Recycling Services

At least 70% of all the waste we handle goes on to be recycled. Unlike many of our competitors, we recycle 85-90% of the contents of our skips and Grab Hire collections.

Here are some of the things we recycle and what we do with them:

Plasterboard

• Plasterboard needs to be segregated from other construction waste on-site. If you’re carrying out a refurbishment or demolition project that will involve removing plasterboard, we recommend hiring a dedicated container such as one of our one-tonne Dumpy bags. We send all waste plasterboard to be recycled into new plasterboard. Contact us to find out more

Aggregates

• We crush broken bricks and concrete and separate out soil from construction waste using our £1.8 million soil washing plant. We sell these materials along with high-quality building sand quarried at our Runfold site.

Wood

• We chip unmanufactured timber (eg pallets) and send it to fuel power stations.
• We send manufactured wood (chipboard for example) to fuel a specialist power station in the Midlands.

Paper and card

• Waste paper and card is transported to a factory in Kent where it’s recycled into new cardboard for boxes.
• The dirty paper we extract from mixed waste goes to make the outer covering for new plasterboard.
• Before sending the paper and card off to be recycled, we compact it using a bailer. This ensures it takes up as little space as possible so we can transport more at one time, reducing the impact on the environment.

Metals

• Our materials recovery facility separates out magnetic metals; other metals are picked out by hand. We then send it to be recycled locally.

Cabling

• We separate cabling from building waste by hand and send it to a specialist company to recover the materials for recycling.

Glass

• All glass waste is sent to a specialist company for recycling.

Inert waste

• Any inert waste is transported to our Runfold site where it is recycled through our washing plant. The resulting secondary washed aggregates are available for sale. Any other non-hazardous waste goes to a local landfill site, which is carefully controlled and monitored.