Brewster Bros, a family-run business in Livingston, has unveiled the largest recycling plant of its kind in the UK.
The firm will provide waste management services and recycled aggregates to builders, construction companies, concrete product producers, ground workers, civil contractors and utility contractors from its new high-tech facility.
Investment in the £3.8 million recycling centre includes a £2.1m spend on equipment, with a capacity to recycle 400,000 tonnes of construction, demolition and excavation waste per year.
The new facility supports the Scottish Government’s so-called "circular economy strategy" called Making Things Last, which aims to secure 70 per cent recycling of construction and demolition waste by 2020.
The plant can process and recycle soils and rubble collected by Brewster Bros’ fleet of tipper lorries from construction sites into high value sand and gravel - reducing waste disposal costs for Brewster Bros’ customers while also maximising waste recovery.
The wet processing system was specifically designed to process difficult construction and demolition waste materials and optimise material recovery.
Scott Brewster, who is director at Brewster Bros, said: “It’s an exciting day as we officially launch the UK’s largest recycling facility of this type.
"Our number one aim is to treat and recycle construction and demolition waste as a resource, ensuring zero waste to landfill."
Stephen Boyle, of Zero Waste Scotland, said: "In Scotland the construction sector is responsible for producing nearly half of the country’s waste, and recycling construction and demolition material has a key role to play in minimising that.
"By recycling, we can keep materials out of landfill and in high-value use for longer, reducing the need to quarry finite virgin material and helping the environment.
"But what the launch of the Brewster Bros recycling plant shows is that by recycling effectively we can also generate investment and create new jobs.”
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