It’s important that hazardous waste is disposed of safely and responsibly. Many wastes can be defined as hazardous including: chemicals, asbestos, batteries, pesticides, oils and solvents.

Specialist contractors treat hazardous waste using chemical methods, including ion exchange, neutralisation, and precipitation. Hazardous waste can also be disposed of thermally through incineration at extremely high temperatures using specialised equipment. Another method of hazardous waste disposal is solidification, which entails encasing the waste in concrete or plastic in highly regulated specific landfill cells.

Or hazardous waste can be treated biologically using living organisms to break waste down in engineered biological systems.

It is essential that you are aware precisely how your hazardous waste must be stored and transported. It needs to be in the correct containers, and it must be identified and categorised correctly. This extends to transportation as drivers and vehicles used to transport your waste must be appropriate for the task; which may mean special signing for the vehicle and special training for the driver.

Unsure what type of waste you are dealing with? We can help arrange testing at a suitable laboratory.

Most metal waste is relatively easy to recycle. The two main types of metal are ferrous (containing iron) and non-ferrous, which are both easily recyclable.

These metals can come from a range of sources, including vehicles, demolition waste, and industrial processes.

The waste can be tipped at a recycling facility or brought to a Waste Transfer Station to be separated from other waste.

Methods to separate different metal types include applying magnets to attract ferrous material.

After separation, the metal is transported to a specialised recycling centre. From here it is typically melted down to manufacture new metal material.

Most garden waste can be easily recycled into nutrient-rich soil conditioners to be used for agriculture, land reclamation and in multi-purpose composts.

Garden waste is taken to a composting centre; from here, non-compostable waste is removed and disposed of appropriately.

The compostable waste is shredded and stored in such a way that the temperature of the material quickly builds up.

As a result, this speeds up the composting process. The process is faster than in an average household compost bin due to higher temperatures which encourage rapid breakdown in addition to killing pathogens and plant seeds.

Depending on the process, the composting of the material can take between 8 and 16 weeks.

Inert wastes are types of waste that are biologically and chemically unreactive.

This can include sand, soil and concrete.

These are bulky and heavy loads of waste but they can generally be used as fill for other projects.

These types of waste are usually crushed and graded to form recycled construction aggregates, which can be re-used on sites.

For example, for trench fill or road construction.

When we collect scrap wood and timber waste, it is taken to a recycling plant.

Here, the wood is sorted, separated and prepared for recycling.
Depending on what the timber will be used for in the future, the wood is then broken down into various sizes.

Products from recycled wood can include: domestic furnishings like tables and chairs, biomass for energy production, and landscape surfaces such as playgrounds and gardens.

This process helps conserve trees and reduces water and air pollution in the meantime.

Difficult waste is not necessarily hazardous but is, as the name suggests, difficult to dispose of.

This is a specialist waste and can include: tyres, plasterboard, fine powders, white goods, and odorous waste like rotting food.
Our methods differ between the exact type of waste we’re handling.

Liquids, for example, are taken to a treatment facility. White goods are taken to a processing plant to be dismantled, with hazardous components removed and disposed of appropriately.

Whereas, plasterboard (which is gypsum-based), must be separated for recovery in a specialised plasterboard recycling centre.