Top 10 Plastic Recycling startups in India

September 01, 2024 | By Marjana Bačić

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Funding: $14.3M
Banyan Nation is unlocking the market for premium recycled plastics in India through technology innovations across the value chain.
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Funding: $10M
The Shakti Plastics Industries is a Mumbai based company that recycles all types of plastic waste, and one of the leading recyclers of polymer waste in India.
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Shayna EcoUnified India is using plastic waste to make colourful floor tiles.
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APChemi offers proven, patented and robust pyrolysis plants for converting waste plastic, tyre and biomass into fuels. ​
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GEM Enviro Management collects polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste from factories, offices, hotels, and institutes, and recycles them into products such as T-shirts, caps, and bags.
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Plastics for Change is a social enterprise platform that creates a fair trade system for recycling plastic waste. It has applied mobile technology to create sustainable livelihoods for the urban poor, while transitioning the industry towards a circular economy. Their deal process and mobile platform provides wastepickers with access to fair and consistent income opportunities. All the real costs involved in getting the plastic from the waste pickers to the end buyer are uploaded onto this platform, which improves the supply chain efficiency and results in higher quality material.
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Paterson Energy is a waste to energy company that recycles plastic waste into quality plastic oil.
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Rexaw has moved to the forefront with the last 20 years of history in sustainable recycling and its competence in the thriving market. Having a past in undertaking challenging projects, the company has advanced in recycling specific materials like plastic, paper, Tetra pack & other aseptic packaging laminated paper , steel, used oil, washing drum.
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GSM Plastic Industries is Processing (Recycling) Post consumed and Post Industrial PET bottles into PET Bales and Cold and Hot washed PET Flakes.
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Phabio Enterprises is building sustainable alternatives for major plastic pollution use cases.
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PolyCycl converts non-recyclable, low-grade mixed waste plastics to petroleum fuels.
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Recycle Bell Private Limited (Econiture) tries to solve the problem of urban waste. Econiture furniture are made from 100% recycled plastic which diverts plastic waste that would have been destined for a landfill or ocean.
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Thermowaste Solutions is an authorized plastic waste recycler.
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Code is recycling cigarette waste to produce products ranging from soft toys to manure. cigarette filters are made of a plastic called cellulose acetate which takes years to degrade.
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Samudhyoga Waste Chakra uses advanced technology to derive value out of plastic and liquid waste in a decentralised, digitised, and decarbonised fashion.
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RecycleX aims to provide innovative and sustainable solutions to the global waste pandemic by manufacturing products from plastic waste and industrial waste. We manufacture products like bricks, paver blocks, tiles, planters, benches, kerbstones and many others from plastic waste such as milk pouches, PET bottles, etc.
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JB Ecotex recycles used water and cold drink bottles and manufactures high tenacity recycle polyester staple fiber
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Pyrotask Energy in converting various types of plastic waste into industrial fuel
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Deluxe is a leading Indian plastic recycling company that recycles challenging multilayer plastics (MLP), like sachets and Used-Beverage-Cartons (UBC) into new, valuable products, such as pallets and rickshaw seats.
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Ashaya is working on post-consumer metalized multi-layered plastic packaging (MLP). MLP is the least recycled type of plastic waste, and generally ends up in landfills. It is a low-value, high volume, composite waste (upto 5-6 different types of materials) that is considered economically and technically “impossible” to recycle.
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Plastic4trade is a Global B2B Plastic Trading Platform. Plastic4trade is available on Android, iOS and Website to make polymer trading easy and well-organized.
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We recycle multi layered plastic waste into out door furniture , tree guard, benches , etc . Under the brand name of "SHYAM ECO FURNITURE " we are the only startup in uttar pradesh who collects sagregated plastic waste from houses and convert them into usefull out door furniture
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Recity has created a tech-enabled circular economy of over 55,000 MTs of plastic waste across 22 cities by not only enabling participation of over 25,000 waste value chain actors, but also partnering with global brands & funds, bilaterals, multi-lateral consortiums and recyclers.
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Navi Mumbai based state pollution control board approved Plastic Recycler. We recycle all type of plastic waste with traceable activities
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