Circular Economy and Recycling Stocks

From residential recycling, to refrigerant management, to bioplastics, to industrial recycling, to telepresence, see below for the full list of every zero carbon transportation stock in Carbon Collective's Climate Index.

A circular economy runs without wasting anything

Today our supply chain operates like a caterpillar. Eating raw-materials at one end to create manufactured goods and disposing of them at the other when their useful lifetime has ended.

A circular economy operates like a butterfly. One wing/circle is biological. All organic materials (food, wood, cotton, etc.) are broken down so their nutrients can be reused regeneratively to build soil health and restore ecosystems. The other is artificial. From metals to bioplastics, all components of a product are built to be disassembled and reintroduced back into the supply chain after a product’s end of life.

A circular economy makes the same products with fewer emissions

A circular economy is a key part of solving climate change because of how much more energy efficient it is. For example, it takes 95% less energy to make new aluminum from recycled aluminum, rather than from raw materials.

A circular economy helps protect natural carbon sinks

A key part of solving climate change is protecting existing natural ecosystems and restoring those that have been degraded so they may act as “sinks” of atmospheric carbon emissions. An economy that reuses more of its old products will need fewer virgin materials to build new products. The fewer virgin materials the global economy uses, the less pressure natural ecosystems will be under to provide them.

Globally, we have just started down the path to a circular economy. Here are the publicly traded companies that are making it happen. This list represents all of the circular economy and recycling stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange (except for penny stocks whose share prices were less than $0.50 in our last update).

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% ALLOCATED	Company Type	Company	Category	DESCRIPTION
0.02%	Industrial recycling	Aqua Metals	Pure Play	Aqua recycles lead that is primarily used in lead acid batteries, resulting in lead that has greater than 99.9% purity.
-	Bioplastics	China XD Plastics	Failed Revenue Filter	China XD Plastics Limited derives the majority of its revenue from traditional plastics like polypropylene.
0.24%	Industrial recycling	Commercial Metals	Passed Revenue Filter	Commercial Metals recycles steel and metal products, a Drawdown solution, while building no products specifically for the fossil fuel industry.
0.14%	Refrigerant Management	CSW Industrials	Passed Revenue Filter	CSW Industrials manufactures products to make HVAC/R systems more efficient, a climate solution, and derives a large portion of its revenue from those products. It derives a much smaller portion of its revenue from sales to oilfields; this would be considered fossil fuel revenue.
0.09%	Bioplastics	Danimer Scientific	Pure Play	Danimer produces bio-based plastics using microorganisms to create polyesters by feeding them inexpensive plant oils.
-	Bioplastics	Dow	Lacks Sufficient Information	Dow makes both traditional and bioplastics. A revenue breakdown is not present.
1.06%	Industrial recycling	GFL Environmental	Passed Revenue Filter	GFL Environment recycles steel and metal products, a Drawdown solution, while deriving no revenue from products created specifically for the fossil fuel industry.
0.09%	Industrial recycling	Harsco	Passed Revenue Filter	Harsco generates 82% of its revenue from industrial recycling and waste management services, and the rest from maintenance, repair, and construction services for railway tracks.
0.02%	Refrigerant Management	Hudson Technologies	Pure Play	Hudson provides various refrigerant management solutions, including reclamation of refrigerants and hydrostatic testing which checks for leaks.
0.52%	Industrial recycling	IAA	Pure Play	IAA allows for the sale of total loss, damaged, and low-value vehicles, as well as their parts, limiting automotive waste and reducing the need for new manufacturing.
-	Bioplastics	Karat Packaging	Lacks Sufficient Information	Karat Packaging produces packaging with both traditional and bioplastics. It is unclear which of the two comprise a majority of the revenue.
-	Energy Storage	Li-Cycle	Recent IPO	Li-Cycle recycles old lithium-ion batteries to create new ones. Its IPO date was less than six months before the 2022 Climate Index update, leading it to be excluded from this years index.
1.02%	Industrial recycling	LKQ	Pure Play	LKQ scraps totalled cars and sell the reclaimed replacement parts such as bumpers, transmissions, and suspension products, which help reduce waste generation.
0.05%	Industrial recycling	Loop Industries	Pure Play	Loop converts waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET), often used in food packaging, into virgin quality PET.
0.10%	Industrial recycling	PureCycle Technologies	Pure Play	PureCycle converts waste polypropylene (PP), often used in packaging and clothing, into virgin quality PP.
0.02%	Recycling	Quest Resource	Pure Play	Quest provides recycling services for a variety of items, including scrap tires, metal, and glass.
-	Recycling	Republic Services	Failed Landfill Filter	Republic derives its revenue in part from recycling, a Drawdown solution, but captures landfill gas at fewer than 50% of its landfills, thus failing the landfill gas filter.
-	Recycling	US Ecology	Failed Landfill Filter	US Ecology, does not have landfill gas to energy operations in a majority of its landfills, thus failing the landfill gas filter.
-	Bioplastics	Zymergen	Lacks Sufficient Information	Zymergen biofacturing and bio-based products like adhesives largely for electronics, but not creation of bioplastics. They IPO'd in April 2021, lack an annual report/investor presentation/description of their products & services

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