Category: waste infrastructure

• 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

• 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

• 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

• GOODR

  

  This company is a surplus food management platform that leverages blockchain technology to connect businesses with surplus food with people in need, thereby reducing food waste and combating hunger.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 23, 2024

  B corp, digital, digital platform, food rescue, food upcycling, food waste, georgia, logistics, reduce, USA, waste infrastructure, waste supply chain

  bcorp, digital platform, excess food supply chain, food insecurity, surplus food distribution system, surplus food management

• EON

  

  This company provides a digital traceability system for the fashion industry that helps brands identify, track and manage items to encourage resale, recycling and other secondary market capabilities.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 19, 2024

  clothing, digital, digital platform, fashion, luxury fashion, new york, Re-use, recycle, rental, Repair, Resale, returns, reverse logistics, traceability, USA, waste infrastructure, waste solutions

  digital passports, recycle, rental, Repair, Resale, traceability of assets

• OCHIS

  

  This company creates beautiful eyewear designs spent coffee grounds collected from cafes in Ukraine.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 19, 2024

  biopolymers, Compostable, Europe, eyewear, flax, food upcycling, new material, plastic alternative, spent coffee, ukraine, upcycling, waste infrastructure, waste supply chain

  coffee, Compostable, eyewear, spent coffee, ukraine

• GLASS HALF FULL

  

  This non-profit converts used glass bottles into eco-friendly sand and gravel solutions that can then be used in Louisiana’s storm relief and coastal restoration efforts.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 18, 2024

  coastal restoration, glass, Louisiana, recycle, social enterprise/b corp, upcycling, USA, waste infrastructure, waste solutions

  coastal restoration, glass containers, glass sand, sand

• TERRACYCLE and LOOP

  

  The circle of it: This company is a waste management company that optimizes disposal and usage of waste for brands and individuals.

  Vandana Balakrishnan

  January 18, 2024

  downcycling, New Jersey, package-free, Re-use, recycle, refill, reusable containers for food services, reusable packaging, reuse backend infrastructure, reverse logistics, take back, USA, waste infrastructure, waste solutions

  downcycling, recycling infrastructure, upcycling, waste management