# Kingspan

> Kingspan's circularity is tangible: recycled and renewable inputs plus product takeback and recycling schemes. The real decision is whether a specific construction product can retain performance while closing a material loop.

- Industry: Building & Infrastructure
- Collection: Active
- Processes: Recycling
- Evidence through: 2026-09-18
- Canonical URL: https://www.materialtransition.com/library/kingspan

## Material inputs to resolve

Insulation, building envelope and construction products

Kingspan reports 1.05 million tonnes of recycled and renewable raw materials used in manufacturing in 2025 and ten schemes facilitated: four product takeback schemes and six recycling schemes in key markets. The same report separately records more than 3,460 tonnes diverted through 2025 landfill-diversion projects. It does not report a scheme-specific takeback tonnage in the cited disclosure, so these measures must not be combined or treated as takeback output. 2025 circularity disclosure [4]

**1.05M t** Recycled and renewable materials in 2025

**Open** Site, grade and buyer evidence

**Screening** No commercial claim

**As of** September 18, 2026

- Recycled and renewable raw materials
- Returned construction-product material

### Outputs and residuals to resolve

- Insulation and building-envelope products
- Takeback, reuse and recycling streams

**First decision:** Product bill of materials, contamination, installer collection route and recycled-output specification.

## What is disclosed

Kingspan reports 1.05 million tonnes of recycled and renewable input use and multiple takeback and recycling schemes in 2025.

#### What remains unreported

The cited report names product categories and key-market schemes, but does not provide scheme-specific collected mass, material composition, acceptance criteria, recovery yield or output destination.

### Decision boundary

The public record supports one bounded next move: Product bill of materials, contamination, installer collection route and recycled-output specification. It does not establish a buyer, commercial approval or supply agreement.

## Material flow map

| Material or stream | Qualification gate | Process or destination | Evidence still needed |
|-|-|-|-|
| Recycled and renewable raw materials | Composition and specification | Insulation and building-envelope products | Site, volume and buyer evidence |
| Returned construction-product material | Condition and logistics | Takeback, reuse and recycling streams | Yield and destination evidence |

This is a public screening map. It separates company-disclosed flows from open qualification work. It does not convert a destination into a buyer or an announced ambition into operating capacity.

## Three defensible entry lanes

#### Product takeback qualification

Choose one construction product with a known material construction and a defined removal pathway.

**Next evidence:** Product bill of materials, contamination, installer collection route and recycled-output specification.

#### Qualification path

Separate public activity from an approved material lane.

**Next evidence:** Named site, technical owner and test plan.

#### Commercial boundary

Do not infer a buyer or supply commitment.

**Next evidence:** Commercial terms and approval.

## Evidence register

- **Annual Report 2025** Kingspan https://annual-report.kingspan.com/ [1]
- **Planet Passionate circularity** Kingspan https://annual-report.kingspan.com/business-strategy/planet-passionate/ [2]
- **Planet Passionate Report 2025** Kingspan https://planetpassionate.kingspan.com/our-commitment [3]
- **Planet Passionate Report 2025 summary** Kingspan, official circularity report https://annual-report.kingspan.com/business-strategy/planet-passionate/ [2]

Source hierarchy: filings and company disclosures first. The brief states what those sources support and leaves the unresolved plant, grade, permit, buyer and mass-balance questions explicit.

## Material Transition editorial interpretation

**Evidence boundary:** Kingspan reports company-wide recycled and renewable raw-material use and operates product takeback and recycling schemes in key markets. The cited figures do not establish the composition, collected mass, yield or destination of any individual scheme's material.

## Sources

- [1] Annual Report 2025 - https://annual-report.kingspan.com/
- [2] Planet Passionate circularity - https://annual-report.kingspan.com/business-strategy/planet-passionate/
- [3] Planet Passionate Report 2025 - https://planetpassionate.kingspan.com/our-commitment
- [4] Kingspan Annual Report 2025: Planet Passionate circularity - https://annual-report.kingspan.com/business-strategy/planet-passionate/ - Company-wide 2025 recycled-and-renewable raw-material input, ten facilitated schemes (four takeback and six recycling), and separately reported landfill-diversion projects. No scheme-specific collected mass, composition, yield or output is established by these passages.

From the Material Transition company brief library: https://www.materialtransition.com/library/kingspan