Comprehensive Waste Services
In addition to waste collection, Cumbria Waste Group also provides other waste services as seen below.
Recyclate Processing
Cumbria Waste Group provides a range of recyclate processing services.
We have over 25 years’ experience of advising our customers on the best way to recycle the material they produce as a business.
Primarily, the waste we recycle on behalf of our customers consists of metal cans/tins, plastic bottles, cardboard, paper and glass.
Our state-of-the-art recycling facilities enable us to sort and separate the material we receive. Some customers segregate their waste themselves before it arrives at our sites. This makes it even easier to process because the ‘cleaner’ the material, the more value it has.
We can also provide on-site balers for those who generate large amounts of waste. These balers can help to reduce transport costs because we need to make less vehicle movements to collect waste.
The majority of recyclates we process can be turned directly back into their original product, so a plastic bottle can become a plastic bottle again. This is an excellent example of closed loop recycling.
Household Waste Recycling Centres
Cumbria Waste Group manages a network of Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC) across Cumbria.
We manage the centres on behalf of Cumberland Council and Westmorland & Furness Council. They help to maximize local waste diversion for the local authorities.
Our sites are managed by friendly, motivated and trained staff who are on hand to help local residents when disposing of/recycling various materials.
As well as accepting residual waste, garden waste and basic dry recyclables, they now also provide many more recycling options for an ever-increasing range of materials.
They include materials such as batteries, electrical equipment, textiles, paint, engine and cooking oil, printer cartridges and lightbulbs.
The recycling rates at our HWRC’s are high, with some achieving well over 70%. But we are always striving to improve this further. This means the visitors to the sites can have confidence that the effort they have made to segregate and recycle their will have a positive environmental impact.
Here is a full list of the HWRCs we manage in Cumbria.
Please be aware that there may be shorter opening hours during winter months.
Contact the experts at Cumbria Waste Group for comprehensive domestic or commercial waste services.