This article showcases our top picks for the best United Kingdom based Recycling companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Recycling 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 United Kingdom Recycling Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Connected Energy
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A pioneer of 2nd life electric vehicle battery based energy storage systems.
Plastic Energy
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Plastic Energy offers a global and sustainable solution to prevent plastic pollution.
Greyparrot
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Greyparrot is the leading AI waste analytics platform for the circular economy.
Romco
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A clean-tech metals recycling company producing secondary materials where it’s needed most — the emerging markets.
Recycling Technologies
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Recycling Technologies specializes in waste management and engineering processes and helps customers achieve financial gains from waste.
Deep Branch Biotechnology
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Deep Branch Biotechnology is developing scalable technology aimed at transforming the polluters of today into the producers of tomorrow.
bio-bean
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bio-bean is a U.K.-based green company that offers its users with processes of recycling and waste management solutions.
Shopperbird
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Upcycling waste into unique clothes on-demand!
Smile Plastics
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Smile Plastics manufactures hand-crafted panels from waste materials.
Worn Again
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Worn Again is a textile to textile recycling technology that can separate and recapture polyester and cotton from discarded.
First Mile
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First Mile provide super simple, low cost recycling and waste services for businesses.
SWEDISH FALL
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A better fashion brand that fights fashion waste by turning its customers into recyclers
BIG Atom
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Recycling company on a mission to end polymer waste. They develop, build and operate new generation infrastructure for processing waste.
GRS Roadstone
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GRS is the UK’s largest independent supplier of natural and recycled aggregate, along with waste removal and transport services.
RED Industries
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Red Industries is the hazardous and non-hazardous waste management business
MacRebur
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A UK-based company that uses waste plastics to create stronger, longer lasting roads.
Levenseat
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Levenseat is a Recycling & Resource Management company based in Central Scotland.
ReCircle
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ReCircle is a cleantech startup that develops a closed-loop domestic recycling appliances.
Poseidon Plastics
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Poseidon Plastics is a high-tech speciality chemical recycling company.
Matter.
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Matter is a company that provide solutions for capturing, harvesting, and recycling microplastics from wastewater.
ReNew ELP
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ReNew ELP is a flexible technology, able to convert a number of materials and components currently considered unrecyclable.
Redeem
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Redeem is an international leader in the recovery, refurbishment and recycling of consumer electronic devices
Decision Tech
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Decision Tech mission is to create destination websites and apps that help people to find the very best communications and entertainment.
Globechain
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Globechain is a B2B reuse marketplace connecting businesses to charities, creating social impact data.
Greyparrot
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Greyparrot provides AI-based waste recognition software to power next-generation smart systems that will monitor & sort waste at scale
Natural World Products
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Natural World Products is an organics recycling company at the forefront of the professionalization of the recycling sector.
Interface Polymers
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Interface Polymers is the global leader in compatibility and surface functionality solutions for the polyolefin industry.
Impact Recycling
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Impact Recycling has developed a breakthrough plastic recycling technology which separates the components of mixed plastic waste.
MarinaTex
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MarinaTex manufactures and develops bioplastics and a biodegradable flexible film for home composting.
Aurelius Environmental
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Aurelius Environmental is a battery recycling company.
Low Sulphur Fuels
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Commercialising one of the most advanced, lowest cost solutions that produces low sulphur fuel and naphtha from used hydrocarbon materials
Roadfill
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Roadfill uses plastic waste in an environmentally and innovative way to help solve the problem of plastic waste.
Total Recycling Services
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We provide customer focused, competent, cost efficient total waste management services to businesses across the UK.
Eco Plastics
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ECO Plastics is a reprocessor of recyclable materials sourced from waste contractors and local authorities in the UK and Ireland.
J & B Recycling
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J & B Recycling provides diverse and innovative solutions in waste collection, recovery and recycling to public and private sectors.
RiverRidge Rethinking Resources
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RiverRidge is regarded as Northern Ireland’s largest independent waste management company.
Plas Recycle
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PlasRecycle has built the UK’s 1st dedicated plant for recycling post-consumer shopping bags and films.
Keenan Recycling
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Keenan Recycling Ltd is one of Scotland’s leading organics recycling specialists
Johnsons Aggregates and Recycling
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Johnsons Aggregates and Recycling is a privately held company that supplies recycled incinerator bottom ash aggregate in East Midland.
EMS Turnkey Waste Recycling Solutions
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EMS provides complete recycling systems designed around your needs.
Flowline
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Flowline Limited is one of the leading drainage contractors in the South East.
Waste Systems
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Waste Systems has developed machinery that separates out difficult waste materials,
Recresco
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Recresco specialise in recycling glass at the forefront of modern materials recycling.
Biffa
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Biffa is an integrated waste management company providing collection, landfill, recycling and special waste services in the UK.
Environmental Technology Evolution
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ETE focuses on generating and licencing proprietary technology through R&D in the field of plastics recycling.
Yodomo
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Yodomo focuses on craft making for well-being and understanding the re-use of materials.
Suez
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Suez offers environmental services like waste and resource management, recycling, water management and laboratory services.
Mishergas Green Energy
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Using green technology, they will convert waste tyres into constant electricity and saleable by-products.
Affresol
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Affresol manufactures sustainable housing solutions made from a low carbon building product called TPR.
Ultromex
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Ultromex develops processes for the recovery of high-value metals from electronic and industrial waste products.
Lancashire Waste Recycling
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Lancashire Waste Recycling reprocess and refine residual waste to produce a high specification fuel for use across a range of industries.
PPP GROUP
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PPP Group creates a ‘ReTyre’ process for purification and valorisation of carbon black from ELT pyrolysis.
EuroKey Recycling Ltd
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EuroKey Recycling Ltd providing effortless recycling collections through to full recycling and waste management solutions.
PVC Recycling
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PVC Recycling provides recycling services for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) derived from materials.
Bristol Wood Recycling Project(BWRP)
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Saving resources from waste. Providing Affordable timber and resources to local community.
Sycamore Aviation Ltd
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Sycamore Aviation Ltd offers aircraft decommissioning and recycling services.
John Pointon & Sons Ltd
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John Pointon & Sons provides waste disposal, recycling and environmental solutions for animal by products and food waste.
Motorhog
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Motorhog is a vehicle recycling company that purchases used cars, vans, motorbikes, motorhomes and all types of vehicles in any condition.
World of Books
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World of Books was founded in 2005, recycling books on behalf of charity.
Viridor Waste Management Limited
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Viridor Waste Management Limited offers recycling, renewable energy, and waste management services.
Chilly’s
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Chilly’s offers a wide range of reusable products with the high-performance technology and eco-friendly benefits of a traditional flask.
Reconomy Recycling Solutions
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Reconomy Recycling Solutions offers waste management and recycling solutions.
ASM Organic Recyclates
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ASM Organic Recyclates Ltd develops innovative patent-protected technology that converts waste into usable materials.
TOPOLYTICS
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Data analytics and insights – making the world’s waste visible, verifiable and valuable
Network Plus
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Network Plus is a construction company that provides utility, infrastructure, CDM design, data, traffic management and recycling services.
Crapper & Sons Landfill Ltd
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Crapper & Sons Landfill operates in recycling, waste management, supply of recycled aggregates, landfill and groundworks.
Wastewise
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Wastewise provides waste management, treatment collection, composting, recycling and recovery solutions for business and residential trash.
ClimateCare
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ClimateCare is open to combating climate change and improving lives, with the aim of making the planet climate-neutral & climate-friendly.
Rural Handmade
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Rural Handmade is a platform for connecting rural artisans to the global consumer market.
EOL IT Services
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EOL IT Services Ltd is the UK’s most accredited provider of IT Asset Disposal (ITAD), Lifecycle Services and Data Destruction.
Rematch
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Rematch is a sporting goods marketplace. Buy, sell and recycle your sports equipment to save money and the planet.
Car.co.uk
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UK automotive website focusing on vehicle recycling (scrap my car) along with commercial verticals in insurance, finance & number plates.
We Buy Books
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We Buy Books provides services to sell books, CDs and DVDs, Blu Rays and other media.
Spirit Energy
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Spirit Energy is a self-sustaining full-cycle E&P company that offers sustainable oil and gas exploration services.
Avensys
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Avensys offer Bio-Medical Equipment Engineering Services.
Amplio Group
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Amplio Group invests in renewable energy, alternative fuels, filtrations, recycling, environmental services and specialty care enterprises.
FGD Solutions
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FGD Solutions offers IT recycling services and works to address cost, data security, traceability and environmental requirements.
Danu Robotics
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Danu Robotics is an artificial intelligence and robotic solutions for the recycling and waste management industry.
Phoenix Carbon
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Phoenix Carbon enables sustainable composites thanks to its patent pending recycling and manufacturing workflows.
Selected Interventions
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Transforming technology for large enterprises in the municipal and commercial smart waste collection sector
CELSA
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Celsa Steel is a manufacturer and supplier of reinforcing bars, yield coils and wire rods.
Pentatonic
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Pentatonic is a design and technology company that provides consumer products and goods.
HW Martin Traffic Management
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HW Martin the UK’s Largest Independent Provider of Specialist Traffic Management on Motorways and High Speed Roads.
Slicker Recycling
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Slicker Recycling specializes in the collection and recycling of hazardous workshop waste and the provision of associated waste management.
CorNatural
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CorNatural develops bio-based sustainable products to offer a range of natural products.
Tetronics Technologies
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Tetronics Technologies specializes in clean plasma technology that supplies resource recovery and hazardous material destruction systems.
Bakers Waste Services
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Bakers Waste Services is a waste management services provider that offers comprehensive recycling solutions.
Kent Enviro Power
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FCC Environment is one of the UK’s leading waste and resource management company.
Binit
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Binit provides brilliant recycling and rubbish services while reducing vehicle movements and cleaning up your streets.
SortFlow
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SortFlow is a software solution that helps the waste and recycling sector to design, model, and test waste recovery and recycling processes.
Recycling Lives
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Recycling Lives provides ethical and environmentally sound recycling and waste management solutions.
Paper Round
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Paper Round is a waste management company offering complete recycling, security shredding and waste collection services.
Buengo
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Buengo is an app that allows people to sell the stuff they don’t need anymore and donate the proceeds to good causes.
Ridan Composter
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Ridan Composter designs environmentally friendly composting machines for food waste recycling and composting of green waste.
Gecko Mobile
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Gecko Mobile is an online shop that offers to buy and sell options on old smartphones.
CheaperWaste
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CheaperWaste is a waste management company that provides cost-effective waste collection, disposal, and recycling services.
DyeRecycle
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DyeRecycle develops an innovative dyeing fibers technology using recycled dye from textile waste.
