Recycling

Recycling has become one of the most significant parts of our business, with typically over 80% of waste materials received on site being recycled. A minimum quantity is ultimately landfilled, thereby protecting the environment and promoting sustainability.

Our Environment Agency licence allows us to accept the categories of waste listed below and these are recycled in the manner described:

• Construction, Demolition and Excavation Wastes - typically from building sites and jobbing builders. The soil and stone are screened to separate them, with the stone subsequently being crushed and sold for building projects, and the soil being used for landscaping and other similar applications.

• Non-Hazardous Commercial and Industrial Waste - typically from shops, businesses and factories. This is sorted into its constituent parts, using a combination of manual and mechanical techniques, with the resultant waste-streams being taken to various locations for further processing. Wood, cardboard, ferrous and non-ferrous metals undergo further specialist recycling treatment.

• Green Waste - this is segregated and can be recycled through composting to produce a soil conditioner.