Founded in 1850 by Alfred and Ernest Burgess, A.E.Burgess & Sons Ltd is still owned and run by the Burgess family to this day. We operate a fleet of 27 vehicles from our 12 acre site and deal with over 240,000 tonnes of waste per annum. As a leading waste management company and scrap metal merchant in Leicestershire we provide a professional approach for both the public and trade sector whilst maintaining a friendly and personal service.Today, more than ever, waste and waste management are critical issues for industry, construction, government and the public sector. The pressing need to look after the environment and to comply with environmental legislation will transform the industry to an even greater extent over the coming years. But, thankfully, the days of quick fix solutions and haphazard disposal are long gone.As a society, we are consuming natural resources at an unsustainable rate. If every country consumed natural resources at the rate the UK does, we would need three planets to live on. The most crucial threat is from dangerous climate change.At A.E. Burgess we understand that reducing waste is an important contributor to this goal. Each year in the UK, we generate about 100 million tonnes of waste from households, commerce and industry. Most of this ends up in landfill where the organic part rots producing methane (a potent greenhouse gas) while valuable energy is used in extracting and processing new raw materials.As a society, there is a need to optimise resources including raw materials and energy.This is why here at, A.E. Burgess & Sons we aim to generate the maximum value from our customers’ waste through recycling , helping to reduce the impact of their waste on the environment.Our aim is to provide our customers with the most professional and reliable service the industry can offer. We will do this by constantly keeping abreast of the latest innovations in technology and waste management techniques.By treating waste as a valuable resource, from which by-products can be recovered as secondary materials or energy, A.E. Burgess hopes to reach a point where the majority of waste materials produced are re-used, recycled or recovered for their energy content.In order to maximise the value of waste as a resource, we have re-engineered our waste collection, recycling and sorting services as a manufacturing process linked to the value chain of waste. This approach recognises that all waste is a raw material for the products or energy we produce and can be used as part of the manufacture of new products, helping to link the waste industry with the economic activities of the UK to create a circular economy. Therefore reducing the volume of waste material, A.E. Burgess sends to landfill.