Category: recycle

• LOKA

  

  This company has created Dry-Erase markers made from 100% reclaimed plastic and are designed with a bio-recyclable additive to break down faster than conventional plastic.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  October 2, 2025

  biorecyclable additive, consumer product, recycle, USA

  biorecyclable additive, dry-erase markers, recycled plastic, recycling

• RECORK

  

  This company has created a recycling program for cork from the wine industry and others and upcycled them into shoe soles and other cork products.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  September 24, 2025

  Canada, cork recycling, fashion, recycle, shoes, wine

  cork, cork recycling, recork, recycling, upcycling

• 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

• WISDOM SUPPLY COMPANY

  

  This company provides plastic-free and zero-waste stationary supplies.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  November 29, 2024

  B corp, california, plastic alternative, plastic-free, Re-use, recycle, social enterprise/b corp, stationary, USA

  environment, plastic, plastic-free, recycling, sustainability, waste management, zero waste

• REFIBERD

  

  This company utilized artificial intelligence (AI) and hyperspectral imaging to sort discarded textiles for recycling.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  June 24, 2024

  artificial intelligence, california, clothing recycling, recycle, textile waste sorting, textiles, USA, waste sorting

  recycling, textile recycling, textile waste sorting

• GREEN TOYS

  

  This company uses recycled milk jugs to create children’s toys

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  March 18, 2024

  california, plastic waste, recycle, toys, USA

  milk jugs, plastic waste, recycle, toys

• MOBIUS MATERIALS

  

  This company offers a marketplace to buy and sell pre-owned consumer electronics, thereby facilitating reuse of materials that would have likely have not been used again.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 31, 2024

  california, digital, digital platform, electronic waste, electronics, electronics reuse, online marketplace, Re-use, recycle, Resale, USA

  platform for eletronic waste resell

• VAN PLESTIK

  

  This company designs and develops 3D printing solutions that transform plastic waste (contaminated plastic) into unique, high-quality and affordable objects.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 31, 2024

  3D printers, Europe, furniture, household design, netherlands, plastic upcycling, plastic waste, recycle, upcycling

  3D printers, contaminated plastic, plastic recycling, plastic upcycling, plastic waste

• RECOVER BRANDS

  

  This company offers clothing and other accessories created from recycled bottles and recycled textile fibers, thereby creating a new material from post-consumer waste.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 25, 2024

  clothing, clothing recycling, clothing upcycling, fashion, new material, north carolina, plastic waste, plastic waste, post-consumer textile waste, recycle, take back, upcycling, used clothes

  clothing, post consumer textile waste, takeback