Name

Mid UK Recycling

Legal name

Mid-UK Recycling Limited

Website

https://midukrecycling.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management and Recycling Services

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (562920), Waste Collection (56211)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro primary industry

Material Recovery Facilities (MRF) & Single-Stream Recycling Processing (IMAIAFAD)

Keywords

• Waste management services
• Materials recycling
• Solid recovered fuel
• Commercial waste collection
• Construction demolition recycling

Headquarters

HQ city

Grantham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Infrastructure, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Waste Processing and Tipping Fees: Gate fees charged for waste materials delivered to processing sites. The company processes various waste streams including commercial, industrial, construction, commingled, and green waste.
2. Waste Collection Services: Collection services using skip hire (Mountain Skip Hire) and bulk collections via own transport fleet. Charges for scheduled programmes or ad hoc basis collections.
3. Renewable Fuels Sales: Sale of solid recovered fuel (SRF) to energy users primarily cement kilns. Fuel products are tailored to end users and available loose or baled and wrapped.
4. Recycled Material Sales: Sale of extracted recyclable materials (plastics flake, cardboard, paper, metals) and compost to re-processors and agriculture.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Mid UK Recycling provides integrated waste management, materials recycling, and solid recovered fuel production for commercial, industrial, construction, and public sector customers. The company operates Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs), dedicated processing lines for wood, glass, plastics, paper, cardboard, plasterboard, carpets, and green waste, plus six SRF production plants, and backs this with a nationwide own-fleet collection service and a skip hire division. The company guarantees 100% landfill diversion for its commercial customers and processes in excess of 300,000 tonnes of waste per year.

Product overview

Mid-UK Recycling operates as an integrated waste management company offering 100% recycling and recovery services through multiple specialized divisions and processing sites. The core operations include Materials Recycling Facilities (MRFs) at Barkston and Caythorpe processing commercial, industrial, and construction waste; renewable fuels production (SRF) making it the UK's largest independent SRF producer; and materials-specific recycling for wood (30,000+ tonnes/year), plastics (PP/HDPE), glass, paper/cardboard, green waste/composting (25,000 tonnes/year), and inert materials. Operational divisions include Mountain Skip Hire (skip services), Mountain Transport (walking floor fleet), and dedicated engineering department. The company operates five sites across Lincolnshire: Caythorpe (head office, wood processing, C&D MRF, commercial/industrial MRF, commingled MRF, glass, SRF), Market Deeping (waste transfer station), Honey Pot Lane (composting), Copper Hill (plasterboard, commingled, SRF, carpet, label, plastic processing), and South Hykeham (new site).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial & Industrial Waste Processing Processes more than 300,000 tonnes of commercial and industrial waste per year at the Caythorpe MRF, extracting recyclables (wood, cardboard, metals, rigid plastics) and converting the non-recyclable fraction to solid recovered fuel. Targeted at commercial and industrial businesses in the East Midlands.
• Construction & Demolition Waste Processing Dedicated C&D MRF at Caythorpe extracts re-usable aggregates for re-use, wood for biomass fuel, and cardboard and plastics for re-processing. Non-recyclable fractions are converted to renewable fuels.
• Dry Mixed Recycling (MRF) Materials Recycling Facility at Barkston processing 150,000 tonnes per year of commingled waste and commercial dry mixed recycling using automated and hand picking to extract a wide range of recyclable materials.
• Wood Recycling Processes over 30,000 tonnes of waste wood annually at the Caythorpe facility into high-quality biomass fuel for energy markets.
• Renewable Fuels (Solid Recovered Fuel) Mid UK Recycling is the UK's largest independent producer of Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF). Six fuel production plants at Barkston and Caythorpe sites prepare SRF to UK and EU standards from non-hazardous waste for use as an energy source, supplied primarily to cement kilns and available loose or baled and wrapped.
• Plastics Recycling Polypropylene (PP) and HDPE recycling plant at Barkston Heath site processing plastics into flakes for use in toys, auto products, carpets, and furniture.
• Paper & Cardboard Recycling Accepts cardboard and paper packaging for recycling, available via skip hire or direct delivery in loose or baled form to Caythorpe or Barkston MRFs for processing into re-usable paper and cardboard products.
• MRF Residues Processing Processes Material Recycling Facility (MRF) residues to extract remaining recyclables, with the non-recyclable fraction converted to solid recovered fuel (SRF). Targeted at waste management companies and other MRF operators.
• Label & Package Recycling Converts label waste into specialised Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) at the Barkston facility, involving cutting dense reels, shredding, and blending to produce tailored fuel products.
• Inert Waste Recycling Processes inert waste at the Caythorpe site into high-quality aggregate materials and recovered soils for restoration and construction applications.
• Green Waste & Composting Processes 25,000 tonnes of green waste annually at the Honey Pot Lane site into PAS100-certified compost using open windrows reaching 65°C to sterilise compost and destroy pathogens and weed seeds. Targeted at local authorities and the agriculture sector.
• Glass Recycling Advanced glass cleaning and screening process at the Caythorpe site, removing impurities and grading by size for use in the aggregate sector or for reprocessing into new glass products.
• Carpet Recycling Carpet recycling service via dedicated website partnership, processing carpets at the Copper Hill site as part of Mid UK Recycling's material recovery operations.
• Plasterboard Recycling Plasterboard recycling service via dedicated website partnership, processing plasterboard at the Copper Hill site as part of Mid UK Recycling's material recovery operations.
• Waste Collections Collection services including skip hire and bulk collections using the company's own fleet of articulated walking floor trailers (95m³ capacity) with live tracking and cameras. Scheduled or ad hoc collections in various container sizes for businesses and local authorities.
• Mountain Skip Hire Skip hire division offering full range of skip sizes for household and construction waste. All waste collected is processed at Mid-UK Recycling sites with zero landfill. Targeted at general public and small businesses.
• Mountain Transport Transport division operating bulk waste collections using articulated walking floor trailers (95m³ capacity) with live tracking and reversing/forward facing cameras. Transports plastics, baled materials, plasterboard, wood, paper, cardboard, carpets, commingled waste, general waste, MRF residues, renewable fuels, wood chip, bark, compost and other materials.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% landfill diversion achieved for customers
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Lincoln CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership established in October 2018 for apprenticeship scheme. Offers on-the-job training at Mid-UK Recycling facilities (Grantham and Sleaford) alongside official qualifications at Lincoln College. Opportunities in accounting, engineering, and automotive sectors.
• Mountain Skip HirecoreOthersRelated operating division providing skip hire services. All waste collected is processed at Mid-UK Recycling sites with nothing sent to landfill.
• Mountain TransportcoreOthersTransport division operating bulk waste collections using articulated walking floor trailers. Transports plastics, baled materials, plasterboard, wood, paper, cardboard, carpets, commingled waste, general waste, MRF residues, renewable fuels, wood chip, bark, compost and other materials.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Biffa: One of the UK's largest integrated waste management companies operating MRFs, collections, and recycling infrastructure nationwide. Biffa is a broad incumbent competing for the same commercial, industrial, and local authority contracts that Mid-UK serves.
• Veolia UK: Global environmental services group with major UK MRF, hazardous waste, and energy-from-waste operations. Comparable to Mid-UK on collection/processing and on SRF-adjacent alternative fuel supply to industrial off-takers.
• FCC Environment: UK division of FCC Environment Group operating recycling, treatment, and disposal facilities including MRFs. Directly comparable to Mid-UK across commercial/industrial waste processing and renewable fuel production.
• Suez Recycling and Recovery UK: UK arm of Suez offering recycling, materials recovery, and energy-from-waste services. Comparable on MRF operations, commercial collections, and supply of recovered fuels to cement and EfW operators.

Direct peers

• Countrystyle Recycling: Mid-sized UK independent MRF and waste management operator serving commercial, industrial, and local authority customers in the South East. Closely comparable as an independent regional MRF/renewable-fuels player competing in the same customer segments.
• White Mountain Quarries / Renewi UK: Renewi operates UK materials recovery and waste-to-product businesses converting commercial waste streams into recyclables and secondary fuels — directly analogous to Mid-UK's MRF + SRF model.
• Hills Waste Solutions: South West England-based independent waste management company operating MRFs and serving local authorities with kerbside collection processing. Closely comparable independent regional operator with similar C&I and local authority customer mix.
• Simply Waste Solutions: UK commercial waste collection and recycling operator with transfer station and processing infrastructure. Comparable on commercial collections, skip hire, and dry mixed recycling processing.

Others

• Beauparc Utility Group: Parent group of Mid-UK Recycling and a broader waste recycling conglomerate operating processing and collection assets across the UK and Ireland. Relevant as parent and for understanding group-level competitive positioning.

Regional players

• Panda (part of Urbaser): UK-focused waste collection and recycling arm of Urbaser operating municipal collections and MRFs. Comparable on collection services and MRF processing for local authorities and commercial customers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/midukrecycling

Compliance55 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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