# Sustainable Packaging Market Map 2026: 84 Startups in 5 Segments

> Market map of 84 sustainable packaging startups worldwide in 5 segments, from reuse and refill, bio-based and compostable and recycled and recyclable...

Source: https://millionrounds.com/market-maps/sustainable-packaging-market-map (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

## Reuse and refill

27

- [RECUP](https://millionrounds.com/company/recup)
- [Uzaje](https://millionrounds.com/company/uzaje)
- [Bockatech](https://millionrounds.com/company/bockatech)
- [Pyxo](https://millionrounds.com/company/pyxo)
- [Bower Collective](https://millionrounds.com/company/bower-collective)
- [Dispatch Goods](https://millionrounds.com/company/dispatch-goods)
- [Friendlier](https://millionrounds.com/company/friendlier)
- [Returnity Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/company/returnity-innovations)
- [MIWA](https://millionrounds.com/company/miwa)
- [Reusables.com](https://millionrounds.com/company/reusables-com)
- [Cuploop](https://millionrounds.com/company/cuploop)
- [USEFULL](https://millionrounds.com/company/usefull)
- [Pandobac](https://millionrounds.com/company/pandobac)
- [Carton Vert](https://millionrounds.com/company/carton-vert)
- [Ecovia](https://millionrounds.com/company/ecovia)
- [Refeely](https://millionrounds.com/company/refeely)
- [Dizzie](https://millionrounds.com/company/dizzie)
- [Sensize Ltd](https://millionrounds.com/company/sensize-ltd)
- [ShareWares](https://millionrounds.com/company/sharewares)
- [Lyfa](https://millionrounds.com/company/lyfa)
- [Packoorang](https://millionrounds.com/company/packoorang)
- [BOTTLESS](https://millionrounds.com/company/bottless)
- [kleen hub](https://millionrounds.com/company/kleen-hub)
- [Pieter Pot](https://millionrounds.com/company/pieter-pot)

+3 more

## Bio-based and compostable

26

- [Notpla](https://millionrounds.com/company/notpla)
- [BioPak](https://millionrounds.com/company/biopak)
- [Sway](https://millionrounds.com/company/sway)
- [Cabinet Health](https://millionrounds.com/company/cabinet-health)
- [Bambrew](https://millionrounds.com/company/bambrew)
- [Bubble Paper](https://millionrounds.com/company/bubble-paper)
- [Genera Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/genera-energy)
- [Kelpi](https://millionrounds.com/company/kelpi)
- [B'ZEOS](https://millionrounds.com/company/b-zeos)
- [Great Wrap](https://millionrounds.com/company/great-wrap)
- [Erthos](https://millionrounds.com/company/erthos)
- [Magical Mushroom Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/magical-mushroom-company)
- [Dharaksha Ecosolutions](https://millionrounds.com/company/dharaksha-ecosolutions)
- [Pack2Earth](https://millionrounds.com/company/pack2earth)
- [Lomi](https://millionrounds.com/company/lomi)
- [*C* Classpack](https://millionrounds.com/company/classpack)
- [Food Sourcing Specialists S.L.](https://millionrounds.com/company/food-sourcing-specialists-s-l)
- [Gifts for Change](https://millionrounds.com/company/gifts-for-change)
- [AlterPacks](https://millionrounds.com/company/alterpacks)
- [Alt.Leather](https://millionrounds.com/company/alt-leather)
- [BioPlaster Research](https://millionrounds.com/company/bioplaster-research)
- [Ecopol](https://millionrounds.com/company/ecopol)
- [SurfAce Cleantech](https://millionrounds.com/company/surface-cleantech)
- [Paramount Planet Product](https://millionrounds.com/company/paramount-planet-product)

+2 more

## Recycled and recyclable plastics

17

- [Everdrop](https://millionrounds.com/company/everdrop)
- [Beco](https://millionrounds.com/company/beco)
- [Greenback Recycling Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/greenback-recycling-technologies)
- [DetraPel](https://millionrounds.com/company/detrapel)
- [ECO2 Plastics](https://millionrounds.com/company/eco2-plastics)
- [rPlanet Earth](https://millionrounds.com/company/rplanet-earth)
- [IonKraft](https://millionrounds.com/company/ionkraft)
- [Wasted*](https://millionrounds.com/company/wasted)
- [Pallet USA](https://millionrounds.com/company/pallet-usa)
- [ape2o](https://millionrounds.com/company/ape2o)
- [iPac Packaging Innovations](https://millionrounds.com/company/ipac-packaging-innovations)
- [Phantm](https://millionrounds.com/company/phantm)
- [Biom](https://millionrounds.com/company/biom)
- [Wildplastic](https://millionrounds.com/company/wildplastic)
- [WE ARE PARADOXX](https://millionrounds.com/company/we-are-paradoxx)
- [The Better Packaging](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-better-packaging)
- [effa](https://millionrounds.com/company/effa)

## Paper and fibre

9

- [AISTI](https://millionrounds.com/company/aisti)
- [Navigator](https://millionrounds.com/company/navigator)
- [Mushroom Material](https://millionrounds.com/company/mushroom-material)
- [Tanbark Molded Fiber Products](https://millionrounds.com/company/tanbark-molded-fiber-products)
- [Aja Labs](https://millionrounds.com/company/aja-labs)
- [Envopap](https://millionrounds.com/company/envopap)
- [Flexi-Hex](https://millionrounds.com/company/flexi-hex)
- [ND Paper](https://millionrounds.com/company/nd-paper)
- [bumboo](https://millionrounds.com/company/bumboo)

## Packaging software and services

5

- [Recyda GmbH](https://millionrounds.com/company/recyda-gmbh)
- [CarbonQuota](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbonquota)
- [Movopack](https://millionrounds.com/company/movopack)
- [Circulate](https://millionrounds.com/company/circulate)
- [R-CREATE](https://millionrounds.com/company/r-create)

## Segment by segment

### Reuse and refill

27 startups · $76M raised

- [**RECUP**](https://millionrounds.com/company/recup) RECUP, operating as reCup GmbH, is Germany's largest reusable packaging system for the food service industry. Germany $13M
- [**Uzaje**](https://millionrounds.com/company/uzaje) Uzaje was a French company focused on sustainable packaging, founded in 2019 and based in Neuilly-sur-Marne. France $12M
- [**Bockatech**](https://millionrounds.com/company/bockatech) Bockatech Ltd is a UK-based company focused on sustainable packaging technology. United Kingdom $8.1M
- [**Pyxo**](https://millionrounds.com/company/pyxo) Pyxo replace disposable packaging of food through a network of reusable containers. France $7.8M
- [**Bower Collective**](https://millionrounds.com/company/bower-collective) Bower Collective is a UK-based certified B Corp focused on eliminating single-use plastic waste. United Kingdom $5.9M
- [**Dispatch Goods**](https://millionrounds.com/company/dispatch-goods) Dispatch Goods is a women-led reverse logistics company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2019 by Lindsey Hoell and Maia Tekle. United States $5.8M
- [**Friendlier**](https://millionrounds.com/company/friendlier) Reverse logistics software to support businesses transitioning from single-use to reusable packaging. Canada $3.3M
- [**Returnity Innovations**](https://millionrounds.com/company/returnity-innovations) Returnity Innovations is a Brooklyn-based company focused on transforming the shipping and delivery packaging industry. United States $3.1M

### Bio-based and compostable

26 startups · $243M raised

- [**Notpla**](https://millionrounds.com/company/notpla) Notpla is a London-based sustainable packaging startup founded in 2014 by Rodrigo García González and Pierre Paslier. United Kingdom $89M
- [**BioPak**](https://millionrounds.com/company/biopak) BioPak is a leader in environmentally sustainable packaging solutions for the foodservice industry. Australia $45M
- [**Sway**](https://millionrounds.com/company/sway) Sway Innovation Co., also known as Sway, is a California-based cleantech and materials company focused on developing sustainable p United States $25M
- [**Cabinet Health**](https://millionrounds.com/company/cabinet-health) Cabinet Health is a sustainable medicine company dedicated to eliminating single-use plastic from over-the-counter medications. United States $17M
- [**Bambrew**](https://millionrounds.com/company/bambrew) Bambrew is a Bengaluru-based cleantech startup founded in 2019, focused on manufacturing sustainable and biodegradable packaging materials. India $11M
- [**Bubble Paper**](https://millionrounds.com/company/bubble-paper) Bubble Paper is a sustainable packaging company based in South Carolina. United States $10M
- [**Genera Energy**](https://millionrounds.com/company/genera-energy) Genera Energy provides integrated biomass supply solutions for the advanced biofuels, biopower, and bio-based products industries. United States $9.0M
- [**Kelpi**](https://millionrounds.com/company/kelpi) Kelpi is a UK-based sustainable materials innovation company founded in 2020. United Kingdom $5.5M

### Recycled and recyclable plastics

17 startups · $132M raised

- [**Everdrop**](https://millionrounds.com/company/everdrop) everdrop is a German consumer goods company based in Munich, focused on creating sustainable, plastic-free household cleaning and Germany $80M
- [**Beco**](https://millionrounds.com/company/beco) Beco support and drive a positive change in the world with sustainable & eco-friendly alternatives to single-use plastics and packaging. - $9.9M
- [**Greenback Recycling Technologies**](https://millionrounds.com/company/greenback-recycling-technologies) Greenback Recycling Technologies is a UK-based advanced recycling company founded in 2018. United Kingdom $7.8M
- [**DetraPel**](https://millionrounds.com/company/detrapel) DetraPel is a clean-tech advanced materials company based in Framingham, Massachusetts, founded in 2013. United States $7.6M
- [**ECO2 Plastics**](https://millionrounds.com/company/eco2-plastics) Leading PET and other polyolefin Recycler using waterless FDA approved process for cleaning PET for re-use in food and other applications. United States $6.5M
- [**rPlanet Earth**](https://millionrounds.com/company/rplanet-earth) rPlanet Earth was a vertically integrated manufacturer based in Vernon, California, specializing in food-grade packaging made from United States $4.0M
- [**IonKraft**](https://millionrounds.com/company/ionkraft) IonKraft is a spin-off from the Institute for Plastics Processing (IKV) at RWTH Aachen University in Germany and is funded by the Germany $3.7M
- [**Wasted***](https://millionrounds.com/company/wasted) The Wasted app empowers users to fight plastic pollution by rewarding plastic-free actions with discounts on sustainable products. United States $3.2M

### Paper and fibre

9 startups · $88M raised

- [**AISTI**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aisti) AISTI develops wood fiber-based acoustic tiles that are carbon negative, easy to recycle and plastic-free. Finland $54M
- [**Navigator**](https://millionrounds.com/company/navigator) The Navigator Company, S.A. United Kingdom $17M
- [**Mushroom Material**](https://millionrounds.com/company/mushroom-material) With the global shift towards sustainability, there is a demand for eco friendly materials. New Zealand $5.1M
- [**Tanbark Molded Fiber Products**](https://millionrounds.com/company/tanbark-molded-fiber-products) Tanbark Molded Fiber Products is a sustainable packaging manufacturer based in Saco, Maine, founded in 2021. United States $4.1M
- [**Aja Labs**](https://millionrounds.com/company/aja-labs) Aja Labs is a materials engineering startup dedicated to developing plastic-free synthetic fibers for the beauty industry. United States $2.5M
- [**Envopap**](https://millionrounds.com/company/envopap) Envopap is a UK-based sustainable materials company founded in 2015. United Kingdom $1.5M
- [**Flexi-Hex**](https://millionrounds.com/company/flexi-hex) Flexi-Hex is a UK-based sustainable packaging company that specializes in creating 100% paper-based protective sleeves using paten United Kingdom $1.5M
- [**ND Paper**](https://millionrounds.com/company/nd-paper) ND Paper is a manufacturing firm of various types of sustainable pulp, packaging, and paper products. United States $1.0M

### Packaging software and services

5 startups · $13M raised

- [**Recyda GmbH**](https://millionrounds.com/company/recyda-gmbh) Recyda GmbH is a Climate-Tech enterprise based in Freiburg, Germany, founded in 2020. Germany $6.8M
- [**CarbonQuota**](https://millionrounds.com/company/carbonquota) CarbonQuota is a London-based technology and consultancy firm that specializes in automated carbon management, reduction, and offs United Kingdom $2.6M
- [**Movopack**](https://millionrounds.com/company/movopack) Movopack is a Milan-based startup founded in 2021 that specializes in sustainable packaging solutions for the e-commerce and retail sectors. Italy $2.1M
- [**Circulate**](https://millionrounds.com/company/circulate) Circulate is an ai-powered procurement tool and marketplace for sustainable packaging. Sweden $1.5M
- [**R-CREATE**](https://millionrounds.com/company/r-create) R-CREATE is a Romanian company based in Bucharest that offers a B2B digital platform for packaging-as-a-service tailored for online stores. Romania $287K

**How this map is made.** Every startup here has raised money in rounds we track. It joins the map when its sectors, read from its rounds, or the opening of its own description say it works in sustainable packaging, and goes to the first segment whose words it carries. Each segment shows its best-funded first. Rebuilt nightly; updated 15 November 2026.

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