This article showcases our top picks for the best United Kingdom based Waste Management companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Waste Management 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 Waste Management Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
Too Good To Go
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Too Good To Go develops an app for fighting food waste and saving delicious food.
Plastic Energy
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Plastic Energy offers a global and sustainable solution to prevent plastic pollution.
Veolia UK
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Veolia UK is part of a worldwide Group of companies.
Recycling Technologies
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Recycling Technologies specializes in waste management and engineering processes and helps customers achieve financial gains from waste.
TrueCircle
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TrueCircle is building a marketplace to support waste processing facilities in selling the verified material they reclaim.
4NEW
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4NEW is a United Kingdom company that owns and operates Waste to Energy treatment plants.
Shopperbird
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Upcycling waste into unique clothes on-demand!
Skrap
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Construction hire, made simple. Order waste services, bulky materials, and plant hire – anytime, anywhere.
WASE
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WASE provides a decentralized sanitation system with the goal of accelerating the global adoption of circular waste treatment.
Farmstand
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Earth’s first personalized meal delivery service for kitchen operators with zero food waste
Econic Technologies
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Econic Technologies develops new catalysts and processes for the manufacture of polymers from CO2.
Shellworks
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Shellworks is a biotech startup on a mission to make plastic waste a thing of the past.
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.
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.
RED Industries
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Red Industries is the hazardous and non-hazardous waste management business
SEaB Energy
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SEaB Energy has patented a micro anaerobic digestion system for onsite and in-building conversion of organics to energy, water, & fertiliser
Levenseat
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Levenseat is a Recycling & Resource Management company based in Central Scotland.
Arvia Technology
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Arvia’s treatment system offers cost effective removal of trace problematic, toxic or hazardous organics at trace level in water.
Carbon8 Systems
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Carbon 8 Systems provides solutions for the treatment of industrial waste.
LAT Water
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LAT Water is a developer of sustainable wastewater treatment solutions.
Xworks Tech
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Xworks offers end-to-end compliance using AI & blockchain digitising & minimising waste streams.
Globechain
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Globechain is a B2B reuse marketplace connecting businesses to charities, creating social impact data.
Toraphene
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Toraphene is a biodegradable, compostable, and commercially-viable plastic packaging substitute and make plastic packaging obsolete.
Matter.
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Matter is a company that provide solutions for capturing, harvesting, and recycling microplastics from wastewater.
Impact Recycling
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Impact Recycling has developed a breakthrough plastic recycling technology which separates the components of mixed plastic waste.
Greyparrot
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AI-based computer vision solutions to power next generation robotics and smart systems for the waste management industry
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.
RiverRidge Rethinking Resources
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RiverRidge is regarded as Northern Ireland’s largest independent waste management company.
MarinaTex
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MarinaTex manufactures and develops bioplastics and a biodegradable flexible film for home composting.
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
BHR Group
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BHR Group is an independent technology organisation providing engineering consultancy,
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.
CG Pearce
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CG Pearce covers all things drain and sewer cleaning, septic tank and drain camera inspection.
Ellipsis Earth
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Ellipsis Earth specializes in detecting, categorising and tracking plastic waste in the environment and throughout supply chains
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.
Yodomo
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Yodomo focuses on craft making for well-being and understanding the re-use of materials.
Waste2Tricity
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Waste2Tricity engages in developing, funding, and supporting energy-from-waste deployment projects in the United Kingdom.
EMS Turnkey Waste Recycling Solutions
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EMS provides complete recycling systems designed around your needs.
Harpers Environmental
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Harpers Environmental is operates in the Industrial Services and Waste Management Sector with a reputation for safe and effective solutions.
Biogen Gwyriad
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Biogen Gwyriad operates anaerobic digestion plants which recycle food waste to generate renewable energy and biofertilisers for farmland.
Bristol Wood Recycling Project(BWRP)
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Saving resources from waste. Providing Affordable timber and resources to local community.
PVC Recycling
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PVC Recycling provides recycling services for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) derived from materials.
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.
Suez
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Suez offers environmental services like waste and resource management, recycling, water management and laboratory services.
Dynamic Flow Technologies
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Dynamic Flow Technologies designs and manufactures wastewater meters.
SLR Consulting
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SLR is an environmental consultancy that provides advice and support on a wide range of strategic and site-specific environmental issues.
Waste Systems
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Waste Systems has developed machinery that separates out difficult waste materials,
Crapper & Sons Landfill Ltd
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Crapper & Sons Landfill operates in recycling, waste management, supply of recycled aggregates, landfill and groundworks.
Clearabee
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Clearabee is UK’s largest ‘in-house’ man and van style rubbish clearance company.
United Utilities
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United Utilities brings 3 million households and 200,000 businesses, clean, clear water and to take it all away again.
JFS Howla Hay Biogas
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Howla Hay Farm is a 200 acre site, situated near to Guisborough
Viridor Waste Management Limited
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Viridor Waste Management Limited offers recycling, renewable energy, and waste management services.
ASM Organic Recyclates
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ASM Organic Recyclates Ltd develops innovative patent-protected technology that converts waste into usable materials.
Biffa
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Biffa is an integrated waste management company providing collection, landfill, recycling and special waste services in the UK.
FutureFuel Renewables
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FutureFuel Renewables is waste-to-energy solutions company.
TC Facilities Management
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TC Facilities Management Ltd provides a variety of facilities management services including cleaning and security services.
Selected Interventions
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Transforming technology for large enterprises in the municipal and commercial smart waste collection sector
Chip[s] Board
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Chip[s] Board which develops bioplastics from food waste.
Paper Round
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Paper Round is a waste management company offering complete recycling, security shredding and waste collection services.
Basingstoke Skip Hire and Southern Waste Management
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Basingstoke Skip Hire and Southern Waste Management Ltd is a major supplier of waste management solutions throughout the South.
Anyjunk
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AnyJunk is the technology platform for on-demand bulky waste collection.
Avensys
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Avensys offer Bio-Medical Equipment Engineering Services.
HIPPO
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HIPPO creates and develops ways to dispose of their waste or unwanted materials in an ethical, efficient and cost-effective manner.
DeepWaters AI
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DeepWaters AI uses satellite data and AI for finding underground drinking water and pipe leaks.
JBM International
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JBM International, based in Staffordshire, is focused on fulfilling a commitment to innovative and sustainable waste management.
Adlink
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Adlink is specializing in the sales of plumbing and heating spare parts for the domestic and commercial market.
VABVA
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Automates hiring and purchasing of construction and waste services
Mick George
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Mick George is the leading suppliers to the construction industry, specialising in providing bulk excavation & earthmoving services.
Windsor Waste Management
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Windsor Waste Management provides a comprehensive range of bespoke recycling and waste management services.
SITA UK Limited
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SITA UK Limited is a British waste management company.
TRADEBE
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TRADEBE is an international leader in waste reclamation and recycling solutions managing more than two million tons of waste annually.
Augean
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Augean PLC is engaged in the provision of specialist services focused on hazardous waste.
Bristol Waste
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Bristol Waste is a waste collection & street cleansing company that renders recycling, site clearances, residential bins & hazardous waste.
Bakers Waste Services
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Bakers Waste Services is a waste management services provider that offers comprehensive recycling solutions.
Tidy Planet
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Tidy Planet develops commercial-scale composting and waste-to-energy products and solutions.
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.
Kent Enviro Power
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FCC Environment is one of the UK’s leading waste and resource management company.
Cavendish Nuclear
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Cavendish Nuclear offers radiological security, engineering solution, environmental monitoring, hazard management and laboratory services.
Qube Renewables
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Qube Renewables is a disruptive technology company specializing in waste to energy sectors.
ODS
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ODS is a social enterprise delivering services in recycling & waste, civil engineering, fleet & electric vehicles, pest control, etc.
A.W. Jenkinson Forest Products
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A.W. Jenkinson Forest Products handle roundwood, chips, shavings, sawdust, bark, greenwaste and other timber co-products every year.
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.
Grosvenor Services
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Grosvenor Services is a leading supplier of all-round cleaning and facilities management services.
IWJS Ltd
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IWJS is a privately held company that provides waste management and industrial cleaning services.
Binn Group
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Binn Group provides recycling and waste management services.
Waste2ES
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Imagine the power to create value from food waste
GBN Services
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GBN Services offers skip hire, recycling and waste management services for construction, commercial and household customers.
Recycling Lives
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Recycling Lives provides ethical and environmentally sound recycling and waste management solutions.
B&M Waste Services
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B&M Waste Services provides waste management solutions such as trade, secure shredding, food, equipment and one-off waste clearances.
Environcom
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Environcom specializes in electrical waste and electronic equipment recycling business.
NWH
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NWH provides waste collection services to the Waste Management.
Danu Robotics
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Danu Robotics is an artificial intelligence and robotic solutions for the recycling and waste management industry.
NJC
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NJC is a family-owned soft facilities services company that provides customers with long-term, high-quality cleaning and support services.
ISS Damage Control
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ISS Damage Control provides 24/7 damage control, rebuilding and emergency response services for fire and flood damage.
P&L Software Systems
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P&L Software Systems is provides waste management software for customers worldwide.
AeroThermal Group Ltd
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AeroThermal offers a waste treatment solution that delivers significant environmental benefits by diverting waste from landfill .
