Our Commitment To Our Planet

Recycling ‘super plant’

In 2020, we invested in a £2 million recycling super plant that will save 20,000 tonnes of industrial waste from going into landfill each year with asset financing from HSBC UK.

This new machinery features the most up to date technology including Spaleck waste screening and Westeria air separation equipment to sort through construction and demolition waste more effectively, enabling it to capture 15 per cent more material for recycling.

It can pick up material that older machinery would have missed, and it is faster, recycling 45 tonnes of waste per hour compared to just 15 tonnes per hour with the older system.

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Diverting waste from landfill

In January 2022, construction started on Scotland’s largest construction and demolition waste recycling wash plant at our Mayfield site in Dalkeith. as we continue our investment into the circular economy and achieve carbon negative status.

The £4.4m investment at the business’ Mayfield site, will enable the recycling of inert construction and demolition wastes through the latest technology washing, screening, crushing and water treatment equipment.  The site will increase the businesses processing capabilities from 75 tonnes per hour to 250 tonnes per hour diverting more than 650,000 tonnes per year from landfill and will create nine new permanent jobs.

The investment will further strengthen our role in the circular economy and means the quality, reliability, grading and breadth of recycled resources will increase as will the production of recycled resources. This reduces the percentage of material to tip and reduces inert landfill because the previously tipped material can now also be washed and converted into a valuable new product for reuse.
 
The previous wash plant was Europe’s first recyclable inert wash plant and once dismantled, it will be recycled.

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Electric vehicle pledge

In September 2021, we marked a critical step in our transition to carbon negative by switching 5% of our fleet to electric vehicles.

Starting with the company cars, the six new Tesla Model 3’s are used by team members based across Scotland and Northeast England including account management, compliance, sales, operations and service delivery.

We aim to transition our vehicle fleet to electric and alternative fuels with a view to switching company cars first, the business is also looking at hybrid options to suit a variety of users, as well as trucks, skip vehicles and excavators.

Transitioning our fleet to electric will be core to achieving carbon negative status.

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