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Top 146 Plastic Recycling startups
Mar 16, 2025 | By Marjana Bačić | 27 |
These startups develop new plastic recycling technologies such as chemical recycling, pyrolysis, depolymerization, solvent-based, enzymatic, microwave-assisted recycling or operate plastic recycling facilities.
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Country: Germany | Funding: €2.7M
Radical Dot technology extracts sustainable carbon from complex, yet inescapable, plastic waste streams.
Radical Dot technology extracts sustainable carbon from complex, yet inescapable, plastic waste streams.
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Country: UK | Funding: $34.3M
Epoch develops natural solutions to unnatural problems. First up: enzymes that transform plastics into circular chemicals.
Epoch develops natural solutions to unnatural problems. First up: enzymes that transform plastics into circular chemicals.
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Country: USA | Funding: $7.6M
MacroCycle believes that chemistry holds the key to enabling fully circular plastics, made without carbon emissions and wants to protect world through circular, sustainable, zero-carbon upcycling process.
MacroCycle believes that chemistry holds the key to enabling fully circular plastics, made without carbon emissions and wants to protect world through circular, sustainable, zero-carbon upcycling process.
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Country: UK | Funding: £4.5M
At MacRebur our mission is to help solve two world problems; to help solve the waste plastic epidemic, and to enhance the asphalt used to make our road surfaces around the world.
At MacRebur our mission is to help solve two world problems; to help solve the waste plastic epidemic, and to enhance the asphalt used to make our road surfaces around the world.
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Country: UK | Funding: £4.4M
ReNew ELP develops cutting-edge technology that enables the upcycling of plastics that are traditionally considered non-recyclable.
ReNew ELP develops cutting-edge technology that enables the upcycling of plastics that are traditionally considered non-recyclable.
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Country: Israel | Funding: $245.6M
The UBQ proprietary process converts Residual Municipal Solid Waste, destined to landfills, into novel bio-based UBQ Material, that can be used to make everyday durable products - with a reduced carbon footprint.
The UBQ proprietary process converts Residual Municipal Solid Waste, destined to landfills, into novel bio-based UBQ Material, that can be used to make everyday durable products - with a reduced carbon footprint.
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Country: USA | Funding: $24.4M
Resynergi develops plastic recycling technology to rapidly convert plastic waste into reusable and environmentally friendly material.
Resynergi develops plastic recycling technology to rapidly convert plastic waste into reusable and environmentally friendly material.
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Country: Switzerland | Funding: CHF16.3M
DePoly has developed a chemical-based method for recycling PET containers.
DePoly has developed a chemical-based method for recycling PET containers.
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Country: USA | Funding: $844.2M
PureCycle recycles polypropylene plastic without any residual odor, color or contaminants.
PureCycle recycles polypropylene plastic without any residual odor, color or contaminants.
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Country: Canada | Funding: $139.9M
Loop Industries is a leading sustainable plastics technology innovator. Loop owns patented and proprietary technology that depolymerizes no and low value waste PET plastic and polyester fiber, including plastic bottles and packaging, carpet
Loop Industries is a leading sustainable plastics technology innovator. Loop owns patented and proprietary technology that depolymerizes no and low value waste PET plastic and polyester fiber, including plastic bottles and packaging, carpet
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Country: USA | Funding: $172.7M
Agilyx created a solutions platform that can take a wide variety of waste plastics and polymers, and chemically recycle those plastics into high value synthetic oils, chemicals and in some cases back to basic monomers that can be used to re-manufacture products.
Agilyx created a solutions platform that can take a wide variety of waste plastics and polymers, and chemically recycle those plastics into high value synthetic oils, chemicals and in some cases back to basic monomers that can be used to re-manufacture products.
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Country: Spain | Funding: £124M
Plastic Energy offers a sustainable solution to help prevent plastic pollution by transforming previously unrecyclable plastic waste into and optimal feedstock for making clean recycled plastics or alternative law-carbon fuels.
Plastic Energy offers a sustainable solution to help prevent plastic pollution by transforming previously unrecyclable plastic waste into and optimal feedstock for making clean recycled plastics or alternative law-carbon fuels.
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Country: USA | Funding: $150M
Nexus Circular is a leader in pyrolysis-based advanced plastics recycling.
Nexus Circular is a leader in pyrolysis-based advanced plastics recycling.
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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: Australia | Funding: $107M
Samsara Eco uses enzyme-based technology to break down plastic into its core molecules
Samsara Eco uses enzyme-based technology to break down plastic into its core molecules
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Country: Netherlands | Funding: €100M
Repeats Group is a plastics recycling platform focused on producing high-quality recycled low-density polyethylene.
Repeats Group is a plastics recycling platform focused on producing high-quality recycled low-density polyethylene.
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Country: France | Funding: €73M
Carbios is a chemistry company that focuses on discovering and developing enzymatic bioprocesses applied to plastic and textile polymers.
Carbios is a chemistry company that focuses on discovering and developing enzymatic bioprocesses applied to plastic and textile polymers.
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Country: Netherlands | Funding: €42.5M
Ioniqa Technologies has a patented technology that uses magnetic colloidal systems with nanoparticles to break down PET into a re-usable monomer.
Ioniqa Technologies has a patented technology that uses magnetic colloidal systems with nanoparticles to break down PET into a re-usable monomer.
