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Waste Startup Ideas

2 years ago

A startup that wants to use technology to help retailers manage wasted food. The founders of the company say it’s a $200 billion industry that is growing.

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3 years ago

A company that converts food waste into biofuels. The company works with large food companies and restaurants to find them the right waste to convert.

434

2 years ago

A food delivery company that helps restaurants spot and avoid waste.

381

5 years ago

This startup wants to help companies get a better handle on their waste. It’s working on ways to monitor what they throw away, and to recycle more of it.

355

4 years ago

This company is building an app that aims to help cities with data, allowing them to run services like parking and waste collection more efficiently.

298

4 years ago

The startup makes on-demand cleaners available for home services, largely to help cities manage their waste. By putting the service in the hands of users, it helps cities cut costs and be more efficient.

216

4 years ago

A product that helps employees keep track of their expenses and support their company instead of losing money to waste.

198

4 years ago

This startup asks the question: “What if you could make your kitchen more efficient” If you want to save money on electricity, the company says, you could make your kitchen more efficient, cut down on your food waste, save time, and eat healthier.

186

5 years ago

A B2B platform company that helps healthcare and insurance companies gather and use patient data to improve care, manage costs, and reduce waste.

183

5 years ago

If you’re the kind of person who really doesn’t like to waste money, this startup is for you. The company is building a tool to keep track of your spending and show you where to use your money more wisely.

177

3 years ago

This startup wants to let people sell unused home appliances and cut down on the waste.

175

5 years ago

A startup that uses AI to help companies identify and eliminate wasteful expenses by learning from previous transactions.

174

5 years ago

A platform that helps restaurants manage their food waste, cutting down on food waste.

172

5 years ago

This is an article about the idea that mobile gaming is a waste of time

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5 years ago 1 views

This startup is building a “sugar factory” that will use a patented process to turn sugar beet waste from the food industry into ethanol.

166

5 years ago

A startup that turns waste into compost, fertilizer, and fuel through a patented process.

165

3 years ago

A platform that helps restaurants track and report their food waste. The startup’s main goal is to reduce food waste nationwide by 10% by 2025.

165

4 years ago

A startup that identifies problems in the supply chain and helps businesses reduce waste.

164

4 years ago

This startup wants to turn food waste into a commodity. It is developing a process to turn used food into a liquid waste product for use as a fertilizer for farmers.

163

4 years ago

The team behind @TOH, a restaurant recommendation app, is building a system to help restaurants track their food waste and find solutions to it.

156

3 years ago

This startup is building software to help food factories better manage their production lines. The startup wants to help manufacturers reduce waste and improve the quality of the product.

156

5 years ago

A startup that wants to connect the world’s waste to buyers.

155

5 years ago

A startup that wants to build a “green” power plant designed to burn trash. They want to build sustainable power plants, using waste as fuel, and keeping energy costs low.

153

3 years ago

The startup makes furniture out of plastic waste and is looking to make it to market by the end of the year.

153

5 years ago

This startup wants to be the Uber of medical waste, connecting different waste disposal companies for pickup and billing.

149

5 years ago

A company that helps companies achieve sustainability in the workplace by encouraging sustainable procurement and waste management.

148

5 years ago

This is a messaging app for food delivery workers, with the startup promising to cut down on food waste.

146

5 years ago

A way to help fast food restaurants manage the waste they produce in their kitchens and on their premises. For every burger they’re able to cut, the startup is able to feed a human in need.

146

5 years ago

A startup that helps users keep track of their groceries throughout the week, with the goal of saving them money on waste.

145

2 years ago

This startup is building a service that helps cities build a database of available buildings and equipment and lets renters find them in order to minimize waste and maximize efficiency.

145

5 years ago

A startup that mines data from the trash dumpsters of companies in order to help them manage their waste, save money, and avoid fines

143

5 years ago

The startup is building software for waste management companies that allows them to track, manage, and channel their waste, from the moment it’s generated to the moment it’s disposed of. The startup is working with clients like Recyclart and others.

142

5 years ago

The startup creates a tool for tracking food and waste. The company wants to help people feel more in control of their food and waste.

141

3 years ago

The New England Aquarium has just added a new exhibit called the “Eco-Dome”, which is a way to turn the existing aquarium into a living representation of the ocean. The exhibit will be a hands-on experience that allows visitors to see the conditions of plastic, microbeads, and other ocean waste in the wild.

138

5 years ago

Using AI to help companies identify and eliminate loan fraud and waste.

137

3 years ago

A B2B food delivery business that prioritizes fresh, local ingredients to help restaurants avoid food waste.

130

5 years ago

These compostable cups are meant to help coffee shops reduce their packaging waste. They can be full of coffee or tea or soup and you can recycle them, but they don’t break down in landfills.

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5 years ago 2 views

This startup is building a tool for restaurant operators to track their food waste online

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5 years ago

A startup that helps log your food so you’re not creating waste.

124

5 years ago

A Canadian startup that has been testing a new way to deal with the waste of Canadian food waste by using what they call “a great bed of lettuce”.

121

3 years ago

A device that prevents waste and helps the patient manage their medications

121

3 years ago

We’re big fans of Y Combinator and have been for a long time. The startup wants to help restaurants manage their food waste and make it easy for customers to donate excess food to local shelters.

119

5 years ago

A “pre-purchase” platform that helps people make decisions on whether or not they should buy a particular item. The goal is to help people save for the future without having to waste time or money on unnecessary purchases.

117

5 years ago

A startup in MIT's Media Lab is building a system that can help detect and put a price on the different types of waste materials in a community.

115

5 years ago

A startup that wants to help companies and businesses grow by working with them to eliminate waste and reduce costs.

114

5 years ago

A startup that will take waste from 3D printers and turn it into bricks.

113

4 years ago

A startup that tracks the food that ends up in your recycling bin, planning to create a new market for recycling food waste.

111

5 years ago

A startup that sells an innovative model of “waste-to-fuel” that turns waste into electricity.

110

5 years ago

This startup is building a digital revolution in the world of trash. Trash2Use converts waste into useful products, and gives you the opportunity to pay for the items you use.

107

3 years ago

This is an “integrated supply chain management” system for home building and remodeling that hopes to cut down on wasted materials, lower construction costs, and improve customer satisfaction.

107

4 years ago

In the past year, the startup has built an in-house production facility and is rolling out a new production line that will allow it to produce larger batches with less waste and lower costs.

104

4 years ago

A startup that is building a way to tackle the issue of the generation of toxic waste in the home. The startup’s product is a way to turn your water waste into a nutrient solution.

102

4 years ago

This is a way for restaurants to manage their food waste, using a mobile app

102

3 years ago

Next Jump is building a platform that allows consumers to sell their e-waste, turning it into a material that can be made into keychains, necklaces, and other products.

102

3 years ago

A startup that aims to help restaurant workers work smarter to reduce wasted food

100

4 years ago

This startup is building a platform that makes it easier for restaurants to manage staff schedules, getting them up-to-date with their shifts and either reducing the number of wasted hours between shifts or giving employees more hours.

88

4 years ago

A startup that’s building a way to make it easier for people to waste time on social media. The startup wants to make social media less addictive and more impactful.

87

4 years ago

“A tool that helps you optimize your restaurant's food waste.”

86

3 years ago

A healthcare startup that aims to address the issue of prescription drug waste by allowing doctors to write prescriptions

86

2 years ago

A company that is developing a IoT device that will allow users to track the water they drink and the amount of waste they produce, and improve their habits.

84

4 years ago

The startup provides software to help reduce food waste by connecting retailers with nearby farms. The startup has sold $115,000 worth of the software since its launch in January.

82

4 years ago

A company that analyzes financial transaction data and helps companies reduce fraud, waste and money-losing deals.

82

4 years ago

A mobile app that helps users take pictures of their food waste, then turns them into compost.

80

3 years ago

A platform for helping hospitals reduce waste and improve efficiency by saving data and time and allowing for more informed decisions.

80

2 years ago

This startup wants to make hospitals more efficient and reduce waste by providing a platform for doctors to share medical records and facilitating clinical workflows.

80

4 years ago

A company that is building a platform to help restaurant owners and workers manage logistics and inventory. The startup’s founders say their focus is on reducing waste.

79

4 years ago

A startup that helps the cannabis industry manage its supply chain, maximizing cannabis quality and minimizing waste.

78

4 years ago

Waste management startup, building a ‘shrink wrap’ container to reduce garbage.

76

5 years ago

A tool that allows employees to track and collaborate on projects. The company says the average person wastes nearly an hour each day on email, so it’s designed to help people get more done.

75

4 years ago

A turbo charger for commercial vehicles. The startup makes energy efficient chargers for trucks and vans, which it says is at a disadvantage because truckers don’t want to “waste” money on something that’s unnecessary.

75

5 years ago

Idea: A software company that helps restaurants, grocery stores, and other food businesses manage waste data and track what gets thrown away.

72

4 years ago

A company that works with food producers to “transform activities that might otherwise be wasteful”

71

3 years ago

A company that wants to help with the clean-up of plastic waste. The startup has amassed a team of scientists from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and is bringing the science to a product that can be used by anyone.

71

3 years ago

A platform for food companies to streamline their food waste by sourcing and selling surplus items, with a focus on cold-chain items.

69

4 years ago

This startup is building an app that helps local governments work with recyclers to bring recyclable waste to buyers at a price they can afford to pay.

67

3 years ago

The company wants to help the world cut down on food waste. The startup’s name is a play on the word ‘re-up’, which is what people say when they have to re-order their favorite food

67

4 years ago

This startup is building a tool that lets cities and companies tag where their waste goes, so that it can be recycled more efficiently.

66

4 years ago

A startup for food waste and unsold food, connecting restaurants with chefs, farmers and consumers.

66

4 years ago

A food delivery app for restaurants and food trucks, with the goal of helping them cut down on wasted food by bringing it right to the front door.

65

3 years ago

A system for getting energy from renewable sources like solar, wind, or waste. The company is working on a product that could generate power from thin film batteries, enabling the devices to be used in cars, buildings, and other contexts.

64

3 years ago

A startup that uses Google Maps to find the best route from one place to another, and then shows you how much time you’ll waste in traffic.

63

3 years ago

Given that over 40% of the world’s food is lost or wasted, the startup wants to help farmers sell the food they produce and not have to throw it away. They’re building an app that finds buyers with the best price for their produce.

62

4 years ago

The startup is building software that helps manufacturers track raw materials from supply to finished product to improve supply chains and reduce waste.

61

4 years ago

A startup that aims to help companies manage their supply chains to reduce waste and improve efficiency. They’re currently offering a free 7-day trial.

61

4 years ago

A startup that’s working with the EPA to make sure companies are getting proper permits for toxic waste disposal.

58

3 years ago

A startup that builds smart toilets to help reduce human waste in developing nations.

57

3 years ago

Tapping into a market of over 60 million people in India, which has no bank accounts. The startup wants to automate the process of opening a bank account so people don’t have to waste time or money on the process.

57

3 years ago

This startup is building a tech platform for the food industry to allow for automated, real-time ordering and tracking of food from local restaurants. The goal is to make ordering food more efficient and reduce food waste.

56

3 years ago

A consumer app that helps with the “lifecycle of a purchase”, helping users order products then return them, saving the merchant money and decreasing waste.

55

2 years ago

A startup that wants to be the Uber of the meat industry, connecting butchers to customers and cutting down on waste.

55

3 years ago

This startup is trying to help local governments save money by reducing the cost of garbage collection and waste disposal.

54

3 years ago

Don’t let your junk mail software go to waste. They’re building email-to-text software that can help delivery people and the USPS.

53

3 years ago

A startup focused on helping “boundaries of the farm” in California’s Central Valley, so that farmers can look for new ways to grow food. The company purchases and recycles organic waste, converts it into rich compost, and sells it back to farmers.

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3 years ago

A product that helps reduce waste by providing insight on which foodstuffs to buy in bulk, when to buy them, and how to sell them.

51

3 years ago

A "disposable" product that can be used once and then disposed of. By supplementing the current garbage system, this startup aims to save the waste disposal industry $3.3 billion per year.

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2 years ago

A company that works with restaurants to better track and optimize food waste.

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3 years ago

This startup wants to help users track the environmental impact of their food choices. The company says it can help people cut their food waste by 20% and their carbon footprint by 30%.

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3 years ago

This startup is building a way to make recycling food waste a more efficient process. It’s taking waste materials like potato peels and turning them into a drinkable, nutritionally-rich, high-protein powder.

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5 years ago

A startup that helps people clean up after their pets by selling an all-in-one tool that cleans up pet waste and then converts into a bag to carry it

37

2 years ago

A company hoping to save the world from the ills of e-waste. The startup wants to pay people to recycle old electronics.

36

2 years ago

This startup is trying to build low-cost sensors for large farms to help prevent losses of crops and minimize waste.

35

2 years ago

A company that uses AI to help companies gain a better understanding of their customers, and then use that insight to help them create a better product. The startup has found that “90% of marketing is wasted”.

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2 years ago

A startup that provides a mobile app that connects small businesses to local waste and recycling services, with an API to allow other local businesses to integrate their services.

30

2 years ago

A startup that makes household cleaning supplies like scouring pads and sponges. The founders realized that they could cut down on the amount of plastic waste they were producing by making their own cleaning supplies.

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2 years ago

A startup working to reduce food waste by letting restaurants manage their supply chain through a web app.

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2 years ago 1 views

A startup that hopes to generate electricity from waste materials. It’s first product is a portable generator that converts waste into energy through a catalytic reaction. The generator is designed to be used in the home, in the field, and in developing countries.

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2 years ago

A startup that is working on software that can help businesses manage their supply chains. The company says it can help businesses save money by reducing waste and improving transparency.

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2 years ago

This startup is building a piece of software that automatically finds, fixes, and reports on software bugs. It’s a common problem for tech companies that want to use software to build or maintain products but don’t want to waste time fixing bugs that don’t need fixing, or wasting time on bugs that do.

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2 years ago

Zappos, the online shoe retailer, doesn't allow customers to return products if they've changed their minds and don’t want them anymore. But that’s a lot of wasted returns. Zappos is now testing a product that will enable customers to return products that are more personalized, and Zappos will try to re-sell them.

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2 years ago

Another startup focused on the food delivery space, this time trying to solve the problem of food waste. The startup is working to solve the problem by using AI to track food from when it’s harvested to when it’s served.

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20 hours ago

SaaS for neighborhood groups to coordinate bulk grocery buys from wholesalers, cutting costs and waste.

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6 days ago 1 views

B2B tool for restaurants aggregating supplier invoices from fragmented vendors into a single dashboard with predictive inventory ordering to cut food waste by 30%.

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4 hours ago

An AI-powered app that scans grocery receipts and suggests personalized meal plans to reduce food waste and save money.

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4 days ago

A platform that automates personalized meal kit curation from local grocery APIs, reducing food waste by matching user preferences with near-expiry inventory.

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4 days ago

A startup delivering customizable meal kits made from upcycled food waste, reducing grocery bills by 30% while cutting landfill emissions.

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1 day ago

BreezeBox is a service delivering customized meal kits for one-person households, optimized for urban solo dwellers with zero-waste packaging and AI-driven personalization based on past orders.

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2 days ago 1 views

A startup delivering zero-waste meal kits tailored for solo urban dwellers, using modular packaging that composts fully and AI-optimized portioning to cut food waste by 50%.

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4 days ago 1 views

A B2B platform helping e-commerce brands predict and automate inventory restocking across multiple suppliers to cut waste and stockouts.

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5 days ago

B2B software for restaurants to predict demand and reduce food waste by analyzing weather, events, and historical sales data in real-time.

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5 days ago 1 views

A subscription box delivering DIY repair kits for smartphones and laptops, complete with video guides and recycled parts sourced from e-waste.

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4 days ago 1 views

A startup connecting urban gardeners with local restaurants, allowing excess homegrown produce to be sold directly and reducing food waste.

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5 days ago

A startup delivering customizable "mystery boxes" of expired-but-safe groceries sourced from retailers, reducing food waste at 70% below retail prices.

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10 days ago 2 views

SaaS for small farms to predict crop yields and automate drone-based pest detection using satellite imagery and AI, cutting waste by 30%.

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6 days ago

Service delivering farm-fresh mystery ingredient boxes with AI-generated recipes tailored to dietary needs and zero-food-waste challenges.

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6 days ago 1 views

A B2B service delivering farm-fresh ingredients to urban restaurants via drone in under 15 minutes, bypassing traffic for zero-waste kitchens.

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7 days ago

SaaS for restaurants to predict ingredient waste with AI, optimizing orders and reducing food costs by integrating with POS systems.

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7 days ago 1 views

A platform helping street food vendors in Latin America accept digital payments via QR codes on WhatsApp, with built-in inventory tracking to reduce waste.

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8 days ago 1 views

B2B marketplace connecting urban gardeners with restaurants for hyper-local, zero-waste produce deliveries via bike couriers.

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11 days ago

A B2B platform that helps small manufacturers connect with local waste streams to turn industrial byproducts into new raw materials, creating circular supply chains.

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8 days ago

B2B marketplace connecting excess restaurant food with local shelters in real-time, using predictive analytics to minimize waste and optimize logistics.

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9 days ago 3 views

Mobile app that connects urban gardeners with excess backyard produce to local buyers via same-day delivery, focusing on hyper-local food waste reduction in cities like NYC and LA.

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9 days ago 2 views

An AI-powered recipe generator for home cooks that scans your fridge contents via photo and suggests zero-waste meals tailored to dietary needs, partnering with grocery delivery for missing ingredients.

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9 days ago 6 views

A B2B tool for restaurants to predict ingredient spoilage using AI and IoT sensors, reducing food waste and optimizing supplier orders.

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10 days ago

B2B marketplace connecting restaurants with surplus ingredients to local food banks and charities, optimizing waste reduction with logistics.

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11 days ago

A platform that transforms discarded restaurant food waste into biodegradable packaging materials, partnering with delivery services to replace single-use plastics with custom-branded sustainable alternatives.

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8 days ago

A startup delivering modular, upgradable tech gadgets like phones and laptops, where users swap parts instead of buying new devices to fight e-waste.

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