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Top 25 Recycling and waste companies based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 2,447 recycling and waste companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 29,723 professional contacts across them, including 11,073 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers recycling and 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 recycling and waste companies based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3,253 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Founded in London in 1912, Biffa is a leading UK nationwide integrated waste management business providing collection, treatment, recycling and technologically-driven energy…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 1,478 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “We are a global leader in metal recycling with a heritage dating back to the 1950’s.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 1,045 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Viridor is one of the UK’s leading resource and waste management companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 817 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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. | |||||
| 5 | 653 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Enva is a full-service and leading provider of recycling and resource recovery solutions, employing over 1700 people at locations across the United Kingdom and Ireland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 456 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “TWMA is the world’s drilling waste specialist; pioneering the best solutions & technology to turn waste into value.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 335 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “GRS is Britain’s independent supplier of essential construction materials, from low-carbon recycled aggregates and decorative landscaping products to high-volume bulk aggregates…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 312 contacts → | ||||
Indirect 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. | |||||
| 9 | 264 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Augean specialises in managing hard to handle wastes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 254 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in we are one of London’s and Southeast's leading providers of environmental and waste management services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 235 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Every day enfinium transforms waste into energy to help power homes, businesses and the circular economy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 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. | |||||
| 13 | 212 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Founded in 1934, we are one of the UK’s leading suppliers of specialist waste management solutions, offering a diverse range of services to householders and businesses nationwide.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 191 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “LondonEnergy is the second-largest waste contract in the UK, handling and processing nearly tonnes of London’s waste every year.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 179 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Recycling Lives Services provide total waste & resource management solutions including Batteries and Packaging Compliance.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 173 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Established in 1980, Wastecare offer a unique recycling and waste management service that enables waste producers from all industrial and business sectors to manage and report…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 164 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “With more than 400 vehicles working from our network of depots, we provide comprehensive waste management services to industry, local authorities and utility companies as well as…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 162 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Countrystyle Recycling is a family-owned waste management and recycling company based in Kent.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 150 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Go Green takes away the stress and dilemmas associated with waste management and recycling.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 147 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “RED Industries is a leading provider of waste management services throughout the country.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 146 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Recycle More, Worry Less.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 146 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Plastic Energy is the world’s leading chemical recycling company with its technology HQ in central London and industrial plants in Almeria and Seville, Spain.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 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. | |||||
| 24 | 142 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since our start in 1997, Enviro-Clean have managed to form a team that is highly trained, experienced and competent in their field, offering specialist Waste Management and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 21, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 141 contacts → | ||||
Strong 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. | |||||
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: recycling and 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 recycling and waste companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of recycling and waste companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name recycling and 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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Recycling and 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 2,447 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 recycling and 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 “recycling and 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 recycling and 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 recycling and 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, 11,073 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.
Recycling and waste companies by metro
- Recycling and waste companies in London228
- Recycling and waste companies in Manchester48
- Recycling and waste companies in Sheffield30
- Recycling and waste companies in Birmingham29
- Recycling and waste companies in Bristol29
- Recycling and waste companies in Leeds26
- Recycling and waste companies in Liverpool25
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 recycling and 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 recycling and waste companies are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 2,447 recycling and 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?
BIFFA, headquartered in High Wycombe, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which city has the most recycling and waste companies?
London leads with 228 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (48) and Sheffield (30).
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 11,073 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 2,447 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.
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