A recycling system for laundry wash water having a collection tank for collecting used wash water. A holding tank connected to the collection tank has heat exchange piping in the interior of the holding tank. A lint/grit separator is connected to the holding tank. A lint filter acting as a second stage in lint removal is connected to the holding tank. An oil separator for removing free oil is connected to the lint filter. A media filter having a medium of fine rock is connected to the oil separator. A hydrocarbon absorption filter is connected to the media filter. An activated carbon filter is connected to the hydrocarbon absorption filter. A final holding tank is connected to an ozone generator so that clean and processed water leaves the final holding tank. Clean and processed water leaving the final holding tank is channelled to the heat exchange piping in the holding tank which uses the used wash water from the collection tank to heat the clean and processed water before the clean and processed water goes on to a hot water server connected to a wash machine facility.