Industry landscapes
The companies, capital and talent shaping recycling and the circular economy in the United States. Find the leaders. Understand the segments. See where the activity is.
An industry ecosystem,
measured in context.
24 featured companies from the funding, hiring, revenue and team-size leaderboards.
Locked revenue figures are available in Radar; the eight company financial previews stay the same throughout this page. A dash means the figure is outside these featured lists. Revenue years vary by company; the figures are not a like-for-like revenue comparison. Compare annual accounts ↗
Recently founded means a recorded 2023–2026 founding year and no recorded parent, acquirer or public-company status. These companies are not labelled startups without that separate classification.
Explore classified startups in Radar ↗A few useful ratios bring the size of this ecosystem into perspective.
137 of 1,405 tracked companies have open roles.
579 of 1,405 tracked companies have a recorded round.
Share of disclosed capital received by the three largest recorded recipients.
Midpoint of 1,337 rounds with a disclosed amount.
Scale is concentrated. Opportunity is broader. The three largest funding recipients hold 29.4% of disclosed capital, while 58.8% of tracked companies have no recorded funding round.
Explore the segments →Recorded company formation and disclosed funding across the complete annual series shown.
Sum of recorded funding rounds · USD
| Year | Funding (USD) | Founded | Raising |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $358.7M | 74 | 68 |
| 2017 | $1.13B | 76 | 65 |
| 2018 | $2.42B | 92 | 83 |
| 2019 | $3.19B | 83 | 81 |
| 2020 | $1.36B | 94 | 102 |
| 2021 | $5.39B | 98 | 130 |
| 2022 | $4.45B | 86 | 124 |
| 2023 | $7.91B | 71 | 124 |
| 2024 | $2.93B | 34 | 128 |
| 2025 | $1.98B | 8 | 118 |
Share of all disclosed company funding.
1,547 recorded rounds since 2016
Recorded participation in recycling and the circular economy company rounds since 2016.
Backed by All Aboard.
Backed by Hshyosungadvancedmaterials and Capricorn Partners.
Backed by .
Backed by Hostplus and Clearvison Ventures and others.
Backed by Octopus Energy.
Backed by .
Backed by .
Backed by Invest Appalachia.
Backed by SoftBank Vision Fund.
Backed by The Rise Fund.
Backed by Ara Partners and Enbridge.
Backed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management and Capricorn and others.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Participating investors were not recorded in this snapshot.
Backed by T. Rowe Price and Baillie Gifford and others.
Backed by Brookfield Renewable U.S..
Backed by BlackRock and Temasek and others.
Backed by Baillie Gifford and Temasek and others.
Annual accounts for reporting companies linked to this landscape, on like-for-like currency and reporting bases.
Display conversions use the dated reference rates above. Where a verified rate is unavailable, figures retain their source currency. Each reporting cohort keeps its currency and accounting basis separate.
FY2024 · annual statements grouped by reported fiscal year; exact entity periods remain on preview rows · 11 reporting entities from 25 eligible matches.
Sum of reporting-entity revenue; not the United States market sales.
Combined result for the same cohort.
Combined net income ÷ combined revenue.
The middle covered reporting entity.
4 of 11 covered entities.
Share of covered revenue from the five largest entities.
Reported cohort totals by year; coverage is stated for every period.
Bar height shows revenue. Changes in coverage can affect totals.
FY2024 · 11 reporting entities
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| Company / reporting entity | Revenue | Net profit / loss | Net margin | Revenue growth | Total assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graphic Packaging ↗1408075 | $8,775.0m | $658.0m | +7.5% | — | — |
| Xylem Water Solutions ↗1524472 | $8,562.0m | $890.0m | +10.4% | — | — |
| Clean Harbors ↗822818 | $5,890.0m | $402.3m | +6.8% | — | — |
| Trex ↗1069878 | $1,151.4m | $226.4m | +19.7% | — | — |
| Aemetis ↗738214 | $267.6m | $-87.5m | -32.7% | — | — |
| LanzaTech ↗1843724 | $49.6m | $-137.7m | -277.7% | — | — |
| ABTC ↗1576873 | $0.3m | $-52.5m | -15284.4% | — | — |
| Aqua Metals ↗1621832 | $0.0m | $-24.6m | — | — | — |
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Each pair uses the same year, currency and reporting basis. Cohort overlap is disclosed.
| Industry | Covered / eligible | Revenue total | Median revenue | Net profit / loss | Aggregate margin | Profitable share | Overlap |
|---|
Available-account cohorts are not estimates of whole industries. Overlapping entities can occur in more than one cohort; do not add cohort totals.
Filed annual accounts for exact designated national identifiers. Every aggregate and peer pair uses one fiscal year, source currency and reporting basis; periods, coverage and overlap are explicit; 2026 partials are excluded.
The same up to eight reporting entities remain open across years, filters and sorts. Other company figures are available in Radar.
Source currencies and accounting bases stay separate. Missing accounts are excluded rather than treated as zero. Exact reporting periods appear on company previews. Annual totals can change with coverage and do not measure growth of a fixed company cohort.
How the the United States companies on this page show up online: the sites people visit, the apps they install, and how often those apps ship.
9 of the 1,405 companies on this page carry a measured traffic record (0.6%); these are the largest of those, by monthly visits. The median among them is 312,691 visits.
| Company | Monthly visits | Authority | Mobile |
|---|---|---|---|
| ecoATMecoatm.com | 7,039,661 | 53 | 96.5% |
| Trextrex.com | 1,241,155 | 54 | 79.1% |
| Xylem Water Solutionsxylem.com | 443,813 | 48 | 32.1% |
| LifeStrawlifestraw.com | 334,471 | 50 | 79.1% |
| TrashieCashtrashie.io | 312,691 | 38 | 88.7% |
| Vittoriavittoria.com | 181,875 | 48 | 51.6% |
| Project Repatprojectrepat.com | 149,295 | 38 | 80.7% |
| Wool&Princewoolandprince.com | 123,258 | 40 | 67.5% |
| WestRockwestrock.com | 76,580 | 47 | 40.4% |
Visits and authority are third-party web estimates, not company-reported figures.
51 of these companies (3.6%) publish at least one Android app — 93 apps in all, carrying 2.7M installs between them.
| App | Installs | Rating | Store category |
|---|---|---|---|
| ecoATMecoATM | 2.3M | 4.6 | Tools |
| Litterati - The Global Team ClLitterati | 129.2K | 3.5 | Education |
| EMS.GHS/SDSChemical Safety | 51.6K | 4 | Productivity |
| Trex ARTrex | 24.9K | 3.2 | Lifestyle |
| OlynsOlyns | 23.3K | 2.4 | Lifestyle |
| ViewView | 23K | 2.2 | Productivity |
| Rubicon ConnectRubicon | 20.6K | — | Business |
| MillMill | 14.7K | 4 | Lifestyle |
| Loop DepositLoop | 12.3K | 3.5 | Shopping |
| CLEAN MobileBigbelly Solar | 10.1K | 4.7 | Business |
Installs are lifetime totals to date at the June 2026 store reading — a measure of reach, not of people using an app today.
The busiest app inside each of this page’s own segments, with the quarterly release trend behind it (2023Q2–2026Q2).
| Segment | Apps | Installs | Leading app | Release trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solid Waste Management Tech | 69 | 2.6M | ecoATM 2.3M | |
| Grc Software | 6 | 56.1K | EMS.GHS\/SDS 51.6K | |
| Hrtech | 5 | 54.3K | EMS.Inventory 1.4K | |
| Construction Tech | 3 | 49.7K | Trex AR 24.9K | |
| Enterprise Resource Planning | 32 | 43.7K | ServiceCore 9.4K | |
| Smart Cities | 3 | 32.6K | Rubicon Connect 20.6K | |
| Advanced Materials | 5 | 25K | View 23K | |
| Energy Efficiency Tech | 2 | 24.8K | View Wellness 1.7K |
A company can carry several segment tags, so these rows overlap and should not be added together. Trend lines are zero-based and share one quarter grid, so a flat line is a quiet segment, not a missing one.
New apps published, beside apps whose most recent update landed in that quarter — the second bar is how much of the shelf is still being maintained.
Darker bars are new releases, lighter bars apps updated. 90 of 93 apps carry a release date. The series ends at 2026Q1, the last quarter that closed before the June 2026 reading.
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Companies can sit in several segments. Counts and funding overlap.
The largest measured segment in this report snapshot.
120 companies hiring · $34.8B disclosed funding
Explore in RadarCommon revenue models; a company can use more than one.
Recorded corporate activity linked to companies in this landscape.
New York-based GreenSpark Software and Los Angeles-based ReMatter, two software platforms serving the metal recycling industry, have merged, creating a single company known as ReSpark.
TimberHP, the first U.S.-based manufacturer of wood fiber insulation, today announced a strategic investment from FTAI Infrastructure Inc.
Ace Green Recycling, Inc., a leading provider of sustainable battery recycling technology solutions, and Athena Technology Acquisition Corp. II, a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, announced that they have entered into securities purchase agreements with certain investors for an aggregate $32 million private investment in public equity (PIPE) financing to support their previously-announced proposed business combination, with the common stock of the combined company expected to be listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker “AGXI” following the consummation of the Proposed Business Combination.
Westborough, Massachusetts-based Ascend, which specializes in reprocessing old batteries into cathode material at a factory in Georgia, has raised more than $1.1 billion in equity and grants since its founding in 2015.
Routeware has announced the acquisition of PermiServ as part of its strategy to expand its presence in the United Kingdom.
Rubi, the company pioneering the next era of manufacturing with technology that transforms carbon into essential materials, today announces a $7.5 million funding round and significant commercial traction, including multi-year offtake term sheets worth over $60M with leading fashion brands and manufacturers, eight new commercial partnerships, and moving pilots into larger-scale production testing.
ARQ — Raised: $70M About: ARQ develops a financial gateway for Latin America. Key Investors: Sequoia, Founders Fund
In early 2026, Lummus Technology announced a strategic investment in InnoVent Renewables, aiming to accelerate the deployment of its proprietary tyre recycling technology.
The acquisition of OnStream advances our strategy to invest in high-quality, resilient, and critical infrastructure assets with compelling growth opportunities.
Phoenix Tailings closed an oversubscribed $40.2 million B-3 amplification round, bringing total Series B funding to $116.6 million.
Top 10 categories among 1,044 recorded events in the 24-month window.
2 companies with recorded IPO activity
IPO · NASDAQ3 reports
IPO · Nasdaq1 reports
69 tracked people moves
Appointment Chief Product Officer
Retirement Previously Chief Operating Officer
Departure Previously Vice President of Mechanical Engineering
Departure Previously Vice President of Integrated Supply Chain
Appointment Board chair
Appointment Director
Appointment Vice President, Investor Relations
Appointment Vice President, Treasury and Capital Finance
Products, platforms and features in the recorded window
Platform
79 recorded customer wins
Customer: Octopus Energy GenerationCarbon removal
Customer: JPMorganChaseCarbon removal
Customer: jpmorgan chaseCarbon Removal
Customer: sabaAviation Fuel
Customer: trafiguraMaterials/critical minerals
Customer: googleEnvironmental Services
8 companies with reported reductions
135 rolesrestructuring for energy storage business
Scale not stated rolescost reduction
32.0% rolescost reduction
15.0% rolesgovernment downsizing
800 rolesbusiness decision
82 rolesliquidity shortage
13 recorded events
approved as associate memberAmerican Chemistry Council
regulatory approvals satisfied
approved to receive waste material under CERCLAEPA
regained full complianceNasdaq
39 tracked suits
Shareholder proposal regulationRegulatory ·
shareholder rights and corporate accountabilityRegulatory · Filed
Reported company results in the recorded window.
Median across 64 reported growth observations; companies may contribute multiple periods.
Company-linked deal reports; status is preserved as recorded.
| Acquirer → target | Status | Date | Value / context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smurfit Kappa Group→WestRock ↗ | Announced | 2026-06-13 | Not stated in snapshot |
| GreenSpark→rematter | Completed | 2026-05-04 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Routeware→permiserv | Announced | 2026-04-07 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Igneo→onstream | Announced | 2026-03-24 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Aqua Metals→lion energy | Announced | 2026-02-12 | Not stated in snapshot |
| Aqua Metals→american battery factory | Announced | 2026-02-12 | Not stated in snapshot |
A discussion or rumour is not a completed transaction. An unstated value is not zero.
4,716 postings in the preceding 12 months. The full 6,404-posting snapshot covers 179 employers.
23 tracked postings mention remote work.
1,690 postings specify a level.
Top skills across 6,404 tracked postings in the available jobs snapshot.
Median across 651 postings with pay data, expressed in USD.
Advertised posting medians do not describe all employees or roles.
| Company | Open roles |
|---|---|
| Clean Harbors ↗ | 13 |
| Water Technologies ↗ | 11 |
| Koch Engineered Solutions ↗ | 11 |
| WestRock ↗ | 11 |
| Culligan ↗ | 11 |
| Tangent Technologies ↗ | 10 |
| Graham Packaging ↗ | 10 |
| Fidelity ↗ | 10 |
| Company | Employees |
|---|---|
| Orbia ↗ | 24,736 |
| Graphic Packaging ↗ | 23,500 |
| Clean Harbors ↗ | 19,825 |
| Xylem Water Solutions ↗ | 5,197 |
| Footprint ↗ | 2,000 |
| Trex ↗ | 1,765 |
| Gradiant ↗ | 900 |
| Redwood Materials ↗ | 516 |
1,079 founders and chief executives across 725 companies.
Quantumscape, ex-Tesla, ex-Volacom, Stanford University, 2000
Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Tianjin University, University of Windsor PhD
Ex-Sherwin-Williams, GE Plastics. University of Southern California 1990
Summit Agricultural Group, FS Fueling Sustainability, Amber Wave. University of Iowa
Ex-Conagra Brands, Greater Phoenix Economic Council. Michigan State University Master of Science - MS, Packaging Engineering 1993…
Ex-Raytheon. Clarkson University BS 2001, MEng 2004
Lanzatech, ex-Uop, ex-Uop A Honeywell, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, 2006
University of Delaware BS 2011, Massachusetts Institute of Technology MS 2013, PhD 2016
Phononic Devices, MEGE Associates, ex-CEO Siva Power, QuantumScape. MIT 1983
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering BS 2006, Stanford University MS 2011, PhD 2015
Ecoatm Gazelle, ex-Shutterstock, ex-Meredith, City University of Seattle, 2000
EX- Canadian Space Agency. MIT PhD 2010
246 profiles with education records.
27 profiles with prior-work records.
Profiles cover recorded founders and leaders; contact details remain in Radar.
2,479,288 articles in the measured 12-month window.
Recycling and the Circular Economy coverage across United States · articles per complete quarter
| Quarter | Articles |
|---|---|
| 2021Q2 | 524,676 |
| 2021Q3 | 542,536 |
| 2021Q4 | 525,868 |
| 2022Q1 | 570,564 |
| 2022Q2 | 571,373 |
| 2022Q3 | 584,864 |
| 2022Q4 | 645,330 |
| 2023Q1 | 674,770 |
| 2023Q2 | 669,042 |
| 2023Q3 | 606,543 |
| 2023Q4 | 568,542 |
| 2024Q1 | 600,858 |
| 2024Q2 | 583,254 |
| 2024Q3 | 571,210 |
| 2024Q4 | 607,549 |
| 2025Q1 | 903,109 |
| 2025Q2 | 636,050 |
| 2025Q3 | 1,397,267 |
| 2025Q4 | 355,762 |
| 2026Q1 | 479,613 |
| 2026Q2 | 246,646 |
Article volume measures coverage, not market sales.
1,441 recorded company events across 167 companies; percentages use that event total.
Recycling and the Circular Economy coverage across United States · ranked by full-period article count.
Recent and prior counts use the source comparison windows.
Recycling and the Circular Economy coverage across United States
| Keyword | Recent | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| conceptual rock albums | 4,987 | 56 | 8805% |
| countries | 3,925 | 1,959 | 100% |
| oil price volatility | 3,804 | 2,049 | 86% |
| long-term unemployment | 3,069 | 2,187 | 40% |
| stablecoin fx impact | 3,016 | 1,794 | 68% |
| etf trading | 2,660 | 1,151 | 131% |
| commodity trading | 2,562 | 1,213 | 111% |
| export sanctions | 2,516 | 927 | 171% |
| theatrical rock personas | 2,362 | 15 | 15647% |
| forex liquidity | 2,360 | 1,136 | 108% |
| tariff negotiations | 17,959 | 29,732 | -40% |
| free trade deals | 7,406 | 12,115 | -39% |
| stock performance | 6,841 | 10,342 | -34% |
| economic slowdown | 4,348 | 7,485 | -42% |
| trade enforcement | 2,802 | 4,660 | -40% |
Recycling and the Circular Economy coverage across United States
territories, disputed islands, monetary easing
46.2% critical · 19.2% positiveinflation reports fx, currency intervention policies, trade deficits fx
46.1% critical · 36.8% positivegdp growth rate, monetary easing, gdp acceleration
47.0% critical · 36.4% positiveRecycling and the Circular Economy coverage across United States. Topic labels describe recorded classifications and can include broad context.
2,687 papers in the recorded india scope.
Tone counts: 2,514 positive · 44 neutral · 129 negative.
Landmark: Implementation of Circular Economy Business Models by Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs): Barriers and Enablers
Landmark: Material efficiency strategies to reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with buildings, vehicles, and electronics—a review
Landmark: Toward polymer upcycling—adding value and tackling circularity
Common problems researchers identify · 0125.3% of this theme group
Researchers highlight fundamental challenges in adopting circular economic models within India's broader sustainability agenda.
Circular economy (186) · Sustainability (66) · Sustainable development (35) · Economic system (14)
Circular economy business models in developing economies: Lessons from India on reduce, recycle, and reuse paradigms
Circular Bioeconomy Concepts—A Perspective
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 403.2 |
| 2023 | 444.7 |
| 2024 | 432.3 |
| 2025 | 541.6 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0217.7% of this theme group
Studies point to shortcomings in material and energy use that hinder industrial decarbonisation and sustainable construction.
Sustainability (76) · Resource efficiency (37) · Resource (48) · Efficient energy use (15)
Energy, material, and resource efficiency for industrial decarbonization: A systematic review of sociotechnical systems, technological innov
Informatic Analysis and Review of Literature on the Optimum Selection of Sustainable Materials Used in Construction Projects
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 105.3 |
| 2023 | 116.8 |
| 2024 | 97.7 |
| 2025 | 152.5 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0317.2% of this theme group
Authors examine difficulties in designing product life‑cycles and supply networks that meet circular and sustainability goals.
Circular economy (126) · Supply chain (30) · Product (19) · Sustainability (43)
Sustainability in the Circular Economy: Insights and Dynamics of Designing Circular Business Models
Circular Economy: A Product Life Cycle Perspective on Engineering and Manufacturing Practices
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 745.8 |
| 2023 | 756.7 |
| 2024 | 769.4 |
| 2025 | 851.0 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0414.7% of this theme group
Literature flags technical and policy issues surrounding lithium‑ion battery reuse and carbon‑capture integration.
Circular economy (102) · Battery (8) · Lithium (6) · Electric vehicle (6)
Lithium-ion batteries towards circular economy: A literature review of opportunities and issues of recycling treatments
Implementing carbon capture, utilisation and storage in the circular economy
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 38.2 |
| 2023 | 41.2 |
| 2024 | 31.0 |
| 2025 | 36.2 |
Common problems researchers identify · 0511.0% of this theme group
Research identifies economic and environmental hurdles to implementing circular practices in demolition and building projects.
Circular economy (79) · Demolition (9) · Economic geography (6) · Reuse (15)
Circular economy implementation in the construction industry: an examination of the barriers in a developing country
Circular economy in the building sector: a systematic review of environmental, economic, and social dimensions
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 170.7 |
| 2023 | 167.3 |
| 2024 | 165.5 |
| 2025 | 129.4 |
Common problems researchers identify · 069.8% of this theme group
Papers discuss limited access to critical resources and the need for solvent recovery and waste reduction.
Raw material (10) · Resource (20) · Rare earth (5) · Production (14)
Systems level roadmap for solvent recovery and reuse in industries
Sustainable Consumption by Reducing Food Waste: A Review of the Current State and Directions for Future Research
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 557.8 |
| 2023 | 524.1 |
| 2024 | 424.7 |
| 2025 | 490.9 |
Common problems researchers identify · 074.2% of this theme group
Analyses focus on the health and environmental threats posed by municipal solid and hazardous waste streams.
Pollution (11) · Hazardous waste (11) · Municipal solid waste (10) · Scope (11)
Solid Waste
Hazardous Waste
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 296.4 |
| 2023 | 294.6 |
| 2024 | 243.1 |
| 2025 | 230.9 |
Cautions · 0143.8% of this theme group
Authors urge careful assessment of circular business models and material‑recycling systems before large‑scale rollout.
Circular economy (39) · Reuse (8) · Sustainability (17) · Economic system (4)
Circular Economy Business Models—Supply Chain Perspectives
Material recycling in a circular economy—A systems view
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 197.9 |
| 2023 | 193.0 |
| 2024 | 144.9 |
| 2025 | 104.0 |
Cautions · 0231.4% of this theme group
Studies caution that resource‑efficiency measures may produce hidden emissions or ecological side effects.
Resource (16) · Resource efficiency (12) · Sustainability (13) · Efficient energy use (4)
Material efficiency strategies to reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with buildings, vehicles, and electronics—a review
Ecologically Inspired Water Network Optimization of Steel Manufacture Using Constructed Wetlands as a Wastewater Treatment Process
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 105.3 |
| 2023 | 116.8 |
| 2024 | 97.7 |
| 2025 | 152.5 |
Cautions · 0316.2% of this theme group
Research warns that software‑driven circular strategies can overlook practical risks and low‑impact opportunities.
Circular economy (11) · Software deployment (3) · Scrap (3) · Visualization (2)
Prioritising low-risk and high-potential circular economy strategies for decarbonisation: A meta-analysis on consumer-oriented product-servi
RECYCLING AND UPCYCLING IN THE ELECTRO-MECHANICAL DOMAIN: A REVIEW OF CURRENT PRACTICES
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 62.9 |
| 2023 | 63.8 |
| 2024 | 48.8 |
| 2025 | 93.8 |
Cautions · 048.6% of this theme group
Works highlight gaps in LCA data for nutrients, compost, and biocomposites that affect sustainability conclusions.
Life-cycle assessment (4) · Nutrient (2) · Manure (2) · Fossil fuel (2)
Compost Quality and Markets Are Pivotal for Sustainability in Circular Food-Nutrient Systems: A Case Study of Sri Lanka
Sustainable biocomposites based on Mater-Bi and grape pomace for a circular economy: Performance evaluation and degradation in soil
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 216.9 |
| 2023 | 210.8 |
| 2024 | 181.4 |
| 2025 | 197.1 |
Opportunities · 0123.2% of this theme group
Analyses reveal how waste management and circular models can generate sustainable growth and market advantages.
Circular economy (253) · Sustainability (95) · Sustainable development (43) · Industrial organization (17)
Waste management and circular economy: A review of sustainable practices and economic benefits
A Review of Circular Economy Practices in Business: Concepts, Challenges, Opportunities, and Global Market Dynamics
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 612.0 |
| 2023 | 642.2 |
| 2024 | 609.4 |
| 2025 | 632.0 |
Opportunities · 0220.3% of this theme group
Papers explore material‑efficiency pathways and digital tools that support low‑carbon transitions.
Sustainability (138) · Resource efficiency (60) · Resource (74) · Sustainable development (47)
Resource Efficiency and Climate Change: Material Efficiency Strategies for a Low-Carbon Future
Artificial Intelligence and Environmental Sustainability Playbook for Energy Sector Leaders
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 322.8 |
| 2023 | 375.2 |
| 2024 | 386.7 |
| 2025 | 534.5 |
Opportunities · 0318.3% of this theme group
Research showcases how remanufacturing and waste‑as‑resource approaches can reshape consumer behavior and supply chains.
Circular economy (195) · Reuse (60) · Remanufacturing (14) · Product (25)
Remanufacturing for the Circular Economy: An Examination of Consumer Switching Behavior
Reevaluating waste as a resource under a circular economy approach from a system perspective: Findings from a case study
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 94.4 |
| 2023 | 95.4 |
| 2024 | 73.7 |
| 2025 | 67.4 |
Opportunities · 0417.0% of this theme group
Studies propose energy‑aware scheduling and multi‑cloud strategies to reduce computing footprints.
Resource allocation (47) · Cloud computing (49) · Scheduling (31) · Resource (78)
An energy-efficiency-aware resource allocation strategy in multi-granularity provision for green computing
Optimising AI Workload Distribution in Multi-Cloud Environments: A Dynamic Resource Allocation Approach
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 40.4 |
| 2023 | 42.0 |
| 2024 | 37.4 |
| 2025 | 57.3 |
Opportunities · 0511.5% of this theme group
Works highlight emerging technologies that turn agricultural waste into energy and valuable circular inputs.
Biomass (13) · Waste management (21) · Agriculture (24) · Circular economy (61)
Metal organic frameworks for wastewater treatment, renewable energy and circular economy contributions
Resource recovery and waste-to-energy from wastewater sludge via thermochemical conversion technologies in support of circular economy: a co
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 4524.7 |
| 2023 | 4491.8 |
| 2024 | 4456.8 |
| 2025 | 3906.5 |
Opportunities · 066.0% of this theme group
Research emphasizes using LCA metrics to guide sustainable product development and reduce environmental impacts.
Life-cycle assessment (51) · Environmental impact assessment (12) · Sustainability (27) · Circular economy (28)
Seeking opportunities to reduce life cycle impacts of consumer goods-An economy-wide assessment
LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT AND CIRCULAR ECONOMY INDICATORS TO DESIGN SUSTAINABLE ELECTRIC OUTBOARDS: RESULTS FROM WORKSHOPS WITH INDUSTRIAL EXPER
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 116.7 |
| 2023 | 119.5 |
| 2024 | 119.2 |
| 2025 | 137.8 |
Opportunities · 073.7% of this theme group
Papers discuss collaborative industrial ecosystems that enhance resource sharing and align with sustainability goals.
Industrial symbiosis (39) · Industrial ecology (8) · Environmental economics (8) · Sustainability (15)
Championing processes and the emergence of industrial symbiosis
Advancing circular economy in industrial chemistry and environmental engineering: Principles, alignment with United Nations sustainable deve
| Year | Share index |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 580.4 |
| 2023 | 599.0 |
| 2024 | 460.5 |
| 2025 | 232.4 |
Orientation shares compared with 25,000 papers in the reference sample.
| Research orientation | This field | Reference sample |
|---|---|---|
| Promising | 35.3% | 37.0% |
| Problem-identifying | 30.1% | 9.9% |
| Breakthrough | 13.1% | 26.2% |
| Descriptive | 12.5% | 17.4% |
| Cautionary | 4.1% | 4.8% |
| Comparative | 3.3% | 3.7% |
| Critical | 1.6% | 1.0% |
Counts and shares refer to the stated research pool. A low count describes how much of that research is recorded here, not the absence of a real-world concern.
| Concern / example paper | Papers | Share | Raised as a problem | Worldwide share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardware, e-waste & supply chainA Strategy for Material Supply Chain Sustainability: Enabling a Circular Economy in the Electronics Industry through Gre | 55 | 2.29% | 26 (47.3%) | 2.3% |
| Energy & datacenter footprintGetting to green | 20 | 0.83% | 5 (25.0%) | 0.48% |
| Carbon & emissions of computeA Framework for Intelligent Cloud Systems: Enabling Secure, Policy-Driven, and Sustainable AI at Scale | 3 | 0.13% | 0 (0.0%) | 0.03% |
| Labour & data workBarriers and Opportunities when Transitioning from Linear to Circular Business Models: Evidence from the Construction an | 2 | 0.08% | 1 (50.0%) | 0.1% |
| Water useAI-Optimized Cooling in Cloud Data Centers: A Feasibility Analysis; Environmental Strategies of the Cloud Computing Indu | 1 | 0.04% | 1 (100.0%) | 0.01% |
| Privacy & surveillanceSmart Waste Management in the Age of Industry 4.0: IoT, AI and Blockchain Applications in Circular Economy Systems | 1 | 0.04% | 0 (0.0%) | 0.07% |
| Safety & misuseSustainable transformation of rare earth metals value chain for dual-use technologies | 1 | 0.04% | 1 (100.0%) | 0.01% |
| Bias & fairnessBayesian model selection for network discrimination and risk‐informed decision‐making in material flow analysis | 1 | 0.04% | 0 (0.0%) | 0.03% |
| Concentration of compute powerIndustrial symbiosis: Impact of competition on firms’ willingness to implement | 1 | 0.04% | 0 (0.0%) | 0.03% |
Institution and researcher rankings use citations to their covered work. Research scope: United States. This may be broader than the company geography.
Compare demand signals in the United States’s newsflow with the recycling and the circular economy categories mapped to each signal.
Signal percentile − supply percentile = gap in percentile points. Positive gaps highlight questions to investigate. A high signal can reflect spending pressure or access friction, as well as potential demand.
The comparison is relative to the signal families on this page. A supply percentile of zero means the lowest relative reading, not zero companies. It is a prioritisation clue, not measured market size or unmet demand.
Signal and mapped-supply percentiles, their gap, and change in the signal’s article share.
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| Signal family | Signal percentile | Supply percentile | Relative gap | Gap (points) | Signal share vs prior year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate policy & governance ↗Compliance Pressure | 41.7 | 25.0 | +16.7 | +14.9% | |
| Carbon & emissions ↗Compliance Pressure | 33.3 | 25.0 | +8.3 | +17.0% | |
| Climate impacts ↗Environmental Driver | 58.3 | 100.0 | -41.7 | +59.3% | |
| Renewables build-out ↗Infrastructure Shift | 66.7 | — | No matching category | — | +27.5% |
| Grid & power reliability ↗Risk Pressure | 25.0 | — | No matching category | — | +10.6% |
| Industrial parks & warehousing ↗Investment Build-Out | 33.3 | — | No matching category | — | +28.1% |
| Layoffs & income shocks ↗Spending Pressure | 91.7 | — | No matching category | — | +57.7% |
Showing all 7 signals. Select a family for its history and mapped categories.
All 12 city readings for these demand families in the comparison geography. the United States is highlighted.
Each city’s reading is a share of its own coverage.
Carbon & emissions · Layoffs & income shocks · Grid & power reliability
Grid & power reliability · Climate impacts · Renewables build-out
Grid & power reliability · Layoffs & income shocks · Carbon & emissions
Layoffs & income shocks · Grid & power reliability · Climate impacts
Layoffs & income shocks · Grid & power reliability · Renewables build-out
Grid & power reliability · Climate impacts · Renewables build-out
Layoffs & income shocks · Grid & power reliability · Renewables build-out
Layoffs & income shocks · Renewables build-out · Climate policy & governance
Layoffs & income shocks · Renewables build-out · Climate policy & governance
Renewables build-out · Layoffs & income shocks · Climate impacts
Layoffs & income shocks · Grid & power reliability · Renewables build-out
Layoffs & income shocks · Renewables build-out · Grid & power reliability
Climate policy can land as reporting, compliance and transition demand.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 1121 | 6.58 |
| 2024Q4 | 1705 | 9.61 |
| 2025Q1 | 1943 | 7.76 |
| 2025Q2 | 1502 | 9.42 |
| 2025Q3 | 2081 | 7.64 |
| 2025Q4 | 1587 | 13.15 |
| 2026Q1 | 1428 | 9.89 |
| 2026Q2 | 749 | 9.73 |
Emission pressure can pull measurement, reduction and offset tooling demand.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 830 | 4.87 |
| 2024Q4 | 936 | 5.28 |
| 2025Q1 | 1303 | 5.21 |
| 2025Q2 | 907 | 5.69 |
| 2025Q3 | 1071 | 3.93 |
| 2025Q4 | 867 | 7.18 |
| 2026Q1 | 844 | 5.85 |
| 2026Q2 | 994 | 12.91 |
Visible climate impacts can pull resilience and adaptation demand where they hit.
Companies can appear in multiple categories; these counts are not a unique-company total.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 570 | 3.34 |
| 2024Q4 | 630 | 3.55 |
| 2025Q1 | 569 | 2.27 |
| 2025Q2 | 472 | 2.96 |
| 2025Q3 | 1211 | 4.44 |
| 2025Q4 | 399 | 3.31 |
| 2026Q1 | 617 | 4.27 |
| 2026Q2 | 669 | 8.69 |
Renewable build-out can multiply the storage, grid and management tooling it depends on.
This signal has no matching category in the page’s recycling and the circular economy market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 1297 | 7.61 |
| 2024Q4 | 1619 | 9.13 |
| 2025Q1 | 1917 | 7.66 |
| 2025Q2 | 1517 | 9.52 |
| 2025Q3 | 2003 | 7.35 |
| 2025Q4 | 1719 | 14.24 |
| 2026Q1 | 1915 | 13.27 |
| 2026Q2 | 930 | 12.08 |
Grid stress can move reliability and demand-management investment up the list.
This signal has no matching category in the page’s recycling and the circular economy market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 1520 | 8.92 |
| 2024Q4 | 1565 | 8.83 |
| 2025Q1 | 1548 | 6.19 |
| 2025Q2 | 1197 | 7.51 |
| 2025Q3 | 2521 | 9.25 |
| 2025Q4 | 683 | 5.66 |
| 2026Q1 | 950 | 6.58 |
| 2026Q2 | 1078 | 14.0 |
Parks and warehousing can add the jobs and fulfilment capacity that reach depends on.
This signal has no matching category in the page’s recycling and the circular economy market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 291 | 1.71 |
| 2024Q4 | 291 | 1.64 |
| 2025Q1 | 430 | 1.72 |
| 2025Q2 | 278 | 1.74 |
| 2025Q3 | 457 | 1.68 |
| 2025Q4 | 294 | 2.44 |
| 2026Q1 | 424 | 2.94 |
| 2026Q2 | 166 | 2.16 |
Layoff cycles can pull discretionary spend back toward value offerings.
This signal has no matching category in the page’s recycling and the circular economy market map, so no supply percentile or gap is assigned.
Mentions per 10,000 articles · zero baseline
| Quarter | Mentions | Per 10,000 articles |
|---|---|---|
| 2024Q3 | 2692 | 15.79 |
| 2024Q4 | 2657 | 14.98 |
| 2025Q1 | 3457 | 13.81 |
| 2025Q2 | 3055 | 19.17 |
| 2025Q3 | 6687 | 24.54 |
| 2025Q4 | 3761 | 31.16 |
| 2026Q1 | 2843 | 19.69 |
| 2026Q2 | 1885 | 24.49 |
the United States recycling and the circular economy coverage
Energy & Environmental Science
315 citations in the snapshot
Renewable Energy
302 citations in the snapshot
247 citations in the snapshot
Energy Policy
197 citations in the snapshot
the United States coverage of this page's demand families
| Keyword | Recent articles | Prior articles | Share change |
|---|---|---|---|
| clean air advocacy | 108 | 29 | 359.0% |
| annual meteorological cycles | 487 | 159 | 277.5% |
| environmental inequality | 72 | 25 | 254.9% |
| decadal weather analysis | 124 | 46 | 232.2% |
| seasonal climate patterns | 535 | 206 | 220.1% |
| emissions controls | 174 | 69 | 210.8% |
Share changes describe coverage in the stated comparison periods, not search demand or market size.
Company counts, hiring and disclosed funding across the recorded hubs.
23.7% across the displayed hubs
6 companies hiring · $777.0M disclosed funding
Explore companies in New York City ↗18.3% across the displayed hubs
4 companies hiring · $740.6M disclosed funding
Explore companies in San Francisco ↗
14.5% across the displayed hubs
7 companies hiring · $971.9M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Houston ↗13.7% across the displayed hubs
4 companies hiring · $471.5M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Los Angeles ↗
8.0% across the displayed hubs
4 companies hiring · $542.4M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Boston ↗7.6% across the displayed hubs
1 companies hiring · $781.5M disclosed funding
Explore companies in San Diego ↗
7.6% across the displayed hubs
4 companies hiring · $2.0B disclosed funding
Explore companies in Atlanta ↗
6.5% across the displayed hubs
0 companies hiring · $35.6M disclosed funding
Explore companies in Austin ↗Clear definitions for making better comparisons.
It measures the tracked company ecosystem, recorded funding, hiring and other available evidence. It is not a market-size estimate.
No. A company can belong to several segments, so segment counts and funding can overlap.
A dash or unavailable panel means the current reviewed source snapshot does not support that figure.
Company ecosystem snapshot: 30 August 2026. Funding is recorded in USD; filed accounts retain their stated currency and reporting basis. Each section identifies its own coverage. The news and research behind these sections is explorable in Prism.
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