Best Solid Waste Management Tech Companies in New York, United States
The 39 best Solid Waste Management Tech companies in New York, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Ecovative.
Ranked: Best Solid Waste Management Tech companies in New York
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ecovative Mycelium technology to develop sustainable and biodegradable materials 64Funding top 16%Innovation top 25%Moat top 26%Patents top 28% All 11 signals ▾Fundingtop 16% Innovationtop 25% Moattop 26% Patentstop 28% Talenttop 28% Techtop 44% Partnerstop 45% Marketbottom 48% Growthbottom 46% Globalbottom 39% Newsbottom 21% Funding: Raised $173M across 24 rounds · 24 rounds over 15 yrs (1.6/yr) Innovation: 19 patents (top 37% of patent-holders) · 19 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $173M | 17 mo ago | 106 | 2007 | Gavin McIntyre Co-Founder | Cart FunctionalityShopifyApple iCloud Mail+24 | 19 patents Fungal mycelium-based biomaterials for sustainable packaging, construction, and textile applications. | — |
| 2 | Recyclebank Discounts and deals based recycling program | $90M | 186 mo ago | 75 | 2004 | — | ContentfulFirebaseEmotion+9 | 52 patents Incentive-driven recycling management platforms integrating consumer loyalty and financial rewards | — |
| 3 | RTS Smart waste collection company | $70M | 19 mo ago | 402 | 2015 | Gregory Lettieri Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+33 | — | — |
| 4 | CurbWaste Provider of software for haulers | $21M | 10 mo ago | 32 | 2021 | Ashley Patel Co-Founder and Chief of Staff | WebflowCart FunctionalityAmazon Web Services+22 | — | — |
| 5 | GreenSpark Online platform for waste management | $19M | 32 mo ago | 15 | 2021 | Gordon Driscoll Co-Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+23 | — | — |
| 6 | TrashieCash Provider of textile recycling services for clothing and household items 48Tech top 19%Funding top 32%Growth top 45%Talent bottom 49% All 8 signals ▾Techtop 19% Fundingtop 32% Growthtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Productbottom 48% Marketbottom 43% Globalbottom 29% Customersbottom 1% Tech: 67 technologies across 6/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Web Services Funding: Raised $10.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 48/100 | $10M | 2 mo ago | — | 2023 | Kristy Caylor Founder & CEO | ShopifyFirebaseEmotion+26 | — | 1 launch |
| 7 | Bion Sustainable agriculture and renewable energy solutions through waste treatment and resource recovery | $7M | 7 mo ago | 7 | 1989 | Dominic Bassani CEO | — | 10 patents Low‑oxygen wastewater bioconversion and nutrient removal for sustainable waste‑to‑energy processes | — |
| 8 | BinIt Provider of AI-based intelligent analytics for waste management | $6M | 18 mo ago | 8 | 2018 | Raghav Mecheri Co-Founder & CEO | — | 3 patents Detecting hazardous items using computer vision and image analysis | — |
| 9 | Visia AI-powered waste management software | $6M | 31 mo ago | — | 2020 | Raghav Mecheri Co-Founder & CEO | SentryApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+11 | — | — |
| 10 | GIPO Developer of a system converting wet waste into renewable resources | $6M | 108 mo ago | — | 2007 | Michael Gillespie Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 11 | TomTex Biodegradable textiles made from waste 24Patents top 37%Talent top 38%Innovation top 41%Moat top 45% All 7 signals ▾Patentstop 37% Talenttop 38% Innovationtop 41% Moattop 45% Fundingtop 47% Globalbottom 44% Marketbottom 16% Patents: 9 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 9 filings since 2022 vs 0 in 2017-21 Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100 | $6M | 33 mo ago | 1 | 2020 | Uyen Tran Co-Founder & CEO | — | 9 patents Synthetic leather and water‑resistant textile coatings for faux‑leather applications | — |
| 12 | Industrial Organic Connecting adults for casual encounters, hookups, and exploring sexuality | $6M | 92 mo ago | — | 2014 | Brett Van Aalsburg Co-Founder & CTO | — | — | — |
| 13 | WATS Online platform offering solutions for waste management | $4M | 28 mo ago | 8 | 2022 | Laura Rosenshine Co-founder and COO | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+13 | — | — |
| 14 | REEgen Provider of biological solutions for rare earth element recovery and purification | $275K | 37 mo ago | 5 | 2022 | Sean Medin Co-Founder | Framer SitesReactLenis+10 | — | — |
| 15 | Capro-X Provider of solution for acid whey waste in dairy industry | $250K | 25 mo ago | 3 | 2017 | Largus Angenent Co-Founder | — | 33 patents Bioconversion of lactose feedstocks into carboxylic acids for biofuel and chemical production | — |
Top 12 Solid Waste Management Tech companies in New York
#1
Series A · New York City, New York · founded 2023$10Mraised▾
Provider of textile recycling services for clothing and household items. Customers receive shipping bags to collect unwanted apparel, footwear, and home textiles. These items are processed through sorting facilities to determine if they can be repurposed, reused, or recycled. The service facilitates the diversion of discarded goods from landfills by managing the logistics of collection and distribution to appropriate processing channels. Participants receive financial incentives based on the volume of materials submitted for processing.
- 2026Series A$10M
#2
Series E · Albany, New York · founded 2007 · 106 employees$172.9Mraised▾
Mycelium technology to develop sustainable and biodegradable materials. It uses mycelium technology to develop sustainable and biodegradable materials, replacing plastics and engineered woods, and offers a range of products including mycelium foam, packaging, and other materials.
- Mar 2025Grant (prize money)$1.7M
- Mar 2025Series E$11M
- Mar 2025Conventional Debt—
- Sep 2024Series E$28M
#3
Series B · New York City, New York · founded 2021 · 32 employees$21.2Mraised▾
Provider of software for haulers. It offers features such as automated invoicing, tracking inventory and live ETA, order management, and more. The mobile application is available for Android and iOS users.
- Oct 2025Series B$28M
- Dec 2023Series A$10M
- Apr 2023Seed$4M
- Aug 2022Seed$6M
#4
Public · Old Bethpage, New York · founded 1989 · 7 employees$7.2Mraised▾
Sustainable agriculture and renewable energy solutions through waste treatment and resource recovery. The company provides environmental solutions by transforming organic waste into valuable resources. It recovers ammonia-nitrogen and CO₂ from biogas production, converting pollution into organic fertilizers and clean water. This circular approach supports agriculture, food production, and renewable fuels by upcycling nutrients, reducing emissions, and improving environmental health. The core technology, an Ammonia Recovery System (ARS), captures and stabilizes ammonia, turning it into high-performance organic nitrogen fertilizer. This technology addresses environmental concerns associated with livestock waste and renewable natural gas (RNG) production, offering sustainable intensification for the agriculture industry. The company's solutions cater to specialty, row, and cover crops, home lawn and garden, schools, parks, youth sports fields, turf & landscape/golf courses. The business model focuses on sustainability, waste treatment, resource recovery, organic fertilizers, clean water, renewable energy, and environmental protection.
- Jan 2026Post IPO$25K
- Jun 2025Post IPO$100K
- Feb 2025Post IPO$25K
- Dec 2024Post IPO$25K
#5
Series C · New York City, New York · founded 2015 · 402 employees$70.5Mraised▾
Recycle Track Systems is a US-based startup that offers on-demand waste management services. Provides a mobile application through which users can schedule a waste pickup service. Customers can choose from a wide variety of containers, wheelie bins, dumpsters & wheelie carts according to the requirement. Services offered are bulk e-waste removal, commercial recyclable waste collection, food waste removal, sustainability assessment, and waste management training. Has developed proprietary routing technology to assist the local waste hauliers to optimize the waste collection operations. Customers can request a free waste assessment service. Serves residential sites, restaurants, grocery stores, hospitals & event management firms.
- Jan 2025Series C$40M
- Jun 2021Series C$35M
- Feb 2019Series B$23.5M
- Jul 2017Series A$11.7M
#6
Seed · New York City, New York · founded 2018 · 8 employees$6.4Mraised▾
Provider of AI-based intelligent analytics for waste management. It offers solution such as digitize waste stream, analyze, tracking, and more.
- Feb 2025Seed$3.6M
- Jan 2024Seed$6.4M
- 2022Seed—
#7
Series B · New York City, New York · founded 2021 · 15 employees$19Mraised▾
Online platform for waste management. Its software helps users to optimize workflow, save time and money, inventory management, sales management, and others.
- Jan 2024Series B$13.4M
- Dec 2021Series A$5M
#8
Series A · New York City, New York · founded 2022 · 8 employees$4.5Mraised▾
Online platform offering solutions for waste management. It provides waste administration and tracking software solutions. It provides digital dashboards to guide business operators, facilities managers, and sustainability teams for waste management.
- Apr 2024Series A$3.8M
- Oct 2023Seed$550K
- Jun 2022Seed$100K
#9
Seed · New York City, New York · founded 2020$6.4Mraised▾
AI-powered waste management software. It develops camera and X-ray modules powered by AI to react to contamination, hazards, and off spec material.
- Jan 2024Seed$6.4M
#10
Seed · Brooklyn, New York · founded 2020 · 1 employees$6.1Mraised▾
Biodegradable textiles made from waste. It develops sustainable, naturally biodegradable textiles that mimic the properties of various fabrics, leveraging seafood shells and mushroom waste as raw materials.
- Nov 2023Seed$2.2M
- Apr 2022Seed$1.7M
- Oct 2021Seed$250K
#11
Acquired · New York City, New York · founded 2004 · 75 employees$90.1Mraised▾
Discounts and deals-based recycling program. The company measures the amount of material each home recycles and then converts that activity into RecycleBank Reward Points that can be used online as well as at local and national rewards partners. Recyclebank’s online shop, OneTwine.com, combines the company sustainability expertise and rewards program to help people choose products that are better for their homes, their wallet and the planet.
- Feb 2011Series C$47M
- Mar 2008Series B$30M
- May 2007Series A$13.1M
#12
Seed · Ithaca, New York · founded 2017 · 3 employees$250Kraised▾
Capro-X is a technology company that provides a solution for acid whey waste in the dairy industry. Its technology uses naturally occurring, non-GMO microbes to upgrade dairy waste streams into clean water and natural bio-oils.
- Jul 2024Grant (prize money)$206.5K
- Apr 2020Grant (prize money)$774.1K
- Jan 2020Seed$250K
- Jun 2018Grant (prize money)$224.9K
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Solid Waste Management Tech coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Circular Economy is moving in the United States
A read on the academic research around Circular Economy — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 2,687 United States-affiliated papers.
- National Research Council69
- Purdue University West Lafayette49
- Cornell University35
- Yale University34
- Arizona State University32
- Sustainability2→82
- Resource (disambiguation)6→58
- Supply chain2→33
- Resource efficiency3→28
- Resource allocation2→26
- Sustainability13→357
- Resource (disambiguation)15→164
- Sustainable development4→107
- Supply chain4→87
- Resource efficiency16→97
- Sustainability34→294
- Sustainable development15→108
- Resource (disambiguation)34→110
- Reuse7→74
- Ecology3→62
Where circular economy is researched across United States
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Who's filing circular economy patents in the United States
United States circular economy patent filing is accelerating — 251 filings from 58 assignees (2016–2025), led by Chevron USA, Casella Waste SYS, Tread Heads; annual filings 6→27.
- Chevron USA146
- Casella Waste SYS22
- Tread Heads10
- Hewlett Packard Development10
- Emerging Acquisitions9
- AMP Robotics9
- MI9
- Megtec SYS8
Common questions
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