Matoha develops portable near‑infrared material‑identification devices and cloud tools that rapidly identify plastics and textiles on-site, enabling efficient sorting and traceability to support recycling operations.
Circularity Relevance
Core
Matoha's primary product is material-identification hardware and cloud data for sorting plastics and textiles, directly enabling recycling operations and circular outcomes. Source: Matoha, 2025
Circular Role
SupportEnabler
Matoha supplies hardware and cloud data tools that enable other organisations to perform sorting and recycling activities (tool provider rather than material handler). Source: Matoha, 2025
Circular Type
Traceability
• Tracking
Matoha devices collect material identity data and feed cloud systems to add traceability and data streams to sorting operations. Classified as 'Traceability > Tracking' because the platform's value is in sensing and creating identifiable material data. Source: Matoha, 2025
R Strategy
R8 - Recycle, R3 - Reuse
Primary: devices explicitly support sorting and material identification which enables recycling (R8). Secondary: by enabling accurate identification, devices can support reuse/resale flows for certain textiles/plastics (R3). Classification is based on product and marketing descriptions. Source: Matoha, 2025
Circular Business Model
Recycling / Resource Recovery
Matoha's revenue model centres on selling identification devices and sensing modules that support recycling and resource-recovery activities rather than providing a resale marketplace or logistics service. Source: Matoha, 2025
Organisational Type
ForProfit
Registered as MATOHA INSTRUMENTATION LTD, a private limited company in the UK (Companies House). Source: Companies House, 2018
Matoha's devices are designed to identify and sort plastics and textiles for recycling (primary evidence). Their products are hardware for industrial sorting applications, linking them to manufacturing/use in recycling processes. Source: Matoha, 2025Source: FineEngineering, 2025
Geographical Reach
International
• United Kingdom
Matoha markets portable devices and an online shop and states the devices enable sorting 'anywhere, anytime'; LinkedIn/press indicate international positioning. Primary HQ is UK. Evidence for global customers is indirect (marketing language and international press). Source: Matoha, 2025Source: LinkedIn, 2025
Hardware Component
True
• IoT_Sensors
• Smart_Devices
• Data_Collection
• User_Interface
Matoha designs and sells portable NIR sensing devices and an NIR OEM sensing module; specialised hardware is integral to service delivery. Source: Matoha, 2025
Tech Map Relevance
Matoha produces portable material-identification devices and cloud tools that directly enable sorting and recycling activities, meeting inclusion criteria for the Circular Tech Map. Source: Matoha, 2025
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