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Recycle Track Systems Recycle Track Systems provides waste management technology and services that use sensors, imaging AI, and data analytics to monitor containers, detect contamination, and optimize collection. Its platforms, including Pello and Cycle, enable real time tracking, recycling engagement, and reporting to improve operational efficiency and sustainability.

paid

United States

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Greyparrot Greyparrot provides AI-powered waste analytics to enhance efficiency in recycling facilities, enabling real-time tracking and improving material recovery through sophisticated AI integration with existing systems.

unknown

United Kingdom

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Recycleye Recycleye develops AI powered robotic sorting systems and analytics software for waste management facilities. Its technology uses computer vision and robotic arms to identify and separate materials such as plastics, metals, and fiber, helping facilities increase material recovery, improve purity, and automate waste sorting operations.

paid

United Kingdom

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Parkoview Upciti provides privacy-by-design urban sensors and a real-time data platform that help cities and communities become smarter without compromising citizen privacy. Its multi-use devices capture and process visual and environmental information directly on the sensor, outputting only anonymous data for use cases such as smart parking, vehicle and pedestrian counting, bulky waste detection, and sound level monitoring. The data can be visualized through Upciti’s own dashboard or fed into any existing city management or public application, giving local authorities and partners actionable insights to improve mobility, urban logistics, cleanliness, and quality of life.

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France

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ZenRobotics ZenRobotics provides AI-powered robotic sorting systems that automate waste and recycling operations. Its product line includes Heavy Picker robots for bulky construction and demolition waste, Fast Picker robots for lightweight packaging and similar materials, and the ZenBrain AI platform that identifies and sorts high-value recyclables. Customers can deploy ZenRobotics as standalone sorting stations, retrofit the robots into existing facilities, or design new greenfield plants around smart robotics, helping them increase recovery rates, improve worker safety, and advance circular economy targets.

paid

Finland

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Everest Labs EverestLabs offers RecycleOS, the first AI-driven operating system for recycling plants. It automates material recovery facilities with vision technology and robotics to optimize sorting and increase recycled content, fostering sustainability.

unknown

United States

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NANDO NANDO is an AI powered waste monitoring platform that uses computer vision, machine learning, and IoT sensors to track waste production, fill levels, and waste streams in real time. It generates automated waste reports, provides analytics, and supports route optimization and compliance management across industries.

paid

Italy

+1

8

Ameru Ameru offers AI-powered waste management solutions with high precision sorting and detection, utilizing Nvidia technology for efficient and sustainable operations.

unknown

Bulgaria

-1

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Xnext Xnext’s XSpectra is an inline hyperspectral X-ray inspection system that uses CdTe photon-counting detectors, custom photonics, and AI to detect contaminants like metal, glass, bone, plastic, wood, stones, and kernels in food and pharma products, and to improve sorting in recycling. It provides top-down, XL, and lateral/diagonal configurations for different packaging and product formats, enabling fast, accurate quality control and compliance on production lines.

unknown

Italy

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Bin-e Bin-e is an AI powered smart waste bin that automatically identifies, sorts, and compresses waste using computer vision and sensors. The system tracks fill levels, processes waste data in real time, and provides analytics through a cloud platform to help organizations manage recycling and waste collection more efficiently.

paid

Poland

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Phoenix AI Phoenix AI provides intelligent video analytics software that uses computer vision to analyze camera feeds in real time on edge devices. The platform processes video directly on embedded GPUs to detect events such as crowd flow, intrusion, traffic risks, or urban issues, enabling monitoring and automated decision support across security and smart city environments.

paid

Belgium

12

WeSort.Ai WeSort.AI enhances waste sorting with AI, optimizing material flow and removing contaminants for improved recycling efficiency.

unknown

Germany

+2

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Visia Visia Solutions provides a multimodal AI platform for recycling operations, enhancing safety and throughput through hazard detection and material intelligence.

unknown

United States

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Wasteless App Wasteless is an AI-powered mobile app that identifies waste items via your camera and delivers localized sorting guidance, transparency, and insights to help reduce contamination and advance the circular economy. Users simply point and hold to detect items, view instructions tailored to local rules, and contribute feedback that improves the system over time. The platform invites sponsors and partners to keep the app free for citizens and to drive broader environmental impact.

unknown

Denmark

+8

15

Apixa APIXA is a Belgian computer vision company specializing in custom visual AI solutions for industrial and public-sector applications. They design and deploy tailored systems for quality control, defect detection, grading, tracking, and person detection using deep learning, hyperspectral imaging, 3D vision, and advanced optical design. Their projects include inline scanners, photogrammetric vessel tracking, and recycling material grading, delivered with edge and cloud GPU processing.

unknown

Belgium

+2

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Plaex Plaex offers smart recycling bins that automatically sort waste, improving recycling rates and reducing waste management costs through adaptable AI technology.

Netherlands

Not Available

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Smart Bin Technologies Smart Bin Technologies develops AI powered recycling systems that automatically classify and sort recyclable bottles. The platform uses machine learning and data analytics to identify materials, improve sorting accuracy, monitor recycling patterns, and support more efficient production of high quality recycled materials.

paid

Australia

+2

18

rProcess rProcess provides data processing, annotation, and digital operations services that support AI development and enterprise workflows. Its offerings include data labeling, document digitization, design services, and operational support to help organizations structure data and automate processes across multiple industries.

paid

India

19

ARIS Robotics ARIS Robotics provides ARIS Insights, an AI-powered monitoring solution that uses simple, easy-to-integrate cameras and the ARIS Cortex engine to recognize materials in waste streams, deliver live data, and visualize insights in a user-friendly dashboard. It enables ESG reporting, quality control, and proactive monitoring to reduce costs and improve recycling outcomes.

paid

Denmark

+4

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WasteAID WasteAID by Ecorithms provides AI-powered waste management solutions, automating route auditing and contamination detection, ensuring compliance, and enhancing recycling rates. Tailored for businesses, large enterprises, and government agencies.

unknown

United States

-4

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Agave Networks Agave Networks is an AI powered marketplace for trading recycled metals that uses computer vision and real time video monitoring to verify and grade materials. The platform authenticates listings, livestreams shipment loading, and provides secure payments to improve transparency and trust in recycled metal transactions.

paid

United Kingdom

+3

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AISmart Bin AISmart Bin provides AI powered waste management solutions that combine smart bins, IoT devices, and cloud analytics. The platform detects waste types, enables source level segregation, prevents contamination, tracks waste across the supply chain, and delivers real time sustainability and recycling insights.

paid

India

+5

23

NINETAIL AI FoxVision leverages NIR-Deep Learning and hyperspectral imaging to enhance industrial processes, particularly in material sorting and recycling, integrating with Nvidia technologies for high accuracy and efficiency.

unknown

South Korea

Not Available

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UpCircle UpCircle uses AI and computer vision to optimize waste management, providing insights on baled waste to enhance efficiency and transparency in recycling processes.

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Switzerland

Not Available

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Taiho Intelligent Technology Taiho Intelligent is a China-based manufacturer of AI vision sorting, inspection, and intelligent packaging equipment. Its product lines include rice and grain color sorters, tea and seed sorters, fruit graders, X-ray foreign-object detectors, plastic and recycling sorters, mineral and coal dry sorters, and diverse packaging machines. The solutions use deep learning, multi-spectrum imaging, and industrial IoT to deliver end-to-end quality control from raw material selection to final product inspection.

unknown

China

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