Cumbria Waste Group

Cumbria Waste Group is the largest waste management contractor in Cumbria. The group has been operational for over 25 years and now has over 5,000 customers across the county.

The group is comprised of four trading divisions; Cumbria Waste Management, Cumbria Waste Recycling, Lakeland Waste Management and Lakeland Minerals. The group is ultimately owned by Cumbria County Council but run by an independent board of Directors.

We specialise in providing customers with comprehensive waste management packages and solutions to ensure that waste is being dealt with in a  compliant, efficient and environmentally friendly manner. Employing 280 staff at 20 locations across Cumbria, our customer base also reaches from the Scottish Borders, across to Northumberland and down to Lancashire.

Our customers range from single holiday lets to property management companies, and corner shops to industrial factories. We have in-house experts and an extensive range of over 50 fleet that enable us to tailor solutions to meet exact customer requirements.

Our operational sites consist of four materials recycling facilities (MRFs), a liquid waste treatment plant, two landfill sites, aggregate recycling plant, a quarry and a hazardous waste transfer station.

OUR FACILITIES

OVERVIEW

We have three operational sites in Carlisle, Workington and Penrith. Each site has a MRF (Material Recycling Facility), active bailing operations for pre-sorted materials and the capability to separate mixed waste streams. Materials that are segregated on site include but are not limited to:

• Cardboard & paper
• Wood
• Metal – including aluminium and steel cans
• Plastic
• Construction/demolition waste

HESPIN WOOD, CARLISLE

As well as the on site MRF, our flagship site Hespin Wood is home to a wood and green waste recycling facility. This facility alone processes around 70,000 tonnes per year. Also sited at Hespin Wood is our aggregate recycling plant. This is where we crush, clean and sort mixed aggregates into reusable material for the construction and building industries.

DISTINGTON, WORKINGTON

Our site near Workington is home to our liquid waste treatment plant and our hazardous waste transfer station. The site is licensed to accept a wide range of drummed and packaged waste streams.

With a team on qualified chemists based on site to offer professional guidance, the service is not only comprehensive but it also provides our customers with peace of mind that their waste is being handled in a safe and compliant way.

FLUSCO, PENRITH

Our Flusco site is home to a newly extended MRF. This is a valuable asset to the business as it allows us to increase capacity for the area in terms of collections and increasing recycling outputs.

KIRKHOUSE QUARRY

The newest addition to the Cumbria Waste Group facilities, is our quarry near Carlisle. Our Lakeland Minerals division is focussed entirely on supplying premium quality sand and gravels.