Our History
Circom were changing the way waste is managed. As a tech-driven outsourced waste management (OWM) provider, founded in 2013, our mission is simple: to help businesses manage every type of waste stream efficiently and sustainably—without the need for heavy infrastructure or long-term asset commitments.
Instead of investing in our own fleets, bins, or treatment plants, we partner with the best regional waste recovery experts across the UK. This means we can offer clients a highly flexible, scalable service model that taps into the latest technologies and capabilities—without being tied down by legacy systems or high fixed costs. This approach is what defines Outsourced Waste Management (OWM): it’s a smart, agile model that breaks the boundaries of traditional waste services and opens the door to tailored solutions that work nationwide.
We’re not just about collection and compliance. Circom is built to help customers hit sustainability targets—like achieving Zero Waste to Landfill—while also reducing costs. Where the market can’t yet deliver, we innovate.
Take our mattress recycling programme, for example. Back in 2016, we saw a gap in compliant capacity for mattress recovery in the UK. So we built our own solution. What started as manual disassembly has evolved into a fully automated process that recovers metals and foams, and converts mixed textiles into renewable solid recovered fuel.
We’ve also created circular loops for mattress springs—partnering with metal recyclers to return recovered steel into new spring wire manufacturing.
We’re pushing even further up the waste hierarchy. One exciting project? Converting shredded mattress textiles into composite board that replaces virgin wood. Another? A groundbreaking gasification process that turns waste textiles into hydrogen.
Initial trials have shown strong hydrogen yields, and we’re now working with tech partners to develop a facility in Coventry. The aim? To process up to 3 tonnes of mattress textiles per day, producing renewable syngas, heat, power, and clean hydrogen.