, essential for the transition to renewable energy.
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Country: Germany | Funding: €6.3M
ScrapBees is a pick-up service for the recycling of scrap metal from commercial businesses and private households.
ScrapBees is a pick-up service for the recycling of scrap metal from commercial businesses and private households.
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Country: New Zealand | Funding: NZ$80M
Developing a biometallurgical processes that use microbes to capture value from metal waste streams while mitigating environmental harm.
Developing a biometallurgical processes that use microbes to capture value from metal waste streams while mitigating environmental harm.
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Country: USA | Funding: $36M
MolyWorks has developed a recycling foundry which converts metallic scrap into metal powders for additive manufacturing at the point-of-need.
MolyWorks has developed a recycling foundry which converts metallic scrap into metal powders for additive manufacturing at the point-of-need.
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Country: Germany | Funding: €20.3M
METYCLE is building the B2B trading platform to accelerate international trade of secondary metals.
METYCLE is building the B2B trading platform to accelerate international trade of secondary metals.
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Country: USA | 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.
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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Country: USA | Funding: $96.4M
Sortera Alloys brings state-of-the-art artificial intelligence image/data analytics and advanced sensors to the industrial scrap metal recycling and re-use industry. It's focused on converting recycled material from vehicles into new tech products
Sortera Alloys brings state-of-the-art artificial intelligence image/data analytics and advanced sensors to the industrial scrap metal recycling and re-use industry. It's focused on converting recycled material from vehicles into new tech products
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Country: USA | Funding: $64.1M
Nth Cycle is a metal processing technology company working with battery recyclers and miners to recover production-grade critical minerals.
Nth Cycle is a metal processing technology company working with battery recyclers and miners to recover production-grade critical minerals.
9
Country: Austria | Funding: €18.8M
Metaloop is a scrap trading company that helps businesses from the metal recycling industry to boost revenue without scaling.
Metaloop is a scrap trading company that helps businesses from the metal recycling industry to boost revenue without scaling.
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Country: Japan | Funding: ¥2.3B
Emulsion Flow Technologies offers rare metal recycling, utilizing emulsion flow technology, emulsion flow technology, etc., businesses.
Emulsion Flow Technologies offers rare metal recycling, utilizing emulsion flow technology, emulsion flow technology, etc., businesses.
12
Country: Germany | Funding: $11.3M
Sapertec’s technology allows laminated packaging materials to be separated more easily. Many packaging materials don’t make the recycling cut because they contain mixed materials like soup cartons or cardboard and aluminum combos.
Sapertec’s technology allows laminated packaging materials to be separated more easily. Many packaging materials don’t make the recycling cut because they contain mixed materials like soup cartons or cardboard and aluminum combos.
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Country: USA | Funding: $3M
The galvanized steel industry produces a waste acid with high concentrations of dissolved zinc and iron. Zincovery developed a process that recovers the precious zinc and regenerates the acid for reuse and reducing waste in the process.
The galvanized steel industry produces a waste acid with high concentrations of dissolved zinc and iron. Zincovery developed a process that recovers the precious zinc and regenerates the acid for reuse and reducing waste in the process.
14
Country: France | Funding: €1M
Lemontri offers a turnkey multi-flow recycling service (plastic, metal, paper, glass, etc.).
Lemontri offers a turnkey multi-flow recycling service (plastic, metal, paper, glass, etc.).
15
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.
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.
16
Country: India
Namo ewaste is a pioneer in asset management and electronics recycling, with its top of the line services to efficiently manage, dispose and recycle discarded electronic items.
Namo ewaste is a pioneer in asset management and electronics recycling, with its top of the line services to efficiently manage, dispose and recycle discarded electronic items.
17
Country: Singapore
Disposal services of general waste and bulky items across Singapore
Disposal services of general waste and bulky items across Singapore
18
Country: Kenya
Solar Kisasa is a business enterprise that recycles used copper rods to produce solar water heaters for household use
Solar Kisasa is a business enterprise that recycles used copper rods to produce solar water heaters for household use
19
Country: Canada
enim offers metals extraction technology from circuit board. enim can recover metals such as palladium, gold, silver, copper, platinum, aluminum, zinc, tin and lead.
enim offers metals extraction technology from circuit board. enim can recover metals such as palladium, gold, silver, copper, platinum, aluminum, zinc, tin and lead.
