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Read More about Balfour Beatty’s PunchOutSingle stream recycling
Providing single stream recycling options for plastic, glass, paper, food, metal, wood and cardboard, together with other niche waste streams.
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Single stream recycling provides businesses with a strategic solution for managing high-volume, specialist or problematic waste streams through a single coordinated recycling programme. Delivered through specialist brands within the Recycle Loop, our single stream recycling services focus on unlocking material value, increasing recycling rates and diverting waste from landfill.
Whether you require dry mixed recycling, plastic recycling, cladding waste recycling, vape recycling or specialist material recovery, we design bespoke recycling solutions aligned with circular economy principles.
Dry mixed recycling for businesses
Dry Mixed Recycling (DMR) enables businesses to place recyclable materials into a single container, making recycling easier and improving participation.
Through our Recycle Loop brands, we provide bins, scheduled collections, waste audits, and performance reporting, helping offices, retail and commercial sites improve recycling efficiency.
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Plastic recycling helps businesses manage packaging waste, rigid plastics and production offcuts responsibly.
Through our Recycle Loop specialist brands, we provide commercial plastic waste collections, segregated rigid plastic recycling and ESG reporting, helping organisations reduce landfill reliance and support extended producer responsibility goals.
Discuss plastic recycling solutionsCladding waste recycling for remediation projects
Cladding waste recycling supports construction and remediation projects that generate complex materials such as insulation, uPVC and render.
Through our Recycle Loop specialist brands we provide compliant collection, recycling and recovery solutions for cladding waste, helping construction projects manage materials responsibly while meeting strict regulatory and building safety requirements.
Discuss cladding waste recyclingCD and DVD recycling for obsolete media
CD and DVD recycling provides a secure, zero-to-landfill solution for obsolete media, surplus stock and archived materials.
Delivered through our Recycle Loop specialist brands, the service includes compliant collection and recycling of discs, cases and inserts, helping organisations recover materials responsibly while ensuring secure and environmentally responsible disposal.
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Rubber track recycling provides a responsible end-of-life solution for heavy plant equipment.
Through approved partners within our Recycle Loop network, we collect and process rubber tracks for material recovery, transforming them into reusable rubber crumb for construction and sports surfaces or alternative fuel sources.
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What is single stream recycling?
Single stream recycling means gathering and handling a specific type of waste or combined recyclables using a specialised and efficient recycling process.
Our approach is built around:
- Closed-loop recycling where possible
- Resource recovery before disposal
- Full compliance with Waste Transfer Note documentation
- National delivery through audited Recycle Loop specialist brands
- Social value opportunities through approved enterprise partners
Vape recycling
Did you know that in the last 10 years, the number of people using disposable vapes within the UK has increased from 800,000 to over 4.3 million? With more disposable vapes and e-cigarettes being used than ever before, they have become an unwanted environmental headache that poses a significant threat to hazardous materials entering landfill sites.
Vape recycling services for businesses
Reconomy, the leading provider of technology-enabled services to drive the circular economy, has recognised the challenges posed by disposable vapes and is launching a vape recycling service in the United Kingdom. When partnering with Reconomy for your vape recycling, we will provide you with a storage container for unwanted and used vapes for you to store, ready for our team to arrive on-site, collect, and manage disposal in the most environmentally friendly way possible.
How does vape recycling work?
Used vapes are placed into dedicated containers supplied by Reconomy, then collected and transported to a specialist recycling facility. There, they are sorted by hand and separated by brand before batch processing begins. The end cap of each vape is removed, the contents ejected, and the materials separated. Plastics and metals are processed for recycling, while batteries are sent to ABTO/ABE. The wick, filter and nicotine components are sent for incineration, in line with Environment Agency requirements.
The dangers of disposable vapes
Due to disposable vapes containing a potent mixture of plastic, copper, and a lithium battery – the latter of which is hazardous – they are extremely difficult to recycle. It is estimated that approximately 1.3 million disposable vapes are thrown away every week in the UK*, that’s equal to an eye-watering 67.6 million per year.
Disposable vapes also represent a health & safety risk if not disposed of properly. The lithium batteries they contain are highly flammable and have been responsible for fires in bin lorries and injuries to workers at waste processing centres.
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Providing definitions of key terms related to the Circular Economy, including Waste Hierarchy, closed-loop systems, carbon emissions, and the Circularity Gap.
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Commercial waste collection and disposal
Our commercial waste collection services are fulfilled through our specialist brands within the Recycle Loop, delivering nationwide business waste collection and disposal solutions for organisations of all sizes.
Specialist site services
Through our specialist Recycle Loop brands, we deliver fully managed site welfare and equipment hire solutions for construction, housebuilding and infrastructure projects across the UK.
Arranging welfare units, accommodation and plant hire across multiple suppliers can be time-consuming and complex. Different compliance requirements, regional variations and operational pressures make procurement challenging, particularly on fast-track construction projects. That’s where we step in.
Recycling equipment
Our experienced team provides innovative and reliable waste recycling equipment for businesses across a wide range of sectors, and for of all sizes.
How you collect and contain your waste and recyclables is not just an aesthetic consideration. Storing waste and recyclables in suitable, secure conditions makes them safer, cleaner, and easier to handle and as such they can achieve their optimum value for recycling, reuse, or recovery.
Print Waste Management and Display Recycling Services
Our specialist teams provide cost-effective, compliant and innovative print waste recycling solutions that move materials up the waste hierarchy — prioritising reuse, recovery and renewable recycling routes over disposal.
Beyond day-to-day collections, we partner with businesses to deliver strategic transformation projects that improve profitability, productivity and long-term sustainability performance.
Aggregates supply
Our aggregates supply service is designed to support projects of all sizes, from local groundworks to complex, multi-site infrastructure developments. By combining access to regional supply with central coordination, we help reduce delays, manage costs, and support more sustainable construction outcomes.
FAQs
Dry mixed recycling refers specifically to mixed recyclable materials such as paper, plastics and cans collected together. Single stream recycling is a broader concept that applies to a defined waste stream managed through a dedicated recycling solution.
Yes. All services are delivered through licensed partners with compliant documentation, including Waste Transfer Notes and full traceability.
Materials may include plastics, dry mixed recyclables, specialist construction materials, vape devices, legacy media and other hard-to-recycle items.
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