Doubling down on sustainability: PMG invests in new waste recycling plant
The HUB recently visited PMG Services near Bristol where CDE held their open day in June 2025...
The solution is processing gully waste and road sweeping waste.
With strict regulations on waste products that can be sent to landfill, there is a pressing need for turning gully waste and road sweeping waste into an opportunity.
Under European landfill regulations, liquid waste, in which road sweepings contains 10% water or liquid content, can no longer be sent to landfill. In turn, this presents a challenge for how this waste can be disposed of.
But for PMG this challenge became an opportunity. Over ten years ago the Bristol-based firm purchased a waste recycling plant from wet processing experts CDE which processed waste at a rate of 10 tonnes per hour (tph).
As their operation grew, so did the industry’s need for more recycled sand and aggregate products.
According to the Mineral Products Association, the market share of recycled aggregates is three times higher in the UK than the European average[1], highlighting the increasing importance of repurposing waste.
With this in mind, PMG has invested in a new CDE waste recycling facility, which is over double the capacity of the first plant.
[1] https://www.mineralproducts.org/Mineral-Products/Aggregates/Recycled-and-Secondary-Aggregates.aspx#:~:text=An%20essential%20contribution%20to%20the,contribution%20to%20the%20UK's%20needs..&text=The%20UK%20utilises%2070%20mt,is%20close%20to%20full%20potential.
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