CDDL Recycling

What CDDL Recycling does

CDDL Recycling Ltd (legally Confidential Document Destruction Ltd) is a privately held UK waste management and recycling company headquartered in Sheerness, Kent. Founded in 1986 with over 38 years of operating history, the company provides total waste management services to commercial and domestic customers across Kent, Medway, the Isle of Sheppey, and the wider South East England region. CDDL handles more than 25 waste streams including general waste, confidential paper, glass, food, wood, cardboard, clinical, hazardous, WEEE, plastics, LDPE, plasterboard, UPVC, batteries, silicone paper, POPs, hygiene waste, and metal. The company claims a 100% landfill diversion policy, with all waste either recycled or used as fuel in the energy recovery sector, and holds licensed waste carrier status (CBDU336557) alongside ISO 27001 and ISO 14001 certifications.

The service portfolio is built around a Total Waste Management Solution featuring dedicated account managers, free site audits, and a customer portal for service tracking, invoices, waste transfer notes, and CO2 impact reporting. Core offerings include scheduled and ad-hoc commercial collections, skip hire (4–40 yards), roll-on roll-off containers, balers and compactors, secure confidential document shredding (with hard drive and specialty media destruction), cardboard collection, commercial clearances, hazardous waste collection, WEEE recycling, and event waste management. A proprietary closed-loop Akyboard recycling system processes Aky print, bubble board, and correx plastics through baling, guillotine cutting, shredding and cleaning, extrusion, and pelletization into reusable manufacturing feedstock. Distribution is direct via the company's own fleet across Kent and South East England, with domestic customers able to self-serve via website booking.

Revenue is generated through quote-based service fees for waste collection and disposal, one-time skip hire, subscription-style recurring cardboard collections, and managed confidential shredding contracts. Pricing emphasizes transparency — no rental charges, no duty of care charges, and no automatic overweight penalties. The go-to-market is sales-led with dedicated account managers for commercial clients and multi-channel acquisition (phone, email, online forms, WhatsApp, Google Customer Match, Search, Display, and Remarketing) for both commercial and domestic customers. Customer segments span manufacturing, retail, hospitality, offices, healthcare, construction, events, agriculture, education, and private households, with named references including Hempstead House Hotel & Spa, Gravesend Grammar School, Kutchenhaus, and Handy Prints. The company operates as an independent, privately held business with no disclosed institutional investors, parent company, or headcount figures.

Name

CDDL Recycling

Legal name

CDDL Recycling Ltd

Website

https://cddlrecycling.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CDDL Recycling is a privately held UK waste management and recycling company founded in 1986, serving commercial and domestic customers across Kent and South East England with multi-stream collection, skip hire, secure shredding, and proprietary closed-loop Akyboard recycling.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management Services

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Waste Collection (56211), Waste Treatment and Disposal (5622), Materials Recovery Facilities (562920)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industries

Compactor, Container & Roll-off Services (Rental, Service & Logistics) (EUAIAGAC), Commercial & Office Waste Collection (Non-hazardous) (EUAIAGAA), E-waste & Universal Waste Collection/Transfer (Electronics, Lamps, Batteries) (EUAIABAG), Recycling & E-Waste Collection/Hauling (HSAKALAJ)

Keywords

• Waste management services
• Commercial recycling services
• Household waste clearance
• Closed-loop recycling
• Bulky waste collection

Headquarters

HQ city

Sheerness

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Waste Collection and Disposal Services: Revenue generated from scheduled and ad-hoc collection of various waste streams including general waste, recycling, confidential waste, and hazardous materials for commercial and domestic customers. Pricing is quote-based with no rental or duty of care charges.
2. Skip Hire and Equipment Rental: Revenue from hiring skips (4-40 yards), roll-on roll-off containers, balers, and compactors to commercial and domestic customers.
3. Confidential Document Shredding: Secure paper shredding services for businesses with on-site and off-site options, providing certificates of destruction. Revenue from scheduled or one-off confidential waste collections.
4. Cardboard Collection Services: Regular cardboard collection services for businesses including retailers, wholesalers, restaurants, and warehouses with baling solutions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

CDDL Recycling provides waste collection, recycling, and clearance services to commercial businesses and domestic households across Kent and South East England. Commercial services include ongoing waste collections with dedicated account managers, while domestic services cover household clearances, garden waste, and bulky item collections. The company operates its proprietary Akyboard closed-loop recycling process to handle mixed and segregated waste streams.

Product overview

CDDL Recycling is a waste management company operating a multi-service platform for commercial and domestic customers in Kent and across the UK. The core offering centers on a Total Waste Management Solution that provides businesses with a dedicated account manager, waste audits, and a customer portal for tracking services and carbon impact. This platform is supported by integrated service modules including Commercial Waste Management, Confidential Paper Shredding (with hard drive destruction and speciality shredding), Skip Hire, Commercial Bin Collections, Cardboard Collection, and Commercial Clearances. Specialized offerings include Hazardous Waste Collection, WEEE Recycling, Event Waste Management, and an Akyboard Closed-Loop Recycling System that enables plastic waste to be converted back into raw materials. For domestic customers, the company offers house clearances, garden waste removal, and bulky item collection. All services are underpinned by a 100% landfill diversion policy.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial Waste Collection and Recycling Ongoing waste collection and recycling service for commercial businesses in Kent and South East England, with a dedicated account manager handling scheduling and account needs and processing through the Akyboard closed-loop recycling system.
• Household Clearance One-off clearance service for domestic households in Kent and South East England to remove unwanted household items, supported by the company's recycling operations.
• Garden Waste Removal Collection of garden waste from domestic households in Kent and South East England, routed through the company's recycling operations.
• Bulky Item Collection Collection of bulky items from domestic households in Kent and South East England, with items processed through the company's recycling operations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100% landfill diversion achieved
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 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.

• GooglesupportingTechnology or IntegrationCDDL uses Google services for marketing including Google Customer Match for targeted advertising, Google Search Network for search advertising, Google Display Network for display ads, and Google Remarketing for retargeting website visitors.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Hills Waste Solutions: Regional UK waste management company providing commercial waste, skip hire, recycling, and hazardous waste services across the South of England. Comparable mid-market regional operating profile to CDDL, serving similar SMB and enterprise customer mix.
• Paper Round: UK commercial recycling specialist focused on paper, cardboard, plastics, and confidential waste for office-based customers. Comparable to CDDL's recycling and confidential waste streams, with emphasis on office and SMB customers.
• Shred-it (Stericycle): Global confidential document destruction specialist with a strong UK presence providing scheduled shredding, hard-drive destruction, and certificates of destruction — directly comparable to CDDL's confidential waste and hard-drive destruction lines.
• Recall (Iron Mountain): Global document/records management and secure destruction provider operating in the UK, offering scheduled shredding, hard-drive destruction, and certificates of destruction. Directly comparable to CDDL's confidential waste shredding line.
• FCC Environment: UK-focused waste management operator providing commercial and municipal collection, recycling, and disposal services. Comparable to CDDL in scope (multi-stream commercial waste) but at significantly larger national scale, making it the most relevant national direct competitor.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia UK: Global environmental services giant offering commercial waste collection, recycling, hazardous waste, and water/waste solutions across the UK. A broad incumbent with comparable services across the full waste stream CDDL covers.
• Suez Recycling and Recovery UK: Major UK waste management operator offering commercial waste, recycling, and resource-recovery services. Comparable streams and customer base to CDDL, with significantly larger geographic coverage and processing infrastructure.
• Biffa: UK's largest specialist waste management company offering commercial collection, recycling, skip hire, hazardous waste, and document destruction to national accounts. Listed on LSE, providing a public-market comparable for CDDL's regional commercial-collection model.
• Cleanaway UK: Australian-listed waste management company with UK operations across commercial collection, recycling, and hazardous waste — broad-incumbent peer with directly overlapping service categories and customer segments.

Regional players

• Countrywide Waste Solutions: UK regional waste-management provider offering commercial waste, skip hire, and recycling to SMEs and enterprise customers, with broader geography than CDDL but a similar mid-market regional operating profile and service mix.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/CDDLRecycling
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/confidential-document-destruction-limited
• Instagraminstagram.com/cddlrecycling

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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