CK Polymers

Established in 2000, CK Polymers is one of the largest buyers and sellers of recycled plastic and regrind which we source principally from UK and Irish based plastics recycling companies, waste management companies, or directly from manufacturers and retailers who produce large volumes of plastic. 

Waste Plastic for recycling

The plastic we buy for recycling is either processed into regrind or compound through our own UK processing facilities located in Lincolnshire and Melrose in Scotland or using our network of recycling partners.

We then facilitate the sale of this high quality regrind or plastic compound to an extensive network of customers, which are mainly compounders, injection moulding companies and plastics manufacturers who are located across the UK, Europe and Asia. All materials are graded and supplied to customers with our guarantee of consistent quality.

We are very committed to the environment and our aim is to lead the way in facilitating the recycling of as much UK derived plastic waste as possible. Our goal is to significantly reduce the amount of waste which is sent to landfill.

We achieve this in the following ways:

• Offering a recycling service which facilitates the identification, collection, processing and sale of plastic regrind across our large network of customers across the UK, Europe and Asia
• Continual expansion of our network of trusted plastic recycling partners to provide localised plastic
• recycling services
• Investment in our laboratory testing services to monitor and improve quality and consistency
• Continual investment in people, machinery to increase our processing capabilities, and internal IT systems
• Finding and developing new markets for recycled plastic materials across the world
  Whilst the preference would be to recycle the UK’s packaging waste in the UK itself, there are commercial, technical, infrastructure and capacity issues which means the UK is not always able to deal with the volume of plastic packaging waste we produce.

CK Plastics recycling teamThe alternative is therefore to export these materials to utilise approved capacity elsewhere in the world. A study by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), suggested that it is more beneficial environmentally to export these materials for recycling than to send them to landfill in the UK.

CK Polymers is accredited for the export of plastic packaging waste and for the issue and sale of Packaging Export Recovery Notes (PERN’s). We invest a significant amount of PERN revenue back into raising awareness of the need to recycle plastic packaging waste, to improve collection facilities, in capacity constraints and laboratory testing facilities.

Collectively, the CK Group is one of the largest buyers and sellers of recycled plastic and regrind which we source from UK and Irish based plastics recycling companies, waste management companies or directly from manufacturers and retailers who produce large quantities of plastic.

The plastic we buy for recycling is either processed into regrind or compound using our own UK processing facilities located in Lincolnshire and Melrose in Scotland, or our network of recycling partners.

We then facilitate the sale of this high quality regrind or plastic compound to an extensive network of purchasers, which are mainly compounders, injection moulding companies and other plastics manufacturers located across the UK, Europe and Asia.

CK Hong Kong operates from offices in Kowloon, Hong Kong and source recycled plastic materials on a global basis, for sale to its customer base in Asia and the Far East.

CK Services is a complementary division, which works with local authorities, bin manufacturers and waste management companies to deliver wheeled bins, kerbside boxes and food caddies to hundreds of thousands of households across the UK. It then also collects the wheeled bins at the end of life for recycling.

At the core of the CK Group business proposition is a commitment to operate ethically and to a consistently high standard. Everything that is processed through Binbrook or Melrose is rigorously tested to ensure the resultant regrind and compound will perform as promised, with the minimum of machine adjustments during the end product manufacturing process.

The CK Group employs a team of 70 dedicated staff

CK Polymers Hong Knog operates from offices in Kowloon, Hong Kong and source recycled plastic materials on a global basis, for sale to customers in Asia. 

CK Distribution, a division of CKN Holdings Ltd, the industry leaders in polymer and plastic recycling now lead the way in bein distribution, bin recycling and logistics. CK Distribution offer a close loop recycling programme for industrial and domestic wheelie bins and related products for concils and waste management organisations throughout the UK.

CK Polymers offer distribution of recycled plastics, by leading the way in bin distribution, bin recycling and logistics. CK Distribution offer a closed loop recycling programme for industrial and domestic wheelie bins and related products for councils and waste management organisations throughout the UK. 

CK Hong Kong operates from offices in Kowloon Hong Kong and source recycled plastic materials on a global basis, for sale to customers in Asia. We handle most types of polymer and build regular business with suppliers and customers. 

CK Plastic Recycling are specialists in mechanical recycling of most types of plastic waste and we operate from several sites across the UK. We buy all forms of plastic waste and sell products. 

CK Polymers offer a selection of plastic recycling services and distribute a wide range of rGrade plastci raw materials to compounding and molding companies across the globe.

We buy all forms of plastic waste and sell products. Please contact us for more information on the services and products we offer.