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Top 25 Food waste companies based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 377 food waste companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 5,585 professional contacts across them, including 1,924 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers food waste companies headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 21, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest food waste companies based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 817 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “FCC Environment is one of the UK’s leading recycling and waste management companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 312 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Olleco is one of the UK’s most progressive circular economy companies, leading the way for the food and hospitality industries to embrace a more sustainable future.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 216 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Reconomy Connect provides bespoke, end-to-end waste management services designed to boost efficiencies, advance sustainability, and optimise resource use.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 157 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Winnow was founded with a simple belief that food is too valuable to waste.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 145 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “The NWH Group is a second-generation family business headquartered in Midlothian.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 141 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “First Mile are one of London's greenest recycling & waste management companies, helping over businesses reduce their carbon impact with a range of recycling & commercial waste…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 118 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We provide an unrivalled food and organic waste recycling solution to local authorities and commercial customers across the UK, processing waste from homes, supermarkets, pubs…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 88 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are the biggest waste management company in North Yorkshire.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 84 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Barr is one of Scotland's leading waste management companies, operating a variety of high quality waste treatment, recycling and residual disposal facilities throughout the West…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 73 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “As one of the leading regional recycling companies in the UK and now part of SUEZ recycling and recovery UK, Cawleys is a dynamic British business where innovation builds on…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 68 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in 1997, Mid-UK Recycling are an independent waste management company with a proven record of working with businesses and local authorities to achieve a genuine 100%…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 65 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “ReFood is the European market leader in the field of disposal of organic waste from kitchens, canteens and retailers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 60 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Greenzone Facilities management Limited specialise in providing national recycling and waste management solutions for companies, focusing on diverting waste from landfill and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Dunmow Group was established in 1987 as a family-owned business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 50 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Just Clear, we don’t just remove items, we create value, deliver peace of mind, and drive sustainability.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 49 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Envar Composting is an organic waste and biomass recycling operator specialising in the sustainable and cost-effective processing of the following waste streams on behalf of local…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 49 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “HIPPO is the trading name for Waste Management Systems Ltd, a national provider of innovative and integrated waste management solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Gaskells are proud to be one of the largest independent and privately owned waste management companies in the north west of England.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 47 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “SWRnewstar's approach identifies and delivers optimal waste solutions for our customers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “JG Pears is one of the UK's leading processors of animal by-products and food waste.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 45 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Keenan Recycling is the UK's largest commercial food waste collection company, with nationwide coverage!” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 43 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Ellgia provide waste management, recycling solutions and skip hire to businesses, the trade and home-owners across East Anglia and the East Midlands in Cambridgeshire…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Globally, 80% of wastewater is discharged untreated into the environment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are leading the way in innovative and sustainable food waste management solutions for Used Cooking Oils, Fats and Food Waste.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Whites Recycling is a specialist waste management and recycling business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: food waste companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names food waste companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of food waste companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name food waste companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Food waste companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 21, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 377 companies.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among food waste companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “food waste companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names food waste companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among food waste companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,924 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 21, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Food waste companies by metro
- Food waste companies in London45
Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names food waste companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many food waste companies are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 377 food waste companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
FCC Environment, headquartered in Doncaster, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most food waste companies?
London leads with 45 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (7) and Sheffield (7).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,924 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 377 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 21, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.