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With land scarce, many large-scale commercial and residential developments can only be created by first demolishing or clearing existing or redundant urban and industrial landscapes (so-called ‘brownfield’ or PDL sites).

These sites present real problems: large quantities of waste materials need safe disposal; contaminated soil, exposed during renovation and excavation, needs safe disposal and/or treatment.

Developers face additional costs for disposal, and increasing Government legislation demands environmentally-sound disposal practice.

The Hargreaves Waste Brokerage service provides developers with a complete solution.

• We identify, assess and analyse different types of waste;
• We determine the optimal disposal option (e.g. treatment; landfill; recycling) in line with current and future environmental legislation;
• We handle all transportation of waste from point of origin to point of disposal.

The Hargreaves Waste Brokerage operation is made more effective because we can call upon the resources of our transport division to provide customers with flexible and responsive haulage options.

Waste normally falls into one of three classifications (inert, non-hazardous, or hazardous) and its classification determines how it is disposed of. The most common disposal options are:

1. Treatment. Chemical or biological treatment can render suitable materials less hazardous or even inert. Some materials can be made safe and useful e.g. soil made safe for use as back-fill material in a building project.
2. Landfill. The most common method, but emerging legislation and higher tax rates make it likely that, in future, landfill will reduce.
3. Recycling. With careful screening, materials such as paper, metals and plastics can be re-used. Concrete, for example, can often be broken up to be used as aggregate.