Rows of recycling bales in a yard under a blue evening sky
About us

Founded in 2026 on 37 years of Geared for Green recycling operations.

Decarbon Financial is the program developer for the Circular Economy, and a carbon project developer. We are built on Geared for Green, our family of companies, which has designed, built and run recycling programs for 37 years.

Get in touchMeet the team
Why we exist

Recycling breaks at its weakest link. We connect the loop.

Every company that touches a package would have to pay to recycle it right, and none gets enough back on its own. So the loop breaks, and most plastic wrap goes to a landfill.

We put the whole loop in one deal, with proof behind every handoff, so the companies can share the value and the cost of better bins, balers and routes. Then we make it financeable. Proof, then capital.

37 years

Geared for Green designs, builds and runs recycling programs.

Geared for Green
1.6 billion pounds

Recovered by Geared for Green.

Geared for Green
150 million pounds

A year of active recovery capacity at Geared for Green, across its business.

Geared for Green
26.3 million pounds

Verified traceability, June 2024 to May 2025: plastics tracked handoff by handoff to recycling mills. A first in the U.S., verified by Intertek.

Intertek Certificate of Verification, 2025
Leadership

The people behind the programs.

Andrew Schonholtz
Andrew Schonholtz
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Decarbon Financial

Seven years as a senior vice president inside Geared for Green operations, after an early career on Wall Street. Architect of our insetting framework.

Danny Schrager
Danny Schrager
Chairman, Decarbon Financial. CEO, Geared for Green.

Geared for Green has run recycling programs for 37 years and recovered 1.6 billion pounds. Danny led the program behind the first U.S. Plastic Recycling Traceability verification.

Chris Christmas
Chris Christmas
CEO, Regenerate X

Named inventor of the proprietary chain-of-custody verification technology.

Rhonda Levy
Rhonda Levy
Chief Product Officer, Regenerate X

Leads product strategy and execution for the platform, built to institutional audit standards.

Our family of companies

Each company does its own job.

Geared for Green runs the physical operations. Regenerate X is the verification layer. Decarbon Financial structures and finances.

Operations
Geared for Green

Designs, builds and operates recycling and Circular Economy programs. 37 years. 1.6 billion pounds recovered.

Verification
Regenerate X

Auditable supply chain intelligence. Chain-of-custody verification.

Structure and finance
Decarbon Financial

A carbon project developer. We build the trust layer for carbon, then we finance it.

Our path

What is done, and what comes next.

37 yearsGeared for Green designs, builds and runs recycling programs.
June 2024 to May 202526.3 million pounds of plastics tracked to recycling mills and verified by Intertek. A first in the U.S.
2026Decarbon Financial is founded on 37 years of Geared for Green recycling operations.
How we work

Four rules we keep.

Proof, then capital.

The record comes first. The money follows the proof.

Independent checks.

The auditor is paid for the check, never for the result.

One deal.

The store, the brand, the hauler and the mill sign the same deal, so no one pays for the loop alone.

Plain claims.

Every figure on this site carries its source. We say what is done and what comes next.

Get in touch

Tell us where your trash piles up.

Office

Decarbon Financial
848 Brickell Ave, Suite 410
Miami, FL 33131

andrews@gearedforgreen.com