Top 10 Waste Sorting startups in USA

Dec 23, 2024 | By Marjana Bačić

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Funding: $266M
AMP Robotics creates robotic systems that sort recyclable material at a fraction of the cost of current technology.
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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.
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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.
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Funding: $21.4M
Everestlabs.AI develops an AI-based robotics technology to recover valuable recyclables.
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Funding: $19.7M
Tribogenics offers miniature x-ray solutions for applications in the recycling
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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.
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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.
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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
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Funding: $10K
MyMatR has developed an IoT smart waste container, equipped with artificial intelligence, automatic sorting, reduction technology, and waste stream data analytics.
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Lasso Loop Recycling develops the home recycling solution that collects, cleans and sorts garbage for recycling.
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