Top 23 Smart Home Recycling startups

Nov 30, 2024 | By Marjana Bačić

These startups develop new smart home recycling technologies such as app-connected sorting bins, AI-driven waste scanners, composting devices with odor control, automated recycling compactors, smart kitchen waste dehydrators, recyclables tracking apps, etc.
1
Country: USA | Funding: $100M
Mill offers a kitchen bin that dries, shrinks, and de-stinks leftover food, eliminating food waste.
2
Country: Sweden | Funding: $69.9M
ORBITAL SYSTEMS is a Swedish clean-tech company that develops a water recycling technology to be used in domestic appliances.
3
Country: USA | Funding: $39.3M
Flo prevents water damage and unnecessary water waste in homes with its Flo by Moen smart home water monitoring and leak protection system.
4
Country: USA | Funding: $11M
CleanRobotics is developing a machine that uses cameras, sensors, and machine learning to ensure that garbage ends up in the landfill and recyclables don’t.
5
Country: Australia
Closed Loop are leaders in sustainability and landfill diversion. We are committed to building a circular economy by turning waste back into products that re-enter the local supply chain…eliminating future waste.
6
Country: USA | Funding: $7.8M
Nebia is making products the world needs, starting with the shower. Premium experience, innovative design and 70% water savings. Nebia’s proprietary H₂Micro™ technology atomizes water into millions of micro droplets, making less water feel like so much more.
7
Country: Australia | Funding: $6.6M
Nexus eWater is a home water recycling platform that develops solutions converting grey water for home water and energy use.
8
Country: Czech Republic | Funding: €5.4M
MIWA develops technology that allows food distributors and consumers to buy and sell without using packaging.
9
Country: Netherlands | Funding: €4M
Hydraloop develops home water-recycling system. It allows to use the recycled water from the shower, bath and washing machine for toilet flushing, the garden and washing machine.
10
Country: Canada | Funding: $3.7M
Sepura is the world's first eco-friendly garbage disposal unit, making discarding food waste at home easy.
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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.
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Country: Poland | Funding: $2.3M
BIN-e is a smart building solution company that provides smart waste bin for office and public spaces. It uses a set of sensors to identify the type of waste that is being disposed of, segregates the waste, compresses it, and places it in the relevant chamber. The integrated computer gathers data about every item that is disposed of.
13
Country: USA
The home recycling solution that gives back to you and the planet
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Country: USA | Funding: $500K
2B0.io (To Be Zero) is developing a simple AI-powered recycling robot for home, office and retail locations.
15
Country: France | Funding: $386.2K
Uzer is a technology company that manufactures and distributes home barcode scanners for recycling materials. The technology allows its users to scan the barcodes of waste items before disposal, which assists them in finding sorting instructions, creating shopping lists based on consumption, providing reminders of required products, and sending lists of products required to online retailers for delivery. Furthermore, it helps its users analyze consumption and discover new products.
16
Country: Italy | Funding: €300k
Repod is a new smart household appliance that makes recycling at home easy.
17
Country: India | Funding: $225K
ExtraCarbon provides on-demand kabadiwala service to collect recyclable waste from homes and commercial areas. Sell your waste & old items to us for cash or shopping credits. Make money right from your home. No we are not joking, sell your waste to us & earn a lot from it.
18
Country: UK | Funding: $94.7K
Kitche is a free app that keeps track of the food you have in your fridge and the food you buy, so you don’t have to worry about buying too much and throwing food away.
19
Country: Slovenia | Funding: €50K
Dukin develops and produces equipment for solving the problems of waste in households, tourist facilities, hospitals, etc.
20
Country: USA
Bruno Smartcan reminds you to take the trash out on trash day, and alert you when you are low on bruno bags.
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