Who is the largest e waste recycling company | Market Leader & Outlook 2025

Who is the largest e waste recycling company?

This growth is fueled by tightening regulations on electronic waste disposal, increasing public awareness of environmental hazards, and the rise in discarded electronics due to rapid tech upgrades and shorter device lifespans.

Moreover, circular economy practices and rising demand for recovered precious metals like gold, copper, and rare earths are driving investments in advanced recycling technologies. Trends such as AI-driven sorting systems, robotics in dismantling, and blockchain traceability for e-waste are reshaping the industry's efficiency and transparency.

List of the e-waste recycling companies

1. Umicore

Umicore specializes in precious-metal recovery and materials technology, including e-waste recycling. It focuses on recovering critical raw materials such as cobalt, lithium, and platinum group metals from electronic scrap.

2. Stena Metall Group

Stena Metall is a European recycling powerhouse that processes e-waste, batteries, and metals. Its subsidiary Stena Recycling operates ~173 sites, including new facilities to shred lithium ion batteries for resource recovery.

3. Remondis

Remondis is one of the world’s leading recycling firms, managing municipal and industrial waste streams, including e-waste. Operating in over 800 locations across 30+ countries, it generated €6.4 billion in revenue in 2018.

4. Attero Recycling

Attero is India’s largest e-waste recycler, processing over 300,000 tonnes annually and holding about 25% of the national market. It leads battery recycling efforts using advanced recovery technologies.

5. Ecoreco

Ecoreco provides integrated end-to-end e-waste solutions for both corporate and consumer segments. They specialize in environmentally compliant dismantling and recycling processes.

6. Namo eWaste Management Ltd.

Namo provides door-to-door e-waste collection and recycling across India. Recognized as a pioneer in organized asset management and e-scrap recovery.

7. Eco Recycling Ltd (EcoReco)

EcoReco was India’s first certified e-waste processing facility. They offer secure data destruction, lamp and battery recycling, and full compliance with environmental standards.

8. ATRenew (formerly AiHuiShou)

ATRenew leads China’s electronics recycling through integrated asset recovery. With trading centers across major Chinese cities, it offers services for smartphones, photography gear, watches, and more.

9. Zolopik

Zolopik is an e-waste aggregator operating via an online platform, enabling households and corporations to sell scrap electronics efficiently while ensuring EPR compliance.

10. Sims Recycling Solutions (Sims Lifecycle Services)

Sims is the world’s largest e-waste recycler, handling around 475,000 tonnes of electronic waste annually across more than 50 facilities. They offer comprehensive recovery services—from repair and refurbishment to processing electronics and extracting valuable materials.

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