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Top 10 Waste Sorting startups
Updated: March 11, 2024 | 23 |
These startups develop waste sorting technologies, that are usually based on computer vision, AI and robotics.
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Country: USA | Funding: $481.7M
Rubicon provides affordable waste and recycling solutions for businesses seeking a smarter, sustainable alternative. Using technologies such as visual recognition and machine learning, the company conducts an initial screening of a client’s waste streams to identify types of waste and quantities, develops a waste separation system, and then tailors a waste collection schedule.
Rubicon provides affordable waste and recycling solutions for businesses seeking a smarter, sustainable alternative. Using technologies such as visual recognition and machine learning, the company conducts an initial screening of a client’s waste streams to identify types of waste and quantities, develops a waste separation system, and then tailors a waste collection schedule.
2
Country: USA | Funding: $175.1M
AMP Robotics creates robotic systems that sort recyclable material at a fraction of the cost of current technology.
AMP Robotics creates robotic systems that sort recyclable material at a fraction of the cost of current technology.
3
Country: Canada | Funding: $86.7M
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.
4
Country: USA | Funding: $65.1M
Smarter Sorting is a machine learning for waste. Smarter Sorting allows municipalities to take waste of extreme negative value and use our proprietary software to sort that waste into high value commodities that are sold into established markets.
Smarter Sorting is a machine learning for waste. Smarter Sorting allows municipalities to take waste of extreme negative value and use our proprietary software to sort that waste into high value commodities that are sold into established markets.
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Country: UK | Funding: $30.8M
Greyparrot uses computer vision to make waste sorting more efficient at different stages of the waste chain.
Greyparrot uses computer vision to make waste sorting more efficient at different stages of the waste chain.
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Country: UK | Funding: $26M
RECYCLEYE provides image recognition tools for the waste industry.
RECYCLEYE provides image recognition tools for the waste industry.
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Country: UK | Funding: $25M
TrueCircle is a computer vision startup for the recycling industry. Its AI model ingests the footage and calculates composition by weight in real-time, to a 95%+ accuracy
TrueCircle is a computer vision startup for the recycling industry. Its AI model ingests the footage and calculates composition by weight in real-time, to a 95%+ accuracy
8
Country: Netherlands | Funding: €20M
Urban Mining Corp enables plastic recycling through unique patented magnetic density separation technique
Urban Mining Corp enables plastic recycling through unique patented magnetic density separation technique
9
Country: USA | Funding: $21.4M
Everestlabs.AI develops an AI-based robotics technology to recover valuable recyclables.
Everestlabs.AI develops an AI-based robotics technology to recover valuable recyclables.
10
Country: USA | Funding: $19.7M
Tribogenics offers miniature x-ray solutions for applications in the recycling
Tribogenics offers miniature x-ray solutions for applications in the recycling
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Country: Finland | Funding: $18.5M
ZenRobotics Recycler is the world’s first robotic waste sorting system. The robots accurately separate chosen waste fractions from solid waste streams. Designed to increase the efficiency and lower the cost of waste separation, ZRR is the next generation of recycling.
ZenRobotics Recycler is the world’s first robotic waste sorting system. The robots accurately separate chosen waste fractions from solid waste streams. Designed to increase the efficiency and lower the cost of waste separation, ZRR is the next generation of recycling.
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Country: USA | Funding: $12.2M
Glacier is on a groundbreaking journey to end waste – starting with recycling robotics, and with even more ambitious plans on the horizon.
Glacier is on a groundbreaking journey to end waste – starting with recycling robotics, and with even more ambitious plans on the horizon.
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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.
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.
14
Country: France
Neos specialises in the installation of waste sorting and management centres for wastes from household, current industrial and building and construction sites. The company sets up turnkey installations, further to local authorities or private companies’ call for tenders.
Neos specialises in the installation of waste sorting and management centres for wastes from household, current industrial and building and construction sites. The company sets up turnkey installations, further to local authorities or private companies’ call for tenders.
15
Country: Canada | Funding: $9.8M
Waste Robotics designs and delivers intelligent recycling robots to replace human pickers in recycling centres.
Waste Robotics designs and delivers intelligent recycling robots to replace human pickers in recycling centres.
16
Country: France | Funding: €6.3M
Pellenc ST develops optical sorting machines for household and industrial wastes. The technologies used to sort these materials are near infrared (NIR), middle infrared, vision & induction technologies. Thanks to Pellenc ST, sorting solutions are highly valuable in the recycling industries. The company is actively developing new sorting solutions for the single stream recycling. Renowned references in more than 40 countries all around the world have installed Pellenc ST machines.
Pellenc ST develops optical sorting machines for household and industrial wastes. The technologies used to sort these materials are near infrared (NIR), middle infrared, vision & induction technologies. Thanks to Pellenc ST, sorting solutions are highly valuable in the recycling industries. The company is actively developing new sorting solutions for the single stream recycling. Renowned references in more than 40 countries all around the world have installed Pellenc ST machines.
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Country: Canada | Funding: $5.1M
Metaspectral has created technology using hyperspectral cameras and artificial intelligence (AI) to rapidly identify and sort plastics for recycling. While distinguishing between many plastics is essentially impossible with a regular camera that sees only red, blue and green, a hyperspectral camera can capture up to 300 frequencies of light.
Metaspectral has created technology using hyperspectral cameras and artificial intelligence (AI) to rapidly identify and sort plastics for recycling. While distinguishing between many plastics is essentially impossible with a regular camera that sees only red, blue and green, a hyperspectral camera can capture up to 300 frequencies of light.
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Country: India | Funding: $5M
TrashCon Labs provides complete end-to-end technology that sorts the waste and recycles it, thus providing a comprehensive solution to convert every bit of waste to value.
TrashCon Labs provides complete end-to-end technology that sorts the waste and recycles it, thus providing a comprehensive solution to convert every bit of waste to value.
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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.
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.
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Country: India | Funding: $1M
Ishitva offers AI solutions to effectively identify and sort dry waste to ensure that most recyclable waste is put to use as a repurposed product.
Ishitva offers AI solutions to effectively identify and sort dry waste to ensure that most recyclable waste is put to use as a repurposed product.
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Country: Canada | Funding: CA$690K
Prairie Robotics is developing artificial intelligence that can sort the types of waste entering landfills and estimate its approximate weight through imaging.
Prairie Robotics is developing artificial intelligence that can sort the types of waste entering landfills and estimate its approximate weight through imaging.
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Country: UK | Funding: £300K
REP-TEC Automated Recycling solutions mission is to improve global recycling efficiency. The startup’s products include a robotic system that uses computer vision to separate materials such as glass and metal from waste. It also makes automatic balers and conveyor systems.
REP-TEC Automated Recycling solutions mission is to improve global recycling efficiency. The startup’s products include a robotic system that uses computer vision to separate materials such as glass and metal from waste. It also makes automatic balers and conveyor systems.
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Country: Belgium | Funding: $101K
PolyPerception provides real-time end-to-end waste flow monitoring to plastics and material recovery facilities. It uses cameras and Artificial Intelligence to track and characterise every single object that flows through material recovery facilities.
PolyPerception provides real-time end-to-end waste flow monitoring to plastics and material recovery facilities. It uses cameras and Artificial Intelligence to track and characterise every single object that flows through material recovery facilities.
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Country: USA | Funding: $20K
rStream Recycling pushes the limits of high-tech sustainability by leveraging recent advances in machine vision and novel hardware to automate waste sorting
rStream Recycling pushes the limits of high-tech sustainability by leveraging recent advances in machine vision and novel hardware to automate waste sorting
25
Country: Russia
OAK create automatic waste sorting, recycling and 3D printing devices
OAK create automatic waste sorting, recycling and 3D printing devices
26
Country: UK
Lasso Loop Recycling develops the home recycling solution that collects, cleans and sorts garbage for recycling.
Lasso Loop Recycling develops the home recycling solution that collects, cleans and sorts garbage for recycling.
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Country: Germany
WasteAnt's computer vision system records and evaluates the waste quality. It checks the waste stream for interfering materials and thus brings more transparency into the system, while increasing the recycling rate
WasteAnt's computer vision system records and evaluates the waste quality. It checks the waste stream for interfering materials and thus brings more transparency into the system, while increasing the recycling rate
