About Us
Over a decade of operations in recycling hard-to-recycle plastic
Impact Recycling was founded in 2014 to take BOSS separation technology from the laboratory to commercial scale. Our story is best told through what we've built — operating plants, partnerships and licensing deals .
Our journey
Milestones from 2014 to today.
Scroll through the key moments in Impact Recycling's development — from spin-out, to first commercial plant, to international licensing partners.
2014
Impact Recycling founded
Established as a spin-out from Impact Laboratories (ILL) with the aim of taking BOSS from a laboratory-scale concept to a commercially viable business. Since inception IR holds the exclusive worldwide licence in perpetuity on BOSS technology and all IP developments since 2014.
2016
BOSS Technology commercialised & developed
The Baffled Oscillation Separation System moved from proof-of-concept into a production-ready separation platform for hard-to-recycle mixed rigid waste plastic.
2017
Current management join
The executive leadership team driving today's commercial and licensing strategy makes an investment to establish the first plant in Newcastle and takes a 50% ownership stake in the business.
2018
First commercial sale
Newcastle (UK) plant opened with 5000 tonne capacity using BOSS-3D — Impact Recycling's first commercial site processing post-consumer mixed rigid waste plastic at scale.
Newcastle Plant · BOSS-3D
2019
£2.5m equity raise
Equity investment from IW Capital to scale Newcastle operations and accelerate commercial roll-out of the BOSS tech.
IW Capital
2020
Purecycle licence BOSS technology
First major licence deal with Purecycle Technologies Inc. (USA) for the BOSS technology, validating BOSS as a licensable technology platform.
PCT
2021
£4.6m grants secured
Grant funding from the EU and Innovate UK supporting R&D, plant development and circular-economy programmes.
EU · Innovate UK
2022
Glasgow Plant for medical waste plastic opens & £2.6m equity raise
Glasgow Plant opened for mixed waste plastic feedstock from medical and healthcare (BOSS- Medical ) alongside a further £2.6m equity round from IW Capital.
Glasgow Plant · BOSS-Medical · IW Capital
2023
£1.5m equity from LG Chem
Strategic equity investment from LG Chem for a 4% stake in the business, deepening Impact Recycling's international partnerships in the polymer industry.
LG Chem
2023
£7m Nestle backing for new UK PCR film recycling plant.
Nestle provided £7 million in debt for the development of a new 20,000 tonne facility in Durham (UK) for household collections of post-consumer waste plastic film. .The plant will use the BOSS-2D technology developed, under R&D grants from Ecosurety & Innovate UK , to recycle heavily contaminated household collections of waste plastic film
Durham Plant · Nestle £7m
2024
Syklo licence for 50,000 tonne recycling plant in Finland
Syklo a 100% subsidiary of www.oulonenergia.fi sign a licensing agreement for a new BOSS recycling plant in Hyvinkaa, Finland, The plant will process 25,000 tonnes of household mixed film & 25,000 tonnes of mixed rigid collections.
2025
£3 million equity raise
IW Capital raise a further £3 million in equity from existing shareholders to finance further expansion of the business.
2026
Syklo plant commissioned in Hyvinkaa, Finland
Following site purchase, permitting, extensive construction design, procurement and installation of the new 50,000 tonne facility the Hyvinkaa plant is ready for commissioning & official launch.
Leadership
Meet the team behind Impact Recycling.
David Walsh
Chief Executive Officer
Stacey McGladrigan
Chief Financial Officer
Abdel Elsaadawy
Lead Chemical Engineer
Chris Hardman
Plant Manager
Ian McGavin
Lead Design Engineer
David Mahoney
Plant Manager