Loop Recycling

What Loop Recycling does

Loop Recycling is a privately held B2B commercial waste management and recycling company founded in 2019 and headquartered in Kinning Park, Glasgow, Scotland. The company provides tailored waste collection and recycling services to businesses across Central Scotland — initially Glasgow and Lanarkshire, and from 2024 Edinburgh following the acquisition of Wasteworx. Services are organized around four verticals: Hospitality (bars, restaurants, cafes, hotels), Retail (high street and independents), Office (small teams to large corporations), and Bespoke (non-standard streams including WEEE, hazardous, and confidential waste). Core waste streams collected include glass, paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, food waste, and general waste; food waste is routed to anaerobic digestion plants for renewable energy conversion.

Operationally, Loop Recycling runs 7 days a week from two depots (Glasgow HQ at 57 Durham Street and Edinburgh at Loanhead) with a customer base spanning small independents (Crabshakk, Bare Bones Chocolate) to enterprise hospitality clients (Balmoral Hotel). The technology stack is operational rather than software-driven: route-based collection, proprietary bin provisioning (80–1100 litre lockable bins, bags, stickers), and downstream partnerships with processing facilities including anaerobic digestion operators. No API, software platform, or AI/ML capability is disclosed.

The business model is subscription-style recurring commercial waste contracts, quote-based and tailored per customer, with no publicly disclosed pricing. Revenue is generated entirely through service fees for collection and recycling. GTM is sales-led and direct, with a small team led by founder/Director Vari McGale (25 years of industry experience) and Director Paul Frazher. The company holds no external equity or venture capital backing and is organized across two Scottish private limited companies: Loop Recycling Ltd and Loop Recycling East Ltd.

Name

Loop Recycling

Legal name

Loop Recycling Ltd

Website

https://looprecycling.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Loop Recycling is a privately held B2B commercial waste management and recycling company founded in 2019, serving hospitality, retail, office, and bespoke clients across Central Scotland (Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Edinburgh) via recurring, quote-based collection contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Waste Management Services

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Waste Collection (5621)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Industrial & Commercial Waste Collection (Roll-off/Front-load) (IMAIAFAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Recycling Transfer & Consolidation (Single-Stream, Dual-Stream, Source-Separated) (EUAIABAC)

Keywords

• Commercial waste collection
• Recycling services
• Waste management
• Food waste collection
• Hospitality waste solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Kinning Park

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Waste Collection and Recycling Services: Loop Recycling generates revenue through providing commercial waste collection and recycling services to businesses across Central Scotland. Services include regular collections of glass, paper, cardboard, plastic, food waste, and general waste. They offer tailored solutions to businesses of all sizes, operating 7 days a week. The company provides equipment (bins ranging from 80 litre to 1100 litre, waste bags, stickers) as part of their service offering.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Loop Recycling provides commercial waste collection and recycling services to businesses across Central Scotland, handling glass, paper, cardboard, plastic bottles, food waste, and general waste. They operate 7 days a week with tailored solutions for hospitality, retail, office, and bespoke client requirements, providing lockable bins (80–1100 litre), waste bags, and stickers as part of the service. Food waste is diverted to anaerobic digestion plants for conversion into renewable energy.

Product overview

Loop Recycling operates as a unified waste management service rather than a modular software platform. The company provides four interconnected core service offerings—Hospitality, Retail, Office, and Bespoke Waste Management—all built on shared collection infrastructure and equipment (bins ranging from 80 litre to 1100 litre). The Hospitality, Retail, and Office services serve specific industry verticals with tailored solutions, while Bespoke Waste Management provides custom solutions for unique requirements. A recent addition, Food Waste Collection, extends the core offerings by routing organic waste to anaerobic digestion for renewable energy production. All services operate 7 days a week across Glasgow, Lanarkshire, and Edinburgh.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Hospitality Waste Management Comprehensive waste and recycling management services for bars, restaurants, cafes, and hotels operating 7 days a week. Services include cardboard, glass, food waste, and general waste collection, tailored to the high volume and frequency needs of hospitality businesses.
• Retail Waste Management Waste management and recycling services for retail businesses of all sizes, from high street retailers to local independents. Available 7 days a week across Glasgow, Lanarkshire and Edinburgh, covering general waste, paper, and cardboard.
• Office Waste Management Scalable waste and recycling solutions for offices of all sizes, from small teams of ten to large offices of hundreds. Handles general waste, paper, cardboard and other office waste materials across Glasgow, Lanarkshire and Edinburgh.
• Bespoke Waste Management Tailored waste management solutions designed to meet individual business requirements with minimal disruption. Services include collection of glass, plastic, general waste, food waste, WEEE waste, hazardous waste, confidential waste, and bespoke clearance collections.
• Food Waste Collection New food waste collection service that diverts food waste from landfill to an anaerobic digestion plant where it is converted into renewable energy. Available to businesses across Glasgow, Lanarkshire and Edinburgh.

Quantifiable outcome

• Food waste is diverted from landfill and taken to anaerobic digestion plant where it is converted into renewable energy
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Balmoral HotelflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 September 2024Loop Recycling announced a new partnership as the Recycling and Waste Partner for the prestigious Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh in September 2024. This is a flagship partnership supporting the iconic establishment in reaching and surpassing their sustainability goals. The partnership demonstrates Loop Recycling's ability to serve premium hospitality clients.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Reconomy: UK-focused waste management and circular economy services provider. Overlaps with Loop on commercial recycling services and competes in adjacent verticals (construction, retail, hospitality) but operates at significantly greater scale and with national coverage.
• PHS Group: Large UK provider of workplace services including waste management, washroom, and hygiene. Overlaps with Loop on commercial waste collection for offices and hospitality, though PHS operates a much broader workplace-services portfolio across the UK.
• Suez Recycling and Recovery UK: UK arm of the global Suez group providing waste collection, recycling, and recovery services. Competes with Loop for commercial waste contracts in Scotland, with greater downstream processing capability and a national account-management structure.
• Veolia UK: Global environmental services giant operating across waste collection, recycling, and energy recovery in the UK. Competes with Loop on commercial waste contracts in Scotland and brings substantially greater resources, downstream processing assets, and ability to bid for multi-site national customers.
• FCC Environment: Major UK waste management and recycling operator with strong Scottish presence. Overlaps with Loop on commercial collection and recycling services but operates a much wider portfolio of treatment, disposal, and energy-from-waste assets.

Direct peers

• Biffa: Largest UK-listed commercial waste collection and recycling company. Biffa is the most direct competitor to Loop Recycling in commercial waste collection across Scotland, offering the same core B2B collection services (general waste, recyclables, food waste) but at national scale.
• Greenstar (Wyn Group): UK commercial waste and recycling business providing collection services to businesses. Comparable to Loop Recycling in B2B commercial waste collection model, vertical coverage (retail, hospitality, office), and reliance on route density and service quality for differentiation.
• Countrystyle Recycling: UK-based commercial waste collection and recycling company serving businesses with mixed waste, recyclables, and food waste streams. Direct comparable in service mix and target customer (B2B commercial accounts) to Loop Recycling, though operating across different UK regions.
• Acumen Waste Services: Regional UK commercial waste collection and recycling company serving businesses. Closely comparable to Loop Recycling in scale, service mix (general waste, dry mixed recycling, food waste), and target customer segments.

Emerging players

• Bianco Recycling: Smaller UK commercial recycling and waste collection business. Comparable to Loop in service mix (mixed recyclables, paper, cardboard) and customer profile (SMB and mid-market commercial accounts), though with a smaller geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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