Darlington recycling company invests £500k into bespoke machinery

Total Recycling Services has invested nearly £500k into bespoke vehicles and equipment to meet the service demand expected throughout 2018.

Since 2009, the Darlington-based waste management business has invested over £5.5m into its site equipment, servicing large-scale manufacturers across the country.

The most recent investment was in response to the rapid growth of the company’s industrial cleaning services division which was introduced in early 2017 and has seen the area of the business grow from three personnel to over 15 staff spread across five teams.

Andy Dobson, Total Recycling Services’ operations director, said: “We have seen a very prosperous period for Total over the last 12 months and we were looking to invest into our equipment and vehicle fleet in order to continue our growth.

“So far, we have acquired two new 30,000 litre tankers which will go toward supporting our industrial services division, a roll on roll off truck with a further three units and we have also got our hands on what’s known as a glass imploder.

“The glass imploder cost us around £60k and will allow us to take waste glass from our clients and turn it into a clean granulated glass which can then be recycled into any number of products.

“It’s been pure demand that has meant we’ve had to invest so heavily into new vehicles and they constantly in use.”

Andy Dobson, Total Recycling Services’ operations director.

As well as this, the organisation is looking to add to its investment into equipment by acquiring more vehicles later in the year and developing a new weighbridge on site. This comes alongside a potential acquisition before the end of the year and implement new technology systems.

Andy added: “We’re currently still on the hunt for an acquisition and we would like to do something a little bigger to help us compete at a higher level and to help us with our clients who are further North. Giving us an even bigger footing in the region.

“In 2018, we’re looking to increase our presence in the market and we want attract more big customers. I strongly feel that Total Recycling Services will continue to make these investments to ensure we are giving that high level of service consistently.”

Total Recycling Services works in partnership with a number of large manufacturing companies such as Nissan, Hitachi and AkzoNobel offering bespoke service packages.

The company is planning to reach a turnover of £25m by 2022, and in 2017 reported a turnover of £14.5m.

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