What VEKA Recycling does

VEKA Recycling is a UK-based industrial services company that operates a closed-loop uPVC (unplasticized polyvinyl chloride) recycling process for end-of-life windows and doors. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Wellingborough, Northampton, the company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the VEKA Group and operates as part of a three-site European network. Its core technology converts discarded window and door frames into pelletised uPVC through shredding, granulation, and pelletising stages, then supplies the output to a network of approved extruders who use it to manufacture new building products. The company states the process allows uPVC to be recycled up to ten times, effectively extending a single unit's usable lifespan to approximately 350 years, and reports cumulative operational milestones of 250,000 windows recycled and 3,000,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions avoided.

The company's service offering is built around a container-based collection model. VEKA Recycling supplies collection containers to customer sites and schedules periodic pick-ups, removing the burden of uPVC waste aggregation from the customer. Supporting services include glazed frame recycling (handling frames that still contain glass units), acceptance specification documentation, and an online container pick-up request form. Target customers are organised into four verticals: window manufacturers and retailers, installers, disposal and demolition companies, and housing companies — with the first two flagged as primary segments. The company holds DIN EN ISO 50001 (energy management, since 2012) and ISO 9001 (quality management) certifications, and positions its service as a cost-effective, compliant alternative to landfill or incineration disposal.

Commercially, VEKA Recycling operates a sales-led, B2B go-to-market with quote-based pricing tied to collection frequency, volume, and customer type. The revenue model is service-based — fees for container provision, scheduled collection, and material processing — supplemented by the implicit value of pelletised uPVC sold to approved extruders. Distribution is primarily direct, single-country (UK) at the operational level, with cross-border feedstock and offtake flows coordinated through the broader VEKA Group. Marketing is conducted through the company website, news/PR content (including authored articles by Managing Director Stuart Stockley), and direct inquiry forms, with brand awareness supported by the parent's established position in the European PVC building-products industry.

Name

VEKA Recycling

Legal name

VEKA Recycling

Website

https://veka-recycling.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

VEKA Recycling is a UK-based, VEKA Group-owned industrial recycler that converts end-of-life uPVC windows and doors into pelletised material for approved extruders, serving window manufacturers, installers, demolition firms, and housing companies via container-based collection services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plastic Recycling Services

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (56292), Materials Recovery Facilities (562920), Waste Collection (56211)

SIC

Plastic Materials, Synth Resins & Nonvulcan Elastomers (2821)

akta.pro primary industry

Post-Consumer Plastic Collection & Sorting (MRF/PRF, Bale Supply) (EUAIAKAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Construction & Demolition (C&D) Recycling MRFs (EUAIADAD)

Keywords

• UPVC recycling services
• Closed-loop recycling
• PVC window recycling
• Plastic waste processing
• Construction waste recycling

Headquarters

HQ city

Wellingborough

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. uPVC Recycling Services: VEKA Recycling charges businesses (window fabricators, installers, disposal companies, housing companies) for the collection and recycling of end-of-life uPVC windows and doors. The service replaces costly landfill disposal with a sustainable alternative. Revenue is derived from service fees for container-based collection and material processing, with the recycled uPVC pelletised and sold to approved extruders for manufacturing new building products.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

VEKA Recycling collects end-of-life uPVC windows and doors from window fabricators, installers, demolition and housing companies and processes them through a closed-loop shredding, granulation and pelletising operation. The resulting pelletised uPVC is supplied to approved extruders to manufacture new building products, enabling each unit to be recycled up to ten times and effectively extend its useful life to approximately 350 years.

Product overview

VEKA Recycling operates as a closed-loop uPVC recycling service platform, offering an integrated suite of collection and processing services. The core offering is the uPVC Window and Door Recycling service, which is supported by Collection Container and Container Pick-up services that enable convenient material aggregation from window fabricators, installers, disposal companies, and housing companies. The Glazed Frame Recycling service handles specialized deconstruction, while the Acceptance Specification service provides quality control guidelines. All collected uPVC materials are processed into pelletised form and passed to approved extruders to create new building products, closing the material cycle up to ten times per window unit.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• uPVC Window and Door Recycling Closed-loop recycling service that processes end-of-life uPVC windows and doors into pelletised material which is extruded into new building products of the same quality as virgin material, for window fabricators, installers, demolition and housing companies.
• Collection Container Service Provision of collection containers to window fabricators, installers and waste companies for on-site storage and aggregation of uPVC waste prior to recycling processing.
• Container Pick-up Service Scheduled collection service allowing customers to arrange pickup of full uPVC containers via an online form, ensuring timely removal with minimal disruption to daily operations.
• Glazed Frame Recycling Specialised recycling service for glazed window and door frames, handling complete deconstruction and material separation for frames that still contain glass units.
• Acceptance Specification Service Provision of detailed specifications and guidelines on acceptable uPVC materials for recycling, supporting quality control and proper material preparation by partner companies.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3,000,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions avoided through uPVC recycling
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Approved ExtruderscoreTechnology or IntegrationVEKA Recycling supplies pelletised uPVC recycled material to a network of approved extruders who use it to manufacture new uPVC building products including windows and doors. This partnership is fundamental to the closed-loop recycling model, ensuring recycled material re-enters the manufacturing supply chain.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Emerging players

• MBA Polymers: Plastics recovery company focused on recycling end-of-life plastics (including from WEEE and complex streams) into engineering-grade resins. Comparable as a niche recycler serving plastics reprocessing into industrial inputs, intersecting with the closed-loop resin output VEKA produces.
• Renewlogy: US-headquartered plastics recycling company using chemical/pyrolysis processes to convert mixed plastic waste into feedstock. Comparable as an emerging technology player targeting the same end-of-life plastics recovery opportunity that VEKA serves mechanically.

Broad incumbents

• Saint-Gobain: Global building materials group with glass, insulation, and PVCu products, and broader sustainability commitments including recycling construction products. Comparable at the broad-incumbent level: a large materials player that could enter or absorb uPVC recycling as part of its circular-economy strategy, contesting VEKA's markets.
• Veolia Environnement: Global environmental services and waste management operator with plastics recovery capabilities. Comparable at the materials-recovery-facility level: Veolia serves as a broad incumbent that municipalities and demolition customers may use instead of dedicated uPVC recyclers.

Direct peers

• REHAU Group: Polymer-based building products manufacturer with an established PVC window and door profile business and recycling initiatives. Comparable as a building-products group that both consumes and recycles uPVC, addressing similar downstream OEM and installer markets.
• Eurocell plc: UK-based PVC window, door, and roofline manufacturer and recycler that operates in the same UK fenestration value chain. Directly comparable as a competing UK PVC systems player with potential overlap on end-of-life recycling or take-back services.
• Profine GmbH: German PVC profile systems manufacturer that operates its own 'profine Recycling' arm for end-of-life uPVC windows. Directly comparable as a vertically-integrated recycler-processor competing for the same fabricator and installer relationships across Europe.
• Deceuninck NV: Belgian-headquartered PVC window and door systems manufacturer with its own recycling and take-back programmes. Directly comparable as a profile manufacturer integrating recycled uPVC back into extrusion, addressing the same European fenestration value chain.
• Salamander Industrie-Produkte GmbH: European PVC profile systems manufacturer with sustainability programmes addressing end-of-life PVC components. Comparable as a profile-producer peer competing for the same fabricator/distributor relationships and recycled-content positioning.
• Aluplast GmbH: European PVC profile manufacturer with sustainability and recycling programmes for uPVC window systems. Comparable as a competing profile supplier with recycled-content offerings, serving overlapping window-fabricator and installer customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/VekaRecycling
• Facebookfacebook.com/VEKAUK

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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