Recycling Services
Our state-of-the-art, award-winning, recycling facility in Musselburgh diverts over 97% of the commercial and construction waste it processes.
Materials we recycle include:
Clean recycled aggregate (6F5 or Type )
10/20 and 4/10 Gravel, 0/4 coarse sand and 0/2 fine sand sold back to the construction industry providing closed loop recycling.
Plasterboard
Scotland’s first turnkey plasterboard recycling plant and still the only facility that produces gypsum to PAS 109 standards
Recycled Grade Timber
A wood chip used by panel board manufacturers to again provide a closed loop recycling.
Mixed grade wood chip is used by WID compliant biomass boilers to produce sustainable heat and electricity.
Cardboard and paper
Sorted into grades and baled for reprocessing
Ferrous and non-ferrous metals
By separating ferrous and non-ferrous streams, Hamilton Waste maximises recovery rates, reduces the need for virgin metal extraction, and supports a circular economy.
Green & Food waste
Used for compost and sustainable energy via Anaerobic Digestion.
Mattresses
100,000 tonnes per annum recycling plant recovering steel, foam and polyester with 100% diversion from landfill and full traceability of all recycled materials after deconstruction.
Plastic
We employ a range of plastic recovery and processing techniques providing quality material to UK processors.