69 Top Waste Management Startups and Companies in Canada

This article showcases our top picks for the best Canada based Waste Management companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Waste Management industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

• Innovation
  • Innovative ideas
  • Innovative route to market
  • Innovative product
• Growth
  • Exceptional growth
  • Exceptional growth strategy
• Management
• Societal impact

Top Canada Waste Management Startups

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Enerkem

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Enerkem is a cleantech company transforming waste into transportation biofuels, renewable chemicals, and everyday products.

Ostara

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Ostara Nutrient Recovery Technologies develops technology to remove polluting nutrients from waste water and recycles into fertilizers.

H2O Innovation

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H2O Innovation offers state of the art water and wastewater treatment systems for water industries.

Genecis

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Genecis is an early-stage organic waste processing startup that uses biotechnology to convert waste into high value materials.

Prairie Robotics

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Prairie Robotics is developing artificial intelligence that can sort the types of waste entering landfills.

Axine Water Technologies

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Axine Water Technologies is a Vancouver-based developer of wastewater treatment technologies and solutions.

Pyrowave

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Pyrowave closes the loop of polymer lifecycle by bringing plastic waste back to life.

CheckSammy

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CheckSammy is the next generation sustainability & bulk junk service solution for the global waste industry.

Polystyvert

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Polystyvert is an innovative SME environmental company with a mission to recycle polystyrene

Waste Robotics

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Waste Robotics designs and delivers intelligent recycling robots to replace human pickers in recycling centres.

EBI

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EBI offers integrated waste management, is a green energy producer and, has one of the largest fleets of natural gas trucks in Quebec.

Airex Energy

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Airex Energy has successfully developed an exciting new technology for biomass torrefaction.

EnviCore Inc.

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EnviCore is an R&D company that specializes in developing technologies that are essential for improving natural resource development.

Livestock Water Recycling

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Livestock Water Recycling is an environmental company focused on livestock manure management.

RecycleSmart Solutions

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RecycleSmart Solutions is an increasing recycling content, and saving enterprises valuable time and money.

E2metrix

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E2metrix develops and commercializes wastewater and recirculated water systems to remove targeted contaminants for a variety of industries,

Wastack

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Wastack is an environmental consulting company that helps landfill operations automating bird control tools on-sites.

Sustane

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Sustane is a cleantech innovator, focused on municipal waste transformation.

Responsible Energy

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A New Era of Waste Management

Environmental Waste International

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EWS has advanced a patented microwave based process known as Reverse Polymerization.

Recover Energy Services

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Recover Energy Services is an environmental technology company.

Ronin8

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Ronin8 is a waste management firm that offers services for electronic waste management, metals and non-metals breakdown.

SabrTech

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SabrTech, they are nature’s architect, designing the next generation of algae technology solutions.

Operation Take Two

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Operation Take Two is a social enterprise revolutionizing the global issue of waste by empowering communities to turn trash into treasure.

Xogen Technologies

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Xogen Technologies is a cleantech company that provides the industry and the government with innovative wastewater treatment solutions.

UnBound Chemicals

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Unbound Chemicals develops the technology and equipment to become the world’s leaders in pharmaceutical ingredient recovery.

Maapera Analytics

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Maapera applies advanced sensing and computer automation technology to soil assessment and clean up operation.

Nudnik

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Nudnik transforms textile waste into unisex apparel for kids and adults.

Binners’​ Project

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Binners’ Project is a group of waste-pickers aided by support staff dedicated to improving their economic opportunities.

TumblerShare

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TumblerShare helps coffee shops reduce disposable cups through their cup-sharing platform.

ClinnUp

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ClinnUp is a clean-tech company by changing how municipal wastewater is treated by merging electricity with biological processes.

AQUA PURE

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Aqua-Pure is a provider of industrial and municipal wastewater services and technology solutions.

Kanin Energy

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Kanin Energy is a company that help industries manage waste and monetize them.

MycoRemedy

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MycoRemedy remediates contaminated environmental sites the natural way – no chemicals or energy-intensive inputs necessary.

Cuppy

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Cuppy is an initiative to reduce single-use cup and lid waste in Metro Vancouver.

Latéral Innovations inc

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Latéral Innovations offers a complete waste container management system using Radio Frequency Idendification

Nada Grocery

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Nada offers unpackaged products so that everyone can buy exactly what is needed while wasting less.

Basestation

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Helping waste management companies streamline their hauling operations with simple, easy-to-use software.

New Earth Waste Services

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New Earth Waste Services was established mid 2014 with plans of revitalizing the waste service industry.

Cielo Waste Solutions

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Cielo has an exclusive global license from a similar party to a system that can process renewable diesel from several waste streams.

Liberty Utilities

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Liberty offers water, wastewater, electricity, and natural gas utility services to more than 800,000 customers in the USA and Canada.

Q’Max Solutions

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Oilfield services company

Aevitas

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Aevitas specializes in hazardous waste management, including waste disposal, wastewater treatment, recycling, and other services.

Waste Treatment Solutions Ltd

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Waste Treatment Solutions Ltd. provides sewage management solutions.

Sensa Networks

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We take the waste out of waste management

Greenii Inc.

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Greenii manufactures eco friendly paper bags, wine bags, and kitchen bin liners using clean paper waste materials.

Eco Safe

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Eco Safe provides recycling, waste management and environmental engineering services.

Alberta Beverage Container Recycling Corporation (ABCRC)

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It operates the collection & recycling of more than 130,000 different types of regulated, non-refillable beverage containers.

Ionic Solutions

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Ionic Solutions improves the efficiency of desalination, deionization, and selective ion removal from water.

Scrapless

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Scrapless prevents food waste by connecting hungry individuals with suppliers having excess food through its food marketplace application.

White Swan Environmental

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White Swan Environmental is a private company formed to provide oilfield waste management services to the Athabasca Oil Sands.

Smithrite Disposal Ltd.

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Smithrite Disposal Ltd. is a waste disposal, recycling, and waste audit provider.

Affinor Growers

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Affinor Growers is a diversified publicly traded company on the Canadian Securities Exchange under the symbol (“AFI”).

Soapstand

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Soapstand offers convenient zerowaste solutions to personal care and cleaning products.

Reusable Bubble Tea Cup

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Reusable Bubble Tea Cup focus on plastic waste while selling those cups to consumers, retailers & students for fundraising purposes.

Nuclear Waste Management Organization

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Nuclear Waste Management Organization specializes in managing Canada’s used nuclear fuel.

Environmental Material Science

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EMS is a technological solution provider dedicated to solving the contamination, environmental management and sustainability challenges.

Earthcycle Packaging

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The latest technology with the cycle of nature in the design of durable, home compostable packaging made from ethically sourced.

LiquiForce

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LiquiForce, a privately-owned company which serves public and private sector water and wastewater customers.

Geomembrane Technologies Inc

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GTI offers a selection of innovative tank and lagoon covers.

Titanium Corporation

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Titanium Corporation is a development-stage company.

Scarborough Disposal

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Scarborough Disposal is a company offering excavation services and dumpster bin rental.

Green Chair Recycling

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Green Chair Recycling is a locally owned waste management and consulting social enterprise.

Trident

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Trident Processes provides wastewater treatment, biosolids dewatering and nutrient recovery solutions.

Turtle Island Recycling

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Turtle Island Recycling is a multi-material recycling and waste removal company.

Stablex Canada

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Stablex Canada is a North America’s hazardous waste and contaminated soil disposal and treatment service providers.

Acden

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Acden is the proven and valued service provider for Alberta’s oil sand producers.

Emerge Knowledge

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Emerge Knowledge is an information technology and waste management company located in Winnipeg.

Waste Control Services

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Waste Control Services offers zero waste innovation facilities to all public communities such as recycling, waste and organic collection.