ECO USA

What ECO USA does

ECO USA, LLC is a privately held specialty chemical recycler founded in 2009 and headquartered in Fort Lee, New Jersey. The company operates America's first and only full-scale silicone recycling facility in Parkersburg, West Virginia (established 2018), where it chemically breaks down post-industrial silicone rubber scrap and silicone fluids into dimethylcyclosiloxane (DMC) monomers and redistills them into polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) silicone oil. The proprietary process involves granulation, high-temperature catalytic cracking, vapor cooling, multi-stage filtration, and redistribution, producing industrial-grade silicone oil with a cradle-to-gate carbon footprint of 1,401 kg CO2 eq./MT — 76-78% lower than virgin material per an ISO 14044/14067-compliant LCA conducted by Sphera.

ECO USA monetizes through a dual model: (1) fee/service-based recycling of silicone waste streams (cured/uncured silicone rubber scrap, wide-spec/expired PDMS oils, D4/D5 cosmetic silicones, transformer fluids, emulsions) with free plant auditing, pickup, and certificates of destruction; and (2) product sales of its DMS-300 industrial-grade PDMS silicone fluid (50 to 60,000 cSt viscosities) and SILCULARTM EMS-4000 60% active non-ionic silicone emulsion to downstream formulators in automotive dressings, tire shine, mold release, sealants, transformer fluids, and textile lubricants. Go-to-market is enterprise field sales with direct outreach to manufacturers, supplemented by industry trade shows (e.g., Silicone Expo Europe 2023) and a network of recyclers/traders acting as material sourcing channels. The company sources from 30+ countries with consolidation sites in the USA, Europe, and Asia, and currently processes approximately 500 metric tons monthly with publicly stated plans to reach 1,000 MT/month.

Name

ECO USA

Legal name

ECO USA, LLC

Website

https://ecousarecycling.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2009

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ECO USA operates America's first full-scale silicone recycling facility, chemically converting post-industrial silicone rubber scrap and fluids into low-carbon PDMS silicone oil and emulsions sold to industrial and consumer product manufacturers across 30+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Silicone Recycling

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (56292)

SIC

Chemicals & Allied Products (2800), Industrial Organic Chemicals (2860)

akta.pro primary industry

Rubber Recycling (Crumb Rubber, Devulcanization) (IMANAMAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Chemical/Advanced Plastics Recycling (Depolymerization, Pyrolysis, Solvolysis) (IMANAMAD)

Keywords

• Silicone recycling
• PDMS silicone oil
• Silicone rubber scrap
• Industrial silicone fluid
• Silicone emulsion

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Lee

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Silicone Recycling Services: ECO USA collects and recycles silicone materials from manufacturers, offering free pickup services. They process silicone rubber scrap, expired/surplus silicone oils, liquid silicone rubber, and other silicone materials into PDMS silicone oil.
2. DMS-300 Industrial-Grade PDMS Silicone Fluid Sales: Sale of recycled industrial-grade linear polydimethylsiloxane silicone fluid in various viscosities (50, 350, 1000, 10000, 12500, and 60000 cSt). Sold to automotive, sealants, transformer fluids, mold release agents, and emulsion manufacturers.
3. SILCULAR EMS-4000 Silicone Emulsion Sales: Sale of 60% active non-ionic silicone emulsion formulated with DMS-300 silicone fluids for furniture/automotive dressings, tire shine, wax formulations, mold release agents, and textile lubricants.
4. Certificate of Destruction Services: Provides certificates of destruction for companies requiring documented destruction of sensitive silicone materials, adding value to the recycling service offering.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

ECO USA collects post-industrial silicone rubber scrap, expired/surplus silicone fluids, and liquid silicone rubber from manufacturers across more than 30 countries, then chemically recycles the material through a proprietary high-temperature cracking and distillation process into dimethylcyclosiloxane (DMC) that is rebuilt into PDMS silicone oil. The company sells this output as DMS-300 industrial-grade PDMS silicone fluid (multiple viscosities) and SILCULARTM EMS-4000 60% active silicone emulsion, while also offering plant auditing, free pickup, and certificate-of-destruction services.

Product overview

ECO USA operates as a silicone recycling company that manufactures low-carbon silicone products through a proprietary recycling process. The company's product portfolio consists of two main offerings: DMS-300 Industrial-Grade PDMS Silicone Fluid (available in multiple viscosities from 50 to 60000 cSt) and SILCULARTM EMS-4000/EMS-4001 60% Active Silicone Emulsion. Both products are manufactured from recycled silicone materials and serve as raw material inputs for various industrial and commercial applications including automotive waxes, tire shines, sealants, transformer fluids, mold release agents, and textile lubricants.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SILCULARTM EMS-4000 / EMS-4001: 60% active non-ionic silicone emulsion for furniture and automotive dressing applications, offering long-lasting gloss and water repellency. Also used as a mold release agent and textile lubricant.
• DMS-300

Products and services

• DMS-300 Industrial-Grade PDMS Silicone Fluid

Quantifiable outcome

• 76-78% lower carbon footprint compared to virgin silicone oil (1401 kg CO2 eq./MT vs 6079 kg CO2 eq./MT)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Wacker Chemie AG: Major integrated silicones manufacturer selling PDMS fluids, emulsions, and rubber compounds globally. Overlaps with ECO USA's downstream PDMS and emulsion product lines and competes as a virgin alternative in the same automotive, sealants, and textile channels.
• Veolia Environnement: Global environmental services and resource-recovery group with significant chemical and polymer recycling capabilities in Europe. Comparable as a potential platform competitor that could add silicone-specific recycling to its specialty waste portfolio.
• Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. World's largest silicones producer (and a major vinyl/specialty chemical platform). Comparable because it sits directly upstream of ECO USA's feedstock (silicone manufacturers are ECO USA's customers) and competes indirectly as a virgin PDMS supplier.
• Momentive Performance Materials: Global silicones and specialty materials producer serving automotive, electronics, healthcare, and personal care. Competes with ECO USA as a virgin silicone fluid and emulsion supplier and overlaps with several of ECO USA's named end-markets.
• Dow Inc. Diversified chemicals major with a sizable silicones business (DOWSIL) producing PDMS fluids, emulsions, and rubber. Directly competes with ECO USA's recycled silicone products in industrial and consumer-care end-uses and dwarfs it in scale.
• Clean Harbors, Inc. Largest North American provider of environmental, hazardous-waste, and recycling services, including industrial fluid recovery. Comparable as a broad incumbent in specialty/industrial recycling that could expand into silicone recycling at scale.
• Elkem ASA: Silicones and silicon-based materials producer with PDMS fluids and specialty emulsions. Comparable as a broad incumbent supplying the same downstream applications (textiles, mold release, automotive care) targeted by ECO USA's DMS-300 and SILCULAR product lines.

Others

• Republic Services, Inc. Major North American recycling and solid-waste company operating materials recovery facilities (MRFs). Comparable as the same NAICS-category operator (DA2TF0FI) handling post-industrial and post-consumer recyclables — a potential partner or future competitor as silicone-specific recovery scales.

Emerging players

• Sika AG: Specialty chemicals company with strong positions in silicone sealants, adhesives, and construction chemicals. Relevant because it is both a large consumer of silicone raw materials (a potential ECO USA customer) and a partial downstream competitor in formulated silicone products.

Direct peers

• Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc. Specialty recycler and re-refiner of used oils, solvents, and industrial fluids. Closest U.S. business-model analog to ECO USA — collecting industrial chemical waste streams, processing them through proprietary recovery technology, and reselling usable product back to industry.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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