Category: plastic diversion

• COCOPLUM

  

  This company upcycles used prescription bottles into frames for sunglasses

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  August 26, 2025

  beauty, california, consumer product, fashion, plastic diversion, plastic waste, prescription bottles, recycle, upcycling, USA

  beauty, fashion, plasticrecycling, upcycledplastic, upcycling

• RIDWELL

  

  This company upcycles natural by-products into vegan beauty products, thereby keeping useful ingredients from landfills.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  April 15, 2025

  B corp, batteries, oregon, plastic diversion, plastic waste, Re-use, recycle, reuse backend infrastructure, subscription service, USA, waste infrastructure, waste pickup, waste recovery, waste solutions, waste sorting

  batteries, hard to recycle, styrofoam, subscription service, trash pick up service, waste infratructure, waste management

• AMP ROBOTICS

  

  This company uses robots at waste management facility to increase efficiencies associated with recycling and recovering value from waste

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 23, 2024

  artificial intelligence, colorado, material recovery facilities, plastic diversion, plastic diversion system, robotics, USA, waste infrastructure, waste management facility, waste recovery, waste solutions, waste sorting, waste supply chain

  artificial intelligence, material recovery facility, robotics, waste management, waste recovery, waste sorting

• BYFUSION

  

  This company rescues plastic and even nonrecyclables and upcycles them into building blocks to be used for temporary and permanent structures.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 11, 2024

  california, construction material, modular, plastic diversion, plastic diversion system, plastic waste, plastic waste, upcycling, USA