According to a report by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB): India (a country home to over 1.3 billion people is equivalent to 17.7% of the world’s population) generates over 3.3 million metric tons of plastic waste each year. According to a Statista report, India generates 12 per cent of global municipal waste. (Find list of top recycling startups in India)
At present, only 30 percent of the 75 percent recyclable waste is recycled. The waste problem is progressively getting worse day by day. Therefore, waste management has become the need of the hour globally. Several startups have taken matters into their own hands in recent years, deciding that it is finally time to make India waste-friendly.
Sanchiconnect has compiled a list of top recycling startups in India working in waste management to recycle non-biodegradable waste into valuable resources-
1. Phool
| Startup Name | Phool |
| Legal Name | phool.co |
| Founders | Ankit Agarwal, Prateek Kumar |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Funding | $9.4M, SERIES A |
| Investors | Sixth Sense Ventures, Alia Bhatt, IAN fund |
| No. Of Employees | 21 to 50 |
| Contacts | hello@phool.co, 91 7408584112 |
| Head Office | Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Official Website | https://phool.co/ |
Phool.co is a biomaterial startup. They collect flower waste from the temples and mosques in Uttar Pradesh and use this floral waste to make patented charcoal-free incense, organic vermicompost, and biodegradable packaging material. As a result, 7,600 kg of waste flowers and 97 kg of toxic chemicals are prevented from entering the river on a daily basis.
By using flower cycling, rural women’s self-help groups turn the waste into patented organic fertiliser and incense sticks. Phool’s goal is to solve the problem of flower temple waste
2. Kabadiwala
| Startup Name | Kabadiwala |
| Legal Name | ASAR Green Kabadi Pvt. Ltd. |
| Founders | Anurag Asati, Kavindra Raghuwanshi |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Funding | $413.3k, Angel |
| Investors | Suresh Parekh, Vishal Thaker, Bhushan Gajaria, Bharat Mandloi, Naveen Reddy |
| No. Of Employees | 61 to 100 |
| Contacts | contact@thekabadiwala.com, 91 76972 60260 |
| Head Office | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Official Website | https://www.thekabadiwala.com/ |
The Kabadiwala.com is a technology-driven company working on SaaS based model to organize the waste management sector. This Bhopal-based startup brings local kabadiwala online, with 50,000 users and 100 tonnes of waste collected per month.
They have created a technological platform for each stakeholder in the waste management value chain, including waste generators (Collection App), waste aggregators (Center App), brands, and recyclers ( Marketplace app). It makes easy for thousands of consumers to sell scrap online.
3. Shayna EcoUnified
| Startup Name | Shayna EcoUnified |
| Legal Name | Shayna EcoUnified India Pvt. Ltd. |
| Founders | Paras Saluja, Nitin Srivastava, Sandeep Nagpal |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 20 |
| Contacts | info@shaynaecounified.com |
| Head Office | Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Official Website | https://www.shaynaecounified.com/ |
Shayna EcoUnified India is using plastic waste to make colourful “floor tiles”, tree guard, park benches, furnitures. These products are durable, heat resistant, weather resistant, chip resistant, acid proof, corrosion resistant, anti static, anti microbial, water proof and most importantly recyclable.
The products also offer better structural stability, longer shelf life and are eco-friendly as compared to conventional materials.
4. Cashify
| Startup Name | Cashify |
| Legal Name | Manak Waste Management Pvt Ltd |
| Founders | Mandeep Manocha, Nakul Kumar, Amit Sethi |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Funding | $118.3M, SERIES E |
| Investors |
Bessemer Venture Partners, Shunwei Capital, Trifecta Capital, CDH Investments, Morningside Group, Blume Ventures
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| No. Of Employees | 501 to 1000 |
| Contacts | support@cashify.in, 7290068900 |
| Head Office | Gurgaon, Haryana, India |
| Official Website | https://www.cashify.in/ |
Gurgaon, Haryana based Cashify is an online marketplace for reselling used electronic gadgets. Customers can sell their old electronics online and receive instant cash as well as free home pickup.
Cashify, a marketplace for gadgets trade-ins and buybacks in India, has raised total of $118.3M in funding over 6 rounds.
5. Attero Recycling
| Startup Name | Attero Recycling |
| Legal Name | Attero Recycling Private Limited |
| Founders | Nitin Gupta, Rohan Gupta |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Funding | $28.6M |
| Investors | Threshold, NEA, Granite Hill Capital Partners, Forum Synergies, Kalaari Capital |
| No. Of Employees | 101 to 150 |
| Contacts | Sourcing@attero.in, 18001029882 |
| Head Office | Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Official Website | https://www.attero.in/ |
Attero is India’s largest E-Waste Recycling Company. Attero actively promotes eco-friendly electronics reuse and recycling.
Attero at present recycles 3500 MT of Li-ion waste in India and is expanding the capacity to 11000 MT by October 2022. According to its CEO and co-founder Nitesh, Attero Recycling has been able to extract metals from lithium-ion battery waste with 99 percent efficiency.
6. Recykal
| Startup Name | Recykal |
| Legal Name | Rapidue Technologies Pvt Ltd |
| Founders | Anirudha Jalan, Abhishek Deshpande, Abhay Deshpande |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Funding | $24.0M |
| Investors | Morgan Stanley, Circulate Capital, Vellayan Subbiah,Triton Investment Advisors LLP, Vijay Acharya |
| No. Of Employees | 61 to 100 |
| Contacts | support@recykal.com, 91 7799996255 |
| Head Office | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| Official Website | https://recykal.com/ |
This Hyderabad-based company is utilising digital technology to connect waste producers, processors, and recyclers in an effort to solve India’s expanding garbage problem. Recykal’s digital footprint includes more than 400,000 people, over 1,000 businesses, 500 aggregators and waste management organisations, more than 100 recyclers, and 30 municipalities across 25 states and union territories.
In January 2022, Waste-commerce solutions provider Recykal has raised $22 million in funding from investment funds managed by Morgan Stanley India and existing investors.. Recykal intends to use the funds to improve its technology, expand its B2B marketplace across India, and build hyper-local waste processing infrastructure.
7. Banyan Nation
| Startup Name | Banyan Nation |
| Legal Name | Banyan Nation Pvt Ltd |
| Founders | Raj Madangopal, Mani Vajipey |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Funding | $14.3M SEED |
| Investors | Artha Capita, CIIE (Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship), USAID |
| No. Of Employees | 101 to 150 |
| Contacts | contactus@banyannation.com |
| Head Office | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| Official Website | https://www.banyannation.com/ |
Banyan Nation, a Hyderabad-based company, is providing a better solution for waste management in India by recycling thousands of tonnes of plastic. Banyan Nation is Vertically integrated plastics recycler and technology innovator driving circular economy in emerging economies. It is building India’s first vertically integrated formal recycling business.
Banyan Nation has recycled over 500 tonnes of plastic, reduced carbon dioxide emissions by over 750 tonnes, and diverted over 1,000 tonnes of plastic from landfills.
8. The Shakti Plastic Industries
| Startup Name | The Shakti Plastic Industries |
| Legal Name | The Shakti Plastic Industries Pvt Ltd |
| Founders | Pratik Palan, Vishwanath Pddar |
| Start Year | 1969 |
| No. Of Employees | 201 to 500 |
| Contacts | info@shaktiplasticinds.com, 022 49671500 |
| Head Office | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Official Website | https://www.shaktiplasticinds.com/ |
The Shakti Plastic Industries, founded in 1969, is a leading waste management company in India, as well as a maker of recycled plastic granules working tirelessly toward a clean and sustainable future and facilitating a circular economy. It has a pan-India network for collection and logistics
TSPI (Shakti Plastics) is engaged with 500+ PIBOs to achieve its desired result of managing a total of 5,00,000 MT+ of plastics and packaging wastes.
The Shakti Plastics Industries Won ‘The Policy Times Sustainability Business Excellence Award 2021’
9. Lohum Cleantech
| Startup Name | Loham Cleantech |
| Legal Name | Lohum Cleantech Pvt. Ltd. |
| Founders | Rajat Verma, Justin Lemmon |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Funding | $7.0M |
| Investors | Baring Private Equity Partners |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 25 |
| Contacts | enquiry@lohum.com, 1800 572 8822 |
| Head Office | Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Official Website | https://www.lohum.com/ |
Lohum Cleantech was founded in 2017, is a lithium ion battery maker and a battery recycling solutions company. Lohum is the world’s only integrated company capable of recycling and repurposing lithium-ion battery packs.
Lohum Cleantech enables re-use of used li-ion battery cells. It helps EV companies maximise battery life cycles and encourages them to conserve resources. Since its inception, it has manufactured and distributed over 1,000 batteries. Lohum Cleantech manufactures battery packs for two-wheelers and three-wheelers and is yet to enter the four-wheel domain.
10. TrashCon Labs
| Startup Name | Trashcon Labs |
| Legal Name | Trashcon Labs Private Limited |
| Founders | Nivedha RM, Saurabh Jain |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Funding | $5.0M |
| Investors | Shell E4, Target Accelerator |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 20 |
| Contacts | enquiry@lohum.com, 1800 572 8822 |
| Head Office | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Official Website | https://www.lohum.com/ |
TrashCon Labs has end-to-end technology that sorts trash and recycles it. This is a complete way to turn every bit of trash into something useful.
They use following patented technologies to deal with the problem of waste:-
- Segregation Technology (TrashBot) – Mixed waste into biodegradable and non-biodegradable components.
- Recycling Technology – Recycle biodegradable waste into bio-fuel.
They provide an end-to-end automated solution that can make any space (airport, mall, IT park, village, city etc.) completely ZERO WASTE!
11. 3R Management
| Startup Name | 3R Management |
| Legal Name | 3R Management Private Limited |
| Founders | Paras Arora, Manish Pathak |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Funding | $1.5M |
| Investors | |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 20 |
| Contacts | connect@3rmanagement.in, 91 11 43029300 |
| Head Office | New Delhi, India |
| Official Website | https://www.3rmanagement.in/ |
3RM is a solution first company enabling modern technologies and spirit to curb the waste management problem in the world. They claimed that 3RM removed close to 1 hundred thousand metric tonnes of waste so far from India,
Services & Solutions :-
Smart Composting Solutions, Gas Recovery, bioMAD Septage Management, Waste to Energy, Integrated Solid Waste Management, Door to Door Waste Collection, Landfill Management, Smart Waste Management, biomining, sustainability, Waste Collection and Transport, EPR, Sanitary Landfill, and Plastic Waste Management.
12. BatX Energies
| Startup Name | BatX Energies |
| Legal Name | BatX Energies Pvt. Ltd. |
| Founders | Utkarsh Singh, Vikrant Singh |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Funding | $1.6M, SEED |
| Investors | JITO Angel Network |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 20 |
| Contacts | info@batx.in, 91-9667704460 |
| Head Office | Gurgaon, Haryana, India |
| Official Website | https://batxenergies.com/ |
BatX Energies, a Gurgaon-based lithium-ion battery recycling startup, has developed a proprietary Zero Waste–Zero Emission technology to extract critical rare earth metals, namely lithium, cobalt, nickel graphite, and manganese, among all the other materials required. Thus, they contribute to making the planet greener.
They expertise in Li-ion Battery Recycling and Resource Recovery. BatX Energies exists to develop Green Tech Solutions which empowers the Global Clean Energy Transition creating a Circular Economy and Sustainability ethos.
BatX Energies has raised $1.6 million in a seed funding round led by JITO Angel Network.
13. Saahas Zero Waste
| Startup Name | Saahas Zero Waste |
| Legal Name | Saahas Zero Waste Pvt Ltd |
| Founders | Wilma Rodrigues, Shobha Raghavan |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Funding | $868.6K, SEED |
| Investors | C4D Partners, Asha Impact, Indian Angel Network, Artha India Ventures |
| No. Of Employees | 201 to 500 |
| Contacts | info@saahaszerowaste.com, 1800 258 6676 |
| Head Office | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Official Website | https://saahaszerowaste.com/ |
Saahas Zero Waste is a socio-environmental enterprise with 18 years of waste management experience that provides end-to-end waste management services. It designs smart solutions and executes complex activities, such as collecting segregated garbage, tracking and managing logistics, secondary sorting systems, aggregation and compaction, and recycling and selling recycled products.
Saahas Zero Waste has raised ₹6 crore from leading Impact Investors Capital 4 Development (lead investor), IAN, Artha Ventures and Asha Impact.
14. Hasiru Dala
| Startup Name | Hasiru Dala |
| Legal Name | Hasiru Dala Innovation NGO |
| Founders | Nalini Shekar, Anslem Rosario |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Funding | ₹12.5M |
| Investors | Ennovent |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 50 |
| Contacts | info@hasirudala.in, 91 99868 08866 |
| Head Office | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Official Website | https://hasirudala.in/ |
Hasiru Dala, which was founded in 2013, is an organisation of waste workers whose mission is to improve the livelihood and quality of life of waste pickers by providing comprehensive waste management services to large waste generators.
Hasiru Dala works for waste pickers and informal waste collectors to bridge the gap between waste workers and other stakeholders, like local governments, policymakers, and citizens.
15. Namo E-waste
| Startup Name | Namo E-waste |
| Legal Name | Namo E-waste Pvt Ltd |
| Founders | Akshay Jain |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Funding | ₹12.5M |
| Investors | |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 50 |
| Contacts | info@namoewaste.com, 1800-123-5124 |
| Head Office | Faridabad, Haryana, India |
| Official Website | https://namoewaste.com/ |
Namo E-waste was founded in 2014 by Akshay Jain,(who holds master’s degree in Business Management from Greenwich University, London), to make e-waste disposal sustainable and clean across the country.
They deal in all kinds of electronic scrap like Old PC’s, Desktops, Printer, Telephones, Mobile Phones etc. They use proper dumping techniques and commitment towards the nature and humankind. The company claims it attained the best recycling techniques for e-waste by getting R2 certification along with OHSAS 18001, and ISO 14001.
16. Citizengage
| Startup Name | Citizengage |
| Legal Name | Citizengage Solutions Private Limited |
| Founders | Ashish Malayil, Pronita Saxena |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Funding | $315.0K |
| Investors | Sahil Barua, Pravega Ventures, PitchRight Ventures |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | info@citizengage.co |
| Head Office | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Official Website | http://www.citizengage.co/ |
Citizengage is a platform that connects, manages, and improves a waste-to-resource network, laying the groundwork for recycling economies. Their platform is developed using algorithms & analytical codes to measure, track, monitor & control the waste management activities
Citizengage is a waste-to-resource technology startup that has developed an end-to-end waste management system that assists communities and businesses in managing waste at the source. The software can be used by waste producers to manage the services. Faasos, Blue Frog, Social, Tipsy Bull, Box 8, and Rural Blues are among the customers.
17. Antariksh Waste Ventures
| Startup Name | Antariksh Waste |
| Legal Name | Antariksh Waste Ventures Pvt. ltd. |
| Founders | Mahek Mahendra Shah, Jyothi Mahender Kumar Shah |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Funding | $42.8K |
| Investors | Grant |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 50 |
| Contacts | mehak@antariksh.io |
| Head Office | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Official Website | https://antariksh.io/ |
Antariksh Waste Ventures Pvt. Ltd. focuses on “Designing and developing Smart IoT-powered Garbage bins with Load & Communication modules, to establish a smarter eco-system of waste disposal and recycling management.”
They made a product called ‘AirBin,’ and it allows for remote monitoring of waste accumulation levels and clearances via IoT systems, which allow devices to communicate intelligently with one another. The objective is to assist rural and urban local bodies in clearing every bin before it overflows, thereby accelerating sustainability. Antariksh Waste Ventures Pvt ltd has raised a total of $42.8K in funding by Grant.
18. ExtraCarbon
| Startup Name | Extra Carbon |
| Legal Name | Extra Carbon Private Limited |
| Founders | Anant Avinash, Gaurav Joshi |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Funding | $315.0K |
| Investors | Brand Capital |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 50 |
| Contacts | info@extracarbon.com, |
| Head Office | Gurgaon, Haryana, India |
| Official Website | http://www.citizengage.co/ |
Extracarbon.com is built by small team in Gurgaon It is a young and energetic organisation that aims to reduce the carbon from planet through effective waste collection and its proper recycling as well as conserving energy.
19. Ishitva Robotic Systems
| Startup Name | Ishitva Robotic |
| Legal Name | Ishitva Robotic Systems |
| Founders | Jitesh Dadlani, Sandip Singh |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Funding | $1.0M SEED |
| Investors | IPV, Sandeep Patel, Anup Gulati, Plug and Play, Kamaljyot Investments, AVI Global Plast, GRP Ltd |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 50 |
| Contacts | accounts@ishitva.in |
| Head Office | Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| Official Website | http://ishitva.in/ |
Ishitva, founded in 2018, uses deep-tech like artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and IoT (Internet Of Things) to effectively segregate waste to recover recyclables, thus creating a circular economy.
Products :- To identify waste, and smart bins it uses –
- SUKA – AI-powered air sorting.
- YUTA – AI-powered robotic sorting.
- Netra – AI Vision system.
This Ahmedabad-based robotics startup, raised $1 million in a pre-series A funding round led by Inflection Point Ventures (IPV).
20. APChemi
| Startup Name | Apchemi |
| Legal Name | Pyrocrat Systems LLP |
| Founders | Suhas Dixit |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 50 |
| Contacts | contact@apchemi.com |
| Head Office | Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| Official Website | https://www.apchemi.com/ |
APChemi is a leading provider of chemical recycling solutions for post-consumer plastic waste, including landfill plastic waste.Apc has been focusing on developing sustainable pyrolysis technology for disposal of waste plastics and tires.
Agile Process Chemicals LLP was earlier known as Pyrocrat Systems LLP. APC has 10+ years of expertise in manufacturing fuels and petrochemicals from plastic & tire waste They have Their own pyrolysis research facility as well as machinery design & manufacturing facility.
21. Ziptrax Cleantech
| Startup Name | Ziptrax Cleantech |
| Legal Name | Ziptrax Cleantech |
| Founders | Rohan Singh Bais, Sonia Singh |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Funding | $120K |
| Investors | SHELL |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 50 |
| Contacts | hello@ziptrax.in, 91 8373969539 |
| Head Office | Delhi, India |
| Official Website | https://ziptrax.in/ |
Founded by Rohan Singh Bais and Sonia Singh in 2016, Ziptrax is a recycler of Li-ion batteries. Ziptrax uses AI (artificial intelligence) to repurpose discarded Li-ion batteries and creates battery packs for EVs (electric two- and three-wheeler vehicles).
It has a R&D facility in Delhi and a manufacturing facility in Ghaziabad. The startup is also planning to build a pilot facility that will recycle 1,200 tonnes of Li-ion battery materials per year, allowing it to produce close to nine million cells per year.
22. SLII
| Startup Name | SLII |
| Legal Name | Sustainable Livelihood Initiative India Pvt. Ltd. |
| Founders | Abhimanyu Rathi, Vardan Dinesh Rathi |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Funding | $120K |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | info@slii.in, 91 – 99256 29000 |
| Head Office | Surat, Gujarat, India |
| Official Website | https://www.slii.in/ |
Sustainable Livelihood Initiative India (SLII) is a social start-up enterprise dedicated to accelerating societal development and innovation by promoting the Global Sustainable Development Goals.
SLII was awarded ‘The Best IndiaVardan Water Purifier – Its low cost and power is provided by PV Solar Cells made from e-waste. Hence, no external energy is required.n Social Enterprise Award’ by Action For India Forum in 2019, and Abhimanyu Rathi was named one of the Top 10 Social Entrepreneurs.
Product :
- Vardan Water Purifier – Its low cost and power is provided by PV Solar Cells made from e-waste. Hence, no external energy is required.
23. DCC Infra
| Startup Name | DDC Infra |
| Legal Name | DCC Infra Pvt Ltd |
| Founders | Saurabh Aggarwal |
| Start Year | 1966 |
| No. Of Employees | 101 to 250 |
| Contacts | headoffice@dipl.site, 01746-222120 |
| Head Office | New Delhi, India |
| Official Website | https://www.dipl.site/ |
DDC (Daya Charan and Company) is one of the leading companies in the market of heavy earth moving machinery providing services such as hiring of bulldozer and excavator.
Its an emerging manufacturers of Municipal Solid Waste processing plant, waste segregation machines, and equipment such as trommels, conveyor belts, baling machines, ballistic separators, and other MSW equipment.
24. Infinite Cercle
| Startup Name | Infinite Cercle |
| Legal Name | Infinite Cercle Pvt Ltd |
| Founders | Vishnu Vardhaan, Divya Shetty |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Funding | $254.0k SEED |
| Investor | Inflection Point Ventures |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 50 |
| Contacts | support@cerclex.com, 91 96404 96454 |
| Head Office | Coimbatore, TamilNadu, India |
| Official Website | https://cerclex.com/ |
Cerclex is a cloud-based, full-stack waste management company that strives for circularity, enabling brands to achieve zero waste through circularity while also meeting their sustainability goals. It is a leading waste management company that offers all types of scrap deals at reasonable prices.
This tech-enabled waste management platform, has received a seed funding round of approximately $255,000 led by Inflection Point Ventures.
25. Ecovia
| Startup Name | Ecovia |
| Legal Name | Ecovia Pvt Ltd |
| Founders | Dhwani Mehta, Parikshit Joon, Pranjul Jain |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| No. Of Employees | 41 to 60 |
| Contacts | hello@thinkecovia.com, 91 9591724638 |
| Head Office | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Official Website | https://www.thinkecovia.com/ |
Ecovia is India’s first returnable “packaging” solution for E-Commerce and Hyperlocal brands.
How it works ?
- SHOP – shop with our partner brands.
- RETURN – return the packaging post delivery.
- REDEEM – redeem exciting rewards by acting responsibly.
Its India’s first and only returnable packaging solution for eCommerce, helping brands elevate their post-purchase experience and making it more sustainable.
26. Zolopik
| Startup Name | Zolopik |
| Legal Name | Zolopik E-Waste Recycling |
| Founders | Hemanth Kumar |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Funding | ₹ 50 Lakhs |
| No. Of Employees | 41 to 60 |
| Contacts | recycle@zolopik.com, 91-9743440440 |
| Head Office | Bengaluru, Karnataka, India |
| Official Website | https://www.zolopik.com/ |
Zolopik is an E-Waste Management Company which helps Households, Companies, Industries to sell their E-Waste at the best price. Selling E-Waste, Old Electronics & Battery Scrap is Simple, Easy and Quick with Zolopik.
Zolopik is an online platform where one can sell electrical and electronic scrap online. Zolopik will help corporates to get 100% Compliance for E-Waste Disposal.
27. GEM Enviro Management
| Startup Name | GEM Enviro Management |
| Legal Name | GEM Enviro Management Pvt. Ltd. |
| Founders | Sachin Sharma |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| No. Of Employees | 51 to 100 |
| Contacts | info@gemrecycling.com, 91-9654991840 |
| Head Office | Delhi, India |
| Official Website | https://gemrecycling.com/ |
GEM collects both pre- and post-consumer packaging waste from factories, offices, hotels, motels, and educational institutions. The collected waste is then recycled into items such as T-shirts, caps, and bags.
They specialise in the collection and aggregation of all packaging waste in a professional and organised manner backed by technology and offer pan-India services.
28. Paperman
| Startup Name | Paperman |
| Legal Name | Papermanfoundation |
| Founders | Mathew Jose |
| Start Year | 2010 |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 50 |
| Contacts | info@paperman.in |
| Head Office | Chennai, Tamilnadu, India |
| Official Website | http://www.papermanfoundation.org/ |
Paperman operates over 250 waste paper marts throughout the city to assist residents in removing trash from their doorstep.
How It Works –
- Interested entities can register on the company’s website.
- Paperman will send a kabadiwallah within three hours to collect the trash.
- The customer gets paid and has two options – recycling for a cost and recycling for a cause.
In 2016 -Forbes Magazine has added mathew Jose (Founder of Paperman) into the annual list of 30 people under age of 30 from India and Asia.
29. Vital Waste
| Startup Name | Vital waste |
| Legal Name | Viral Waste Pvt Ltd |
| Founders | Tushar Himatsinghka, Prasanth Bothra |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | info@vitalwaste.com, 033 66064288 |
| Head Office | Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
| Official Website | http://vitalwaste.com/ |
This startup is assisting the city in recycling its garbage and becoming landfill-free. They provide convenient and affordable recycling solutions to residents of residential communities, schools and corporate offices in Kolkata.
What Vital Waste Buy – To reaching the goal of zero waste to landfill and 100% diversion, they provide comprehensive solutions in the following materials -Paper, Card Board, Plastic-PET, E-Waste and Metal.
30. Plastics for Change
| Startup Name | Plastics for Change |
| Founders | Andrew Almack |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Funding | $ 2.0 M |
| Investor | Mirova Natural Capital |
| No. Of Employees | 51 to 200 |
| Contacts | impact.plasticsforchange@gmail.com |
| Head Office | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Official Website | https://www.plasticsforchange.org/ |
Plastics for Change is a social enterprise platform that was launched by Andrew Almack in 2013. Plastics for Change has created an ethical sourcing platform in order to create sustainable livelihoods for the poor (Waste Collectors) while transitioning the industry to a circular economy. Their deal process and mobile platform provide wastepickers with access to fair and consistent income opportunities.
it was the winner of many awards like MIT’s Inclusive Innovation Challenge for Income Growth and Job Creation in Asia and also certified by the World Fair Trade Organisation.
31. Eco Recycling
| Startup Name | Eco Recycling |
| Founders | B. K. Soni |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Funding | $ 2.0 M |
| Investor | Mirova Natural Capital |
| No. Of Employees | 51 to 200 |
| Contacts | info@ecoreco.com, 91 77380 77086 |
| Head Office | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Official Website | https://ecoreco.com/ |
Eco Recycling Ltd (Ecoreco) is India’s first and leading professional E-waste Management Company that provides an end to end seamlessly integrated solution for e-waste management to MNC,OEM, Corporates, Institutions and all other entities willing to discard their e-waste in an environment friendly manner.
32. Karma Recycling
| Startup Name | Karma Recycling |
| Legal Name | Karma Recycling Pvt. Ltd. |
| Founders | Aamir Jariwala, Akshat Ghiya |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Funding | $460.0k |
| Investor | The Low Carbon Enterprise Fund, Infuse Ventures |
| No. Of Employees | 41 to 60 |
| Contacts | hello@karmarecycling.in |
| Head Office | New Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Official Website | http://www.karmarecycling.in/ |
Karma Recycling is a Delhi-based company that offers consumers and businesses an easy and secure way to dispose of useless electronics such as smartphones, tablets, and laptops.
Customers can enter the details of the product they want to sell, such as the number of years of use and potential defects, in a step-by-step process and receive an estimate for it. After deleting data, the devices are repaired and refurbished by the company and re-distributed with a warranty through Karma’s dealer network.
33. INDRA Water
| Startup Name | Indra Water |
| Founders | Amrit Om Nayak, Krunal Patel, Abhijit VVR |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 50 |
| Contacts | contact@indrawater.com, 91 99666 95436 |
| Head Office | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Official Website | https://www.indrawater.com/ |
INDRA Water, based in Mumbai is Solving the toughest water management, treatment and process challenges globally.
It has successfully treated more than five million litres of wastewater and industrial effluents from the textile, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries with its portable electrocoagulation-based system.
34. Earth Recycler
| Startup Name | Earth Recycler |
| Legal Name | Earth Recycler Private Limited |
| Founders | Mohammed Dawood Showkath |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | info@earthrecycler.com, 91 44 4301 0084 |
| Head Office | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Official Website | https://earthrecycler.com/ |
Earth Recycler is a pioneer in providing integrated environmentally friendly services and solutions, and is deeply committed to protecting the environment and creating a better community in which to live and work.
35. Synergy Waste Management
| Startup Name | Synergy Waste Management |
| Legal Name | Synergy Waste Management Pvt. Ltd. |
| Founders | Tapas Saha, Neeraj Aggarwal |
| Start Year | 2001 |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | info@synergyworld.co.in, 91-11-27933371 |
| Head Office | Delhi, India |
| Official Website | https://synergywastemgmt.com/ |
Its a Bio-Medical Waste Management company in India. The goal of Bio-Medical Waste Management is to treat and eliminate the threat of Infectious BMW. they do with this landfill disposal or waste-to-electrical-energy programs. Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Facilities (CBWTFs) are part of the urban infrastructure in India.
Synergy Group has successfully expanded its customer base and secured contracts with government HCEs, demonstrating its value and sustainability as a one-stop shop for all Bio Medical Waste Solutions and Services under one roof.
36. Binbag
| Startup Name | Binbag |
| Legal Name | Binbag Recycling Services Private Limited |
| Founders | Achitra Borgohain |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | hello@binbag.in, 9663943939 |
| Head Office | Bangalore, karnataka, India |
| Official Website | https://www.binbag.in/ |
Binbag offers end-of-life electrical and electronic waste management solutions to businesses. They have two PCB-approved recycling plants and operate throughout India. They recycle Scrap and non-metal waste (from used non-metallic items, old news papers, rejected glass articles, etc)
Their cloud-based software provides a seamless digital experience from booking to compliance. All documents are accessible from a single dashboard.
37. Paterson Energy
| Startup Name | Paterson Energy |
| Legal Name | Paterson Energy Private Limited |
| Founders | Vidya Amarnath |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | info@patersonenergy.com, 044-42916500 |
| Head Office | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Official Website | http://www.patersonenergy.com/ |
Paterson Energy is a waste-to-energy company that recycles plastic waste into high-quality plastic using a continuous thermochemical Depolymerisation Technology process.
Its another plant is is in Mathura (UP) for the GOI under the Swatch Bharat Abhiyan Scheme. It is a one-of-a-kind model in which the state government leases the land, commits to supplying plastics, and a Navratna PSU provides financial support through a VGF for the plant’s commissioning.
38. Bintix
| Startup Name | Bintix |
| Legal Name | Bintix Waste Research Private Limited. |
| Founders | Roshan Miranda, Udit Patidar, Jayanarayan Kulathingal |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Funding | $777.0K SEED |
| Investor | Waste Ventures India, Sankar Ramakrishnan |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 50 |
| Contacts | hello@bintix.com, 91- 9100053222 |
| Head Office | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| Official Website | https://www.bintix.com/ |
Hyderabad-based Bintix provides waste management services to individual households in major Indian cities. It collects waste from your doorstep and recycles everything. Bintix also places a QR code sticker on a subscriber’s doorstep, which they can scan to keep track of their pickups.
Bintix claims to have completed over 80,000 individual waste pickups and recycled approximately 250 metric tonnes of waste, and that it is expanding to all Tier-One cities.
39. RaddiConnect
| Startup Name | RaddiConnect |
| Legal Name | ReCircle |
| Founders | Rahul Nainani, Gurashish Sahni |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Funding | Undisclosed |
| Investor | AIM Smart City |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 50 |
| Contacts | info@recircle.in, 91 90042 40004 |
| Head Office | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Official Website | https://recircle.in/ |
Recircle (formerly known as RaddiConnect) is a resource recovery company that works to divert as many resources as possible from getting wasted into landfills and oceans, back into the economy to be reused, recycled, or repurposed.
They provides a free doorstep pick-up service and makes sure that it is sent to the right recyclers in Mumbai.
40. Carbon Masters
| Startup Name | Carbon Master |
| Legal Name | Carbon Masters India Pvt. Ltd |
| Founders | Som Narayan |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 50 |
| Contacts | info@carbonlites.com, 91-9148923921 |
| Head Office | Banglore, Karnataka, India |
| Official Website | https://www.carbonlites.com/ |
Carbon Masters is a climate tech company Provides complete end-to-end waste management solutions. Their Product – “The Carbonlites smart Bin” is a custom designed bin that can hold up to 200 kgs of wet waste. The pickup works on a rotation model wherein the filled bin is picked up from the client and a new bin is placed on a daily basis.
41. Rexaw Recycling
| Startup Name | Rexaw |
| Legal Name | Rexaw Recycling Pvt. Ltd |
| Founders | Alam Mansuri, Mohammad Hanif |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| No. Of Employees | 51 to 200 |
| Contacts | enquiry@rexaw.com, 91 9714388888 |
| Head Office | Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| Official Website | https://www.rexaw.com/ |
The company has advanced in recycling aseptic packaging material- laminated paper , steel, used oil, washing drum, plastic, paper, Tetra pack. Typically this specific materials waste is 100% recyclable. Therefore Aseptic laminated packaging materials are recycled to Rexaw Chip-boards, that are further used in making furniture.
The organisation is exclusively authorised and permitted to operate by the Pollution Control Boards of Gujarat and Uttarakhand.
42. GSM Plastic Industries
| Startup Name | GSM Plastics Industries |
| Legal Name | GSM Plastics Industries Pvt. Ltd |
| Founders | Shashidhar Madarakhandi |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| No. Of Employees | 51 to 100 |
| Contacts | info@gsmplastics.com, 91 99605 86948 |
| Head Office | Dharward, Karnataka, India |
| Official Website | https://www.gsmplastics.com/ |
GSM Plastic Industries is Processing (Recycling) Post consumed and Post Industrial PET bottles into PET Bales and Cold and Hot washed PET Flakes.They have very good Experience and knowledge of PET bottle recycling business in India and abroad.
GSM has a recycling plant in the KSSIDC area which consists of different proven recycling processes like pre-sorting, pre-bottle washing, crushing, cold and hot washing, spin drying, thermal drying, and packing.
43. Green Worms
| Startup Name | RaddiConnect |
| Legal Name | ReCircle |
| Founders | Jabir Karat |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Funding | $109.1K |
| Investor | AIM Smart City, Upaya Social Ventures, SSIDF |
| No. Of Employees | 61 to 200 |
| Contacts | info@greenworms.org, 91 9656 363513 |
| Head Office | Kozhikode, Kerala, India |
| Official Website | https://greenworms.org/ |
Green Worms, founded by Jabir Karat, is a waste management organisation focused on social impact. Green Worms is now a 120-person organisation spread across five districts in northern Kerala, managing 450 tonnes of dry waste per month, three recycling units, and 11 material recovery facilities.
Green Worms collects and manages dry waste from industries, businesses, municipalities, and villages.
44. Phabio Enterprise
| Startup Name | Phabio Enterprises |
| Legal Name | Phabio Enterprises Private Limited |
| Founders | Sukanya Dikshit |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | contact@phabio.in, 91 8077529653 |
| Head Office | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Official Website | https://www.gsmplastics.com/ |
Phabio, a Mumbai-based biotechnology company, is building sustainable alternatives to single-use plastic. Phabio Enterprises is building more environmentally friendly ways to do things that cause a lot of plastic pollution.
45. SmarterHomes
| Startup Name | SmarterHomes |
| Legal Name | SmarterHomes Technologies Pvt. Ltd. |
| Founders | Kasturi Rangan, Vivek Shukla |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| No. Of Employees | 51 to 200 |
| Contacts | founders@smarterhomes.com, 91 7777804646 |
| Head Office | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Official Website | https://smarterhomes.com/ |
The Company offers water metering products for detecting catastrophic and small leaks in water supply. SmarterHomes develops WaterOn, an IoT water metre that measures the number of units used by each apartment. It provides real-time data on the water metres in the apartments, as well as individual consumption, trends, and billing status. It saves up to 35% with a sub-metering solution. This also saves money.
46. Bare Necessities
| Startup Name | Bare Necessities |
| Legal Name | Bare Necessities |
| Founders | Sahar Mansoor |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 50 |
| Contacts | info@barenecessities.in, 91 9740326425 |
| Head Office | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Official Website | https://barenecessities.in/ |
It’s an online shopping platform with all products powered by natural, zero waste personal care, bare ingredient, and home care brands, as well as a hub for waste-free living awareness. Bare Necessities uses post-packaging materials for their products, such as reusable glass jars wrapped in tailor scraps and printer scraps.
47. Loopworm
| Startup Name | Loopworm |
| Legal Name | Loopworm Private Limited |
| Founders | Ankit Alok Bagaria, Abhi Gawri |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Funding | $3.4M |
| Investor | Omnivore, Titan Capital, Nadir Godrej, Akshay Singhal, Sanjiv Rangrass, WaterBridge Venture |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | info@loopworm.in |
| Head Office | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Official Website | https://loopworm.in/ |
LoopWorm a Biotech Agritech startup is developing an extremely protein-rich diet for fisheries and poultry farms by farming insects to feed them using food waste that would otherwise end up in landfills. Loopworm convert waste into protein, we farm ‘Black Soldier Fly Larvae’ on food waste to produce premium animal feed and pet food.
Biotech startup Loopworm has raised $3.4 Mn in its seed round co-led by Omnivore and WaterBridge Ventures with others.
48. PadCare Labs
| Startup Name | PadCare Labs |
| Legal Name | PadCare Labs Pvt. Ltd. |
| Founders | Ajinkya Dhariya |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 20 |
| Contacts | info@padcarelabs.com, 91 90228 22458 |
| Head Office | Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| Official Website | https://www.padcarelabs.com/ |
PadCare is an automated hygiene management system that converts used sanitary napkins into harmless, recyclable waste. Padcare Labs enables sustainable menstrual hygiene management by recycling sanitary pads.
49. Spruce Up
| Startup Name | Spruce Up |
| Legal Name | Spruce Up Industries Pvt. Ltd. |
| Founders | Abhishek Shelar |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 50 |
| Contacts | info@spruceup.in, 91 9012 200 800 |
| Head Office | Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| Official Website | https://spruceup.in/ |
Spruce Up is a Pune-based startup founded by IIT B Alumni Abhishek Shelar which makes India’s ONLY true contactless garbage collection machines – JAYATU SUPER & JAYATU HD.
Spruce Up is a manufacturer of innovative hardware technology. They are revolutionising the technological landscape of machines that will clean India’s cities and villages, railways and waterways, beaches, and mountains.
50. PolyCycl
| Startup Name | PolyCycl |
| Legal Name | PolyCycl Pvt. Ltd. |
| Founders | Amit Tondon |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 50 |
| Contacts | info@polycycl.com |
| Head Office | Kalka, Haryana, India |
| Official Website | https://www.polycycl.com/ |
Amit Tandon, a former Silicon Valley engineer, founded PolyCycl, a circular economy company that recycles “non-recyclable” waste plastics. The company has working across 150+ man-years of R&D, developed multiple technologies for chemical recycling and purification of different types of waste plastics.
PolyCycl converts non-recyclable, low-grade mixed waste plastics into petroleum fuels. It has partnered with Ramky Group to build up plastic-to-fuel projects in many cities.
51. Econiture
| Startup Name | Econiture |
| Legal Name | Recycle Bell Private limited |
| Founders | Madhur Rathi |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | econiture@recyclebell.com, 91 8575785454 |
| Head Office | Amravati, Maharashtra, India |
| Official Website | https://www.econiture.com/ |
Econiture is dry waste management company under its brand name “RE-BELL” that recycles plastic waste into dazzling furniture and home decor products.
They convert post-consumer plastic waste into wood-like lumbers, which are then used to make furniture and home decor products.” These pieces of furniture are an environmentally friendly alternative to wooden and metal furniture because they reduce plastic waste.
52. Thermowaste Solutions
| Startup Name | Thermowaste Solutions |
| Legal Name | Thermowaste Solutions Pvt. Ltd. |
| Founders | Shantilal Jain, Hema Jain |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 50 |
| Contacts | director@thermowastesolutions.com, 91 8826937129 |
| Head Office | Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Official Website | https://www.thermowastesolutions.com/ |
Thermowaste Solutions is a recycling of plastic waste company for sustainable waste management, with offices in seven major cities: Delhi, Ghaziabad, Noida, Faridabad, Jaipur, Muradabad, and Gurgaon.
This company processes both recyclable and nonrecyclable waste. At our recycling centres, recyclable plastics including HDPE, LDPE, Thermocol, and PP are recycled. Multilayered Plastic that is not recyclable is delivered to cement mills or energy plants.
53. Nunam
| Startup Name | Nunam |
| Legal Name | Nunam Technologies India Pvt Ltd |
| Founders | Darshan Virupaksha, Prodip Chatterjee |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | prodip@nunam.com |
| Head Office | Bangalore, Karnataka, India |
| Official Website | https://www.nunam.com/ |
Nunam is a provider of energy storage technology solutions based on lithium-ion batteries. Nunam claims to develop energy storage systems using old lithium-ion batteries for those who most require access to inexpensive energy.
54. Scrapbuk
| Startup Name | Scrapbuk |
| Legal Name | Scrapbuk |
| Founders | Sukant Gupta |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | info@scrapbuk.com, 91 7814300362 |
| Head Office | Chandigarh, Punjab, India |
| Official Website | https://scrapbuk.com/ |
SCRAPBUK is Waste management startup founded in 2020, Its an online platform (mobile application) to facilitate the sale and purchase of scrap. It buys all types of scrap, including computers, electronics waste, newspapers, and plastics.
One can encash his trash using the Scrapbuk mobile App. The special features are scheduling free scrap pick-up services and also regular pricing notifications to help you choose the best, along with other great services.
55. Code Effort
| Startup Name | CODE Effort |
| Legal Name | CODE Effort Pvt. Ltd. |
| Founders | Naman Gupta, Vipul Gupta |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | codeeffortpvtltd@gmail.com, 91 9990134009 |
| Head Office | Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Official Website | https://www.codeefforts.com/ |
Code Effort Noida-based startup collects and recycles cigarette waste, and even pays for it.It dealing in cigarette butts waste management – and recycling. The butt of a cigarette made of Cellulose Acetate are non-biodegradable plastic filter that is extremely harmful to the environment.
Code has over 70 customers, out of which 50 are vendors. It has collected over 10 kg of cigarette waste like ash, tobacco, filters and paper in the last three months, and they are aiming to amplify their reach all across India.
56. Wild West Innovations
| Startup Name | Wild West Innovations |
| Legal Name | CODE Effort Pvt. Ltd. |
| Founders | Sarah Tantray |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | info@wildwestmedia.in |
| Head Office | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Official Website | http://www.wildwestmedia.in/ |
Wild West Innovations creates recycling machines that collect waste such as bottles, plastic wrappers, and other materials. Wild West Innovations manufactures ‘ReBots’ which are PET Bottle Recycling Machines.
57. Samudhyoga Waste Chakra
| Startup Name | Samudhyoga Waste Chakra |
| Legal Name | Waste Chakra Pvt Ltd |
| Founders | Keshav Vijay |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | wastechakra@gmail.com, +91 97909 36504 |
| Head Office | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Official Website | https://www.wastechakra.com/ |
Founded in 2019, this clean tech company uses advanced technology to create value from solid and liquid waste in a decentralised, digitised, and decarbonized manner. They designed ‘Ecofert’ a product to recover water and green chemicals from undiluted urine.
They’re working with South Chennai Corporation on a pilot project to launch a pyrolysis facility that can prevent 250 kg of plastics from reaching the oceans every day and create 200 litres of oil with zero emissions for industrial usage.
58. Eco eMarket
| Startup Name | Eco eMarket |
| Legal Name | Eco eMarket Pvt Ltd |
| Founders | Sarvotham Pejavar |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 50 |
| Contacts | info@zecomy.com, +91 70221 78123 |
| Head Office | Banglore, Karnataka, India |
| Official Website | https://ecoemarket.com/ |
Eco eMarket is a smart and innovative cloud-based digital solution that brings together sellers and recyclers on the same platform to enable seamless disposal anywhere, at any time, with transparency and the best commercials.
59. Earth Tatva
| Startup Name | Earth Tatva |
| Legal Name | Earth Tatva Innovation Pvt. Ltd. |
| Founders | Shashank Nimkar |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | hello@earthtatva.com, +91 63588 46132 |
| Head Office | Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| Official Website | https://www.earthtatva.com/ |
Earth Tatva is the only startup in India to design and sell recycled ceramic products at scale.They turn this Ceramic-non-biodegradable waste into beautiful, functional products . They make recycled ceramic tableware that is 35% stronger, 100% recyclable, and 100% food safe
Nimkar (Founder) was named a ‘Circular Economy Pioneer’ by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in 2019, as well as the national winner of the James Dyson award and the Ekonnect Circular Economy Challenge in 2020.
60. Breathe Applied Sciences
| Startup Name | Breathe Applied Sciences |
| Legal Name | Breathe Applied Sciences Pvt. Ltd |
| Founders | Sebastian C Peter |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | contactus@breathesciences.com |
| Head Office | Banglore, Karnataka, India |
| Official Website | https://www.breathesciences.com/ |
Breathe, Incubated at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, has come up with new ways to turn carbon dioxide emissions into methanol and other chemicals., which has the highest new value. It is the only team from India to get this far in the $20 million NRG Cosia Carbon XPrize global competition.
61. EcoEx
| Startup Name | Ecoex |
| Legal Name | Karma Ecotech Private Limited |
| Founders | Nimit Aggarwal, Akshaya Rath |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| No. Of Employees | 21 to 40 |
| Contacts | info@ecoex.market, 91 8447767568 |
| Head Office | Delhi, India |
| Official Website | https://www.ecoex.market/ |
EcoEx is the Indian marketplace for Exchange of Plastic Credit Certificates.It has facilitated the sale of plastic credit certificates for over 50,000 tonnes of waste, totalling 50 Million INR, on its fledgling trading platform.
62. Zeroplast Labs
| Startup Name | ZeroPlast Labs |
| Legal Name | ZeroPlast Labs Private Limited |
| Founders | Aditya Kabra |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | info@ecoex.market, 91 8447767568 |
| Head Office | Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| Official Website | https://www.ecoex.market/ |
63. MuddleArt
| Startup Name | MuddleArt |
| Legal Name | MuddleArt Private Limited |
| Founders | Sanjay Chauhan, Ruby Khan |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | info@ecoex.market, 91 8447767568 |
| Head Office | Delhi, India |
| Official Website | https://www.muddleart.com/ |
New Delhi-based startup MuddleArt provides the textile industry with a one-stop-solution for solid waste management. MuddleArt is an Indian pre-consumer textile waste management start-up that uses a B2B model to connect textile manufacturers.
64. RecycleX
| Startup Name | Recyclex |
| Legal Name | Recyclex Pvt. Ltd. |
| Founders | Abhishek Chhazed, Vedant Gandhi |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 20 |
| Contacts | info@recyclex.in, 91 8460058437, |
| Head Office | Bharuch, Gujarat, India |
| Official Website | https://www.recyclex.in/ |
RecycleX is a company that converts plastic waste into building materials like Brics, tiles, paver blocks, planters etc. Abhishek Chhazed and Vedant Gandhi founded RecycleX in 2020 to manufacture items from plastic and industrial trash to solve the worldwide garbage pandemic.
The entire manufacturing process is carbon-negative, and all products are of greater quality, environmentally friendly, and less expensive than comparable concrete items.
65. HelpUsGreen
| Startup Name | HelpUsGreen |
| Legal Name | HelpUsGreen Pvt. Ltd. |
| Founders | Karan Rastogi |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 20 |
| Contacts | hello@helpusgreen.com, 91 8953047858 |
| Head Office | Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Official Website | https://www.helpusgreen.com/ |
They manufactures ‘flowercycled’ natural and organic products from the Ganges waste. They takes flower waste from religious places and recycles it into vermicompost, luxury incense and bathing bars.
To prevent the Rivers Ganges from being turned into a sacred sewer, They have developed the “flowercycling” technique to reuse the massive amounts of temple garbage produced in India.
66. Green Buddies
| Startup Name | Green Buddies |
| Legal Name | Green Buddies Pvt. Ltd. |
| Founders | Anuya Trivedi |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 20 |
| Contacts | info@greenbuddies.in, +91 6351578576 |
| Head Office | Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India |
| Official Website | http://www.greenbuddies.in/ |
Green Buddies is making eco-designed, affordable “Recycled Play Stations” and sustainable play elements by reusing scrap tyres, which will result in increased access to playgrounds for children.
Green Buddies aim is to use tyres and other reusable scraps to create play stations and save mankind from the dangers of dumping or burning discarded tyres.
67. SSL E-WASTE
| Startup Name | SSL E-Waste |
| Legal Name | Ssl E-waste Management Llp |
| Founders | Sanjay Mendiratta, Lalit Nagpal, Sanjeev Ahuja |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 20 |
| Contacts | info@sslewaste.com +91 9311470269 |
| Head Office | Delhi, India |
| Official Website | https://sslewaste.com/ |
SSL E-waste Management LLP promotes electronic recycling and ensures data security and protection during the e-waste recycling process.They recycles e-waste for Companies, governments, and consumers. They offers a one-stop technical solution and services to customers while adhering to best environmental practises.
66. JB Ecotex
JB Ecotex recycles plastic waste into “fibres” for a better future by being socially and environmentally responsible. JB Ecotex is one of the leading Recycled Polyester Staple Fiber (RPSF) manufacturers with a production capacity of 60,000 MT/Annum. Today, the company is known for quality and commitment.
68. Caro Water
| Startup Name | Caro Water |
| Legal Name | Caro Water Pvt Ltd |
| Founders | Suneeth Tatineni, Chaitanya Ayinapudi |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | contact@carowater.com, +91 81868 00800 |
| Head Office | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| Official Website | https://www.carowater.com/ |
The startup from Hyderabad delivers drinking water in paper boxes. According to the company, the boxes are recyclable and use 85 percent less plastic than standard water cans.
Its water boxes feature corrugated paper and a bag-in-box technology. This project aims to reduce plastic waste and deliver clean water. Caro Water requires users to recycle these boxes. When returned, these boxes earn credit through its app
69. RaddiDedo
| Startup Name | RaddiDedo |
| Legal Name | RaddiDedo Services LLP |
| Founders | Himani Arora, Nuhain S Mansuri, Avichal Vashishtha |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | hello@raddidedo.com, +91 9352010604 |
| Head Office | Jaipur, Rajasthan, India |
| Official Website | https://raddidedo.com/ |
RaddiDedo is a doorstep scrap collecting service that contributes to social welfare. RaddiDedo offers free doorstep scrap collection services, allowing customer’s to sell their newspapers, magazines, metal, iron, and other items without wasting time looking for raddi hawkers or padlers.
70. Nupur Recyclers
| Startup Name | Nupur Recyclers |
| Legal Name | Nupur Recyclers Private Limited |
| Founders | Rajesh Gupta, Anoop Garg |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| No. Of Employees | 100 to 200 |
| Contacts | Compliance@Nupurrecyclers.Com, +91 9555101552 |
| Head Office | Delhi, India |
| Official Website | https://www.nupurrecyclers.com/ |
Nupur Recyclers is engaged in metal scrap processing & recycling. The company imports, manufactures, and trades nonferrous metal scraps such as shredded zinc scrap, zinc die cast scrap, zurik ss scrap, and aluminium zorba grades.The company derives the majority of its revenue from Zurik products.
71. Recycling Villa
| Startup Name | Recycling Villa |
| Legal Name | Recycling Villa Private Limited |
| Founders | Mohd Ahad |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 50 |
| Contacts | info@recyclingvilla.com, 18002127277 |
| Head Office | Ludhiana, Punjab, India |
| Official Website | http://www.recyclingvilla.in/ |
Recycling Villa is a Ludhiana-based company that specialises in the proper and scientific disposal of e-waste and has a proven track record of solid waste processing through multi-product recycling and waste minimization. Their primary focus is on serving MNCs, BPOs, banks, hospitals, industries, and governments.
We help organisations get rid of their E-waste, Hazardous Waste or HMS Metal (Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Scrap) in a cost-effective and environmentally friendly way.
72. Spas Recycling
| Startup Name | Spas Recycling |
| Legal Name | Spas Recycling Pvt Ltd. |
| Founders | Mr. Anil Singh |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| No. Of Employees | 51 to 200 |
| Contacts | info@spasrecycling.com, +91 8689899899 |
| Head Office | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Official Website | https://www.spasrecycling.com/ |
Spas Recycling is a full-fledged and reputed company that recycles and trades electronic scrap and metal scrap. They offer E-waste disposal, IT asset recovery, data destruction and various types of scrap/waste recycling services pan-India.We accept all types of Ferrous Scrap and Nonferrous Scrap and surplus metal products.
73. Econscious
| Startup Name | Econscious |
| Legal Name | Econscious Pvt Ltd. |
| Founders | Sonal Shukla, Vaibhav Verma, Abhishek Yadav |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | hello@econscious.co.in, 91 9268963830 |
| Head Office | Delhi, India |
| Official Website | https://www.econscious.co.in/ |
Econscious (Previously known as ECO DECO) is a social impact startup which recycle waste plastic into eco-boards and then curate innovative and functional products of multiple usage.
74. Deluxe Recycling
| Startup Name | Deluxe Recycling |
| Legal Name | Deluxe Recycling Pvt Ltd. |
| Founders | Jignesh Shah |
| Start Year | 1999 |
| Funding | Undisclosed |
| Investor | Circulate Capital |
| No. Of Employees | 201 to 500 |
| Contacts | info@ecolinkindia.com, +91 9820013067 |
| Head Office | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Official Website | https://ecolinkindia.com/ |
Deluxe is a leading Indian plastic recycling company that recycles difficult multilayer plastics (MLP) such as sachets and used beverage cartons (UBC) into new and valuable products such as pallets and rickshaw seats.
For over four decades, they specialised in waste management, paper and board, PVC coated fabrics, note books, and film studio. Products include doors, pallets, and boards, among other things
75. Ashaya
| Startup Name | Ashaya |
| Legal Name | Ashaya Recyclers Private Limited |
| Founders | Anish Malpani |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | anis@ashaya.in |
| Head Office | Pune, Maharashtra, India |
| Official Website | https://ashaya.in/ |
Ashaya is a social enterprise that increases the value of waste through technological and scientific innovations in recycling and then fairly redistributes that value to stakeholders in the supply chain, especially those who are poor- waste-pickers.
76. Zerocircle
| Startup Name | Zerocircle |
| Legal Name | Zerocircle Alternatives Pvt Ltd |
| Founders | Neha J |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 20 |
| Contacts | info@zerocircle.in |
| Head Office | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Official Website | https://www.zerocircle.in/ |
Zerocircle Alternatives create bio-alternatives Packaging Bags which are heat sealable, printable, food-safe, and 100% home compostable. Since it is designed for the food-packaging industry, it meets food-safety
77. Refillable
| Startup Name | Refillable |
| Legal Name | Refillable |
| Founders | Lokesh Sambhwani, Rahul Batra |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | 91 8346868686 |
| Head Office | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
| Official Website | https://refillable.store/ |
Refillable is a zero-waste refill service that develops smart packaging and refill systems for brands and consumers to eliminate waste at the source. It offers the full range of home care products in the most eco-friendly and sustainable manner possible.
78. The Money Bin
| Startup Name | Themoneybin |
| Legal Name | The Money Bin Pvt Ltd |
| Founders | Mohan Ramasamy |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | +91 8346868686 |
| Head Office | Tirapur, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Official Website | http://themoneybin.in/ |
The Money Bin is a Tirupur-based waste management startup that collects dry waste from households at a rate of 10-12 per kg, segregates it, and sells it. It provides a waste collection Yellow bag to every household in the ward/colony.
Trichy Corporation has partnered with The Money Bin to launch an initiative encouraging residents to sort recyclable waste and sell it to the startup.
79. Climeto Sustainable Services
| Startup Name | Climeto Sustainable Services |
| Legal Name | Climeto Sustainable Services Pvt. Ltd. |
| Founders | Devesh Malu, Keshav Bhootda |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| No. Of Employees | 11 to 20 |
| Contacts | business@climeto.com, +91 9039946410 |
| Head Office | Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Official Website | https://climeto.com/ |
Climeto assists businesses with corporate social responsibility in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and building strong, long-lasting brands. Main services are Carbon Neutrality and Emissions, Waste Elimination, Plastic & EPR Credits, Carbon & Plastic Trading.
80. Recyteq
| Startup Name | Recyteq |
| Founders | Ritik Srivastava |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Funding | Undisclosed |
| Investor | Nexus, BIRAC |
| No. Of Employees | 2 to 10 |
| Contacts | contact@recyteq.com, +91 7380466683 |
| Head Office | Chandigarh, India |
| Official Website | https://recyteq.com/ |
Recyteq is transforming Human hair into plant booster. They are converting human hair into Nitrogenous Fertilizer in an efficient way. They are making a digital ecosystem to collect human hair waste from salons, process it, and sell it directly through the platform. This startup thinks that waste is a made-up idea because there is no waste in nature.
Recycling Startups In India
- Phool
- Kabadiwala
- Shayna EcoUnified
- Cashify
- Attero Recycling
- Recykal
- Banyan Nation
- The Shakti Plastic Industries
- Lohum Cleantech
- TrashCon Labs
- 3R Management
- BatX Energies
- Saahas Zero Waste
- Hasiru Dala
- Namo E-waste
- Citizengage
- Antariksh Waste Ventures
- ExtraCarbon
- Ishitva Robotic Systems
- APChemi
- Ziptrax Cleantech
- SLII
- DCC Infra
- Infinite Cercle
- Ecovia
- Zolopik
- GEM Enviro Management
- Paperman
- Vital Waste
- Plastics for Change
- Eco Recycling
- Karma Recycling
- INDRA Water
- Earth Recycler
- Synergy Waste Management
- Binbag
- Paterson Energy
- Bintix
- RaddiConnect
- Carbon Masters
- Rexaw Recycling
- GSM Plastic Industries
- Green Worms
- Phabio Enterprise
- SmarterHomes
- Bare Necessities
- Loopworm
- PadCare Labs
- Spruce Up
- PolyCycl
- Econiture
- Thermowaste Solutions
- Nunam
- Scrapbuk
- Code Effort
- Wild West Innovations
- Samudhyoga Waste Chakra
- Eco eMarket
- Earth Tatva
- Breathe Applied Sciences
- EcoEx
- Zeroplast Labs
- MuddleArt
- RecycleX
- HelpUsGreen
- Green Buddies
- SSL E-WASTE
- JB Ecotex
- Caro Water
- RaddiDedo
- Nupur Recyclers
- Recycling Villa
- Spas Recycling
- Econscious
- Deluxe Recycling
- Ashaya
- Zerocircle
- Refillable
- The Money Bin
- Climeto Sustainable Services
- Recyteq
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