Anglo Recycling

What Anglo Recycling does

Anglo Recycling Technology Ltd is a UK-based textile recycling company headquartered in Whitworth, Rochdale, that converts post-industrial carpet off-cuts (wool and polypropylene), clean dry clothing, and jute sacking into finished flooring underlay and related products. The company operates a single integrated manufacturing site running four needle punch lines producing finished goods from 250g/m² to 2000g/m² in rolls up to 4.3m wide and 100m long, alongside two purpose-built latex bonded nonwoven lines producing products from 90g/m² to 1000g/m² up to 195cm wide, with in-house slitting down to 10cm and pressing capability. Its stocked portfolio exceeds 100 product lines including RecoWool variants, DeltaCushion, UltraCushion, MegaCushion, Crumbwool, FR fire-retardant grades, PPYP polypropylene yarn pile products, Herdwick, and Acoustic underlays at 640g/m² and 1000g/m².

Anglo monetizes primarily through one-time product sales of recycled-content flooring underlay, supplemented by bespoke conversion services that take a customer's waste stream and return finished products (exemplified by its John Lewis relationship). The go-to-market is dual-channel: a direct, expert-led sales motion for enterprise and bespoke contracts (phone 01706 853513), and a self-serve e-commerce layer spanning the corporate website with a sample-request form and a dedicated storefront at anglorelooring.com, with minimum order quantities as low as a single roll or pallet delivered across the UK and Europe. Customer segments span carpet and textile manufacturers seeking waste-stream solutions, residential and commercial flooring underlay buyers, and flooring distributors, with the company positioning around waste diversion, circular-economy compliance, and ISO 9001:2015-accredited quality. Leadership comprises Managing Director Andy Hall (also CRUK Chairman), Chairman Simon Macaulay, and Founder Laurance Bird.

Name

Anglo Recycling

Legal name

Anglo Recycling Technology Ltd

Website

https://anglorecycling.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1939

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Anglo Recycling is a UK-based textile recycler in Rochdale that converts waste carpet, clothing, and jute sacking into over 100 lines of sustainable flooring underlay, serving manufacturers, flooring buyers, and distributors across the UK and Europe.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Carpet Underlay Manufacturing

NAICS

Nonwoven Fabric Mills (31323)

SIC

Textile Mill Products (2200)

akta.pro primary industry

Recycled Textile Compounding & Nonwoven Reprocessing (Insulation/Felts/Geotextiles) (IMAOAMAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Textile & Apparel Recycling and Sorting (Non-E-waste) (BPALADAL), Repair, Refurbishment & Upcycling Services (Industrial Scale) (IMAOAMAK)

Keywords

• Textile recycling services
• Carpet underlay manufacturing
• Nonwoven fabric production
• Recycled flooring products
• Waste textile conversion

Headquarters

HQ city

Rochdale

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Flooring and Underlay Product Sales: Anglo Recycling generates revenue by converting waste textiles (carpet off-cuts, clothing, jute sacking) into finished flooring products such as underlay and sells these products directly to customers. Products include RecoWool, DeltaCushion, UltraCushion, MegaCushion, Crumbwool, FR, PPYP, Herdwick, and Acoustic product ranges.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Anglo Recycling converts waste textiles (wool and polypropylene carpet off-cuts, clean dry clothing, jute sacking) into finished flooring underlay and acoustic products. Manufacturing is carried out on four needle punch production lines (rolls up to 4.3m wide, up to 100m long, weights 250g/m² to 2000g/m²) and two latex bonded nonwoven lines (up to 195cm wide, weights 90g/m² to 1000g/m²), with in-house slitting and pressing for customisation. Products span the RecoWool, DeltaCushion, UltraCushion, MegaCushion, Crumbwool, FR, PPYP, Herdwick and Acoustic ranges.

Product overview

Anglo Recycling operates as a textile recycling company that transforms post-industrial carpet waste and clothing materials into sustainable flooring products. The core offering is Flooring products manufactured through needle punch and latex bonding processes, spanning multiple product lines including RecoWool (wool-based), PPYP (polypropylene yarn pile), FR (fire-retardant), Cushion variants (DeltaCushion, UltraCushion, MegaCushion), Crumbwool, and Acoustic underlays. The products range from 250g/m² to 2000g/m² in weight and can be produced in rolls up to 4.3m wide. The portfolio is distributed under the Anglo Flooring brand through the dedicated site www.angloflooring.com.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• RecoWool Recycled Wool Flooring

Quantifiable outcome

• Carpet waste diversion from landfill in the UK increased from 3% in 2008 to over 40% in under 10 years, driven in part by Carpet Recycling UK (CRUK) with Anglo's involvement.

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Carpet Recycling UK (CRUK)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2008Anglo Recycling is a partner of Carpet Recycling UK, a trade body founded in 2008. Andy Hall, Anglo's Managing Director, has served as Chairman of CRUK on a volunteer basis for six years. CRUK has worked with UK manufacturers to drive carpet diversion from landfill from 3% to 42%.
• John LewiscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnglo Recycling takes John Lewis's waste material and converts it into finished products, exemplifying their bespoke waste-to-product service. A video demonstrating this process is featured on the Anglo Recycling website.
• HeadlamminorOthersHeadlam is a partner of Carpet Recycling UK alongside Anglo Recycling, mentioned in the context of CRUK's multiple partners.
• Hebron Pentecostal ChurchminorOthersTogether with Anglo Recycling, Hebron Pentecostal Church co-funded and runs the local youth club in Whitworth after the Council closed it in 2016. Anglo stepped back from active involvement after the first 3 years of funding.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Fibertex Nonwovens: Denmark-headquartered nonwoven fabric manufacturer producing needle-punched and spunbond products for industrial, automotive, and flooring applications. Comparable to Anglo because both operate needle-punch nonwoven lines and supply engineered fabrics into European technical and flooring end markets.
• Worn Again Technologies: UK-based textile-to-textile recycler developing chemical processes to recover polyester and cotton from end-of-life clothing. Comparable to Anglo because both are UK-based textile recyclers operating in the post-consumer/post-industrial waste-to-feedstock space and depend on EPR-style mandates to scale feedstock supply.
• Condor Group: European carpet and nonwoven manufacturer active in tufted and needle-punched carpet products. Comparable to Anglo because both produce needle-punched textile floor coverings and serve European flooring distributors, although Condor is significantly larger and broader in product scope.
• Hugh Mackay Carpets: UK-based carpet and flooring manufacturer with a longstanding heritage position in British residential flooring. Comparable to Anglo because both are established UK-based flooring manufacturers targeting UK and European residential and commercial customers, with overlapping distribution channels via flooring distributors and contractors.
• Re&Up (Aquafil): Italy-based textile-to-textile recycling venture from Aquafil that converts end-of-life nylon and polyester garments into recycled caprolactam and nylon yarn. Comparable to Anglo because both run industrial-scale textile recycling processes feeding into downstream textile and flooring products, with shared exposure to circular-economy regulatory tailwinds.

Broad incumbents

• Tarkett: Paris-listed global flooring manufacturer with a substantial sustainability and recycling programme (including ReStart take-back and recycled-content resilient flooring). Comparable to Anglo because both sell flooring products with recycled material content into European commercial and residential channels, though Tarkett operates at vastly greater scale across multiple categories.
• Mohawk Industries: US-listed, world-leading flooring manufacturer with significant carpet and recycled-content product lines. Comparable to Anglo because both sell flooring products incorporating recycled fibres into broad residential and commercial channels, although Mohawk is many orders of magnitude larger.
• Beaulieu International Group: Belgium-based, family-owned manufacturer of flooring solutions (carpet, vinyl, needle-punch) and polymer products. Comparable to Anglo because both produce needle-punched nonwoven flooring materials in Europe and target similar residential/commercial channels, though Beaulieu is materially larger and vertically integrated into yarns.
• Shaw Industries: US-based carpet manufacturer (subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway) with a stated focus on carpet recycling (re[TURN]) and sustainability. Comparable to Anglo because both convert post-consumer and post-industrial carpet waste into flooring products, although Shaw operates a vastly larger vertically integrated US platform.
• Interface: US-listed global carpet tile manufacturer and long-standing sustainability pioneer (Mission Zero, Climate Take Back). Comparable to Anglo because both convert waste streams into flooring products and sell sustainability-positioned products to commercial customers, although Interface is materially larger and globally diversified.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AngloRecycling
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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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