GK Recycling

What GK Recycling does

GK Recycling is a privately held UK-based company founded in 2010 that operates in the plastic waste value chain, providing recycling, processing, brokerage, and materials purchasing and sales services. Functionally, the firm sits between waste generators and downstream recyclate consumers, sourcing plastic scrap, processing or aggregating it, brokering transactions, and buying and selling recovered materials as a merchant/trader.

The available evidence does not disclose GK Recycling's processing technology, facility footprint, throughput capacity, certifications, customer base, leadership, ownership, or financial profile. The company's own website (gkrecycling.co.uk) returned only a loader/verification page at the time of capture, and no third-party filings, news, or partnership references are present in the aggregated input. As a result, the technology stack, regulatory permits, geographic operating scope beyond a UK domain, and revenue mechanics (e.g., spread-based brokerage, toll-processing fees, recyclate resale margins) cannot be characterized from the supplied data and are noted as evidence gaps rather than inferred.

Because the company is private and has been operating since 2010 without disclosed raises or exits, GK Recycling most plausibly functions as a small-to-mid operating business funded internally, but the absence of headcount, revenue, or contract data prevents any quantitative sizing. The core analytical limitation here is data scarcity: any forward-looking assessment would require primary interviews, Companies House filings, and verified customer/throughput disclosures.

Name

GK Recycling

Website

https://gkrecycling.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

GK Recycling is a privately held UK company founded in 2010 that provides plastic waste recycling, processing, brokerage, and materials purchasing and sales services to waste generators and downstream recyclate buyers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Plastics Recycling

NAICS

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

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEUAIAKAB

Mechanical Recycling (Wash, Grind, Pelletize)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Environmental Services (Waste Management, Recycling & Remediation)/Plastic Recycling (Mechanical & Chemical/Advanced)

SECONDARYEUAIAKAK

Recycled Resin Trading & Distribution (PCR/PIR Commodity Markets)

Energy, Utilities & Environment/Environmental Services (Waste Management, Recycling & Remediation)/Plastic Recycling (Mechanical & Chemical/Advanced)

Keywords

• Plastic waste recycling
• Recycled plastics processing
• Materials brokerage services
• Scrap plastic trading
• Polymer recovery services

Headquarters

HQ city

Nottingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure

Core offering

GK Recycling provides plastic waste recycling and processing services, alongside brokerage of recycled plastic materials and direct purchasing and sales of recycled plastic feedstock. Its activity spans collection/aggregation of plastic waste, processing it into recyclate, and trading recycled plastics with downstream buyers and generators.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plastic Waste Recycling

Ideal customer profiles1 record

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Expansion highlights1 record

Direct peers

• Luxus: UK plastic recycler producing PCR polymers from mixed plastic waste. Comparable to GK Recycling on mechanical recycling of post-consumer plastic into traded resin grades.
• Jayplas: UK-based plastic recycling specialist that processes and trades post-consumer and post-industrial plastics. Directly comparable to GK Recycling on geography (UK), feedstock (mixed plastic bales), and business model (recycling plus brokerage/trading).
• Clearpoint Recycling: UK-focused plastic recycler operating mechanical recycling and material trading activities. Closely comparable to GK Recycling on product (recycled plastic pellets/flakes), services (collection, processing, brokerage), and UK regulatory exposure.
• MBA Polymers: Mechanical recycler of mixed plastics into PCR resin grades, comparable to GK Recycling on the processing/trading model and on competing for the same UK/European mixed-plastic bale supply.
• Reciplas: UK-based recycler of post-consumer plastics into pellet/flake products. Comparable on activity (mechanical recycling plus trading), geography (UK), and customer base (UK plastic converters and brand owners).

Broad incumbents

• Biffa: UK-listed integrated waste management company with a plastics recycling division. Comparable to GK Recycling as a UK competitor for plastic feedstock and as a buyer in the same recycled-resin markets, though broader in scope (collections, landfill, energy).
• Veolia (UK): Global environmental services operator with significant UK plastic recycling capacity. Comparable as a large UK plastics processor/trader that competes for the same bales and downstream resin buyers as GK Recycling.
• Suez Recycling and Recovery UK: UK division of Suez operating MRFs and plastic recycling facilities. Comparable to GK Recycling on UK plastics processing and brokerage, with overlap on municipal and commercial feedstock contracts.
• DS Smith Recycling: UK-based packaging and recycling group with plastics recovery activities. Comparable as a UK competitor in the secondary materials market and a downstream buyer/seller of recycled plastics.

Emerging players

• Plastic Energy: UK-headquartered company focused on chemical recycling of plastic waste into oils. Adjacent to GK Recycling's mechanical recycling business, competing for similar UK plastic feedstock but using a different end-market route.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gk-recycling-limited

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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