Driven by the need to tackle climate change and protect the environment, businesses across the UK are making great strides towards a circular economy. But while everyone is pulling in the same direction, success varies between the home nations. In the waste industry,...
In this blog, we're uncovering the real problem with recycled aggregates. For the last few decades, recycled aggregates have gone through a serious transformation. From the ‘rough and ready’ early days of dry crushing and screening, demand has driven innovation in...
It’s easy to look back on how things used to be and forget how far we have come. 50 years ago, our everyday lives would have been almost unimaginable. The changes along the way that have brought us to this point have been necessary if not a little uncomfortable at...
One of the aims of the Scottish Government’s proposed Aggregates Levy is that the new tax should support the circular economy. This is to be applauded. As the pressure mounts on virgin aggregates, the focus must shift to recycling construction waste and the greater...
The 17th – 23rd of October is Recycling Week across the globe. Post COP26, there has been a noticeable increase in recycling and sustainability-based projects making headlines for all the right reasons. Here are our favourite good news recycling stories from 2023 so...
The 22nd of March is World Water Day. Water is the most consumed resource on earth but according to WWF only 1% of our 326 million trillion gallons of reserves are fresh water suitable for human use. It is a key resource in recycling processes, helping to clean waste...
March the 18th marks Global Recycling Day and you might be thinking that it's counterintuitive to be talking about waste but waste streams are the raw materials of recycled products. We all have a duty of care to manage our waste responsibly in order to protect the...
Brewster Bros are known for our commitment to preserving the natural environment whilst providing the construction industry with innovative solutions for managing their resources. With COP26 fresh in our minds and hot on the heels of several major UK environmental...
Over a decade ago, the Scottish Government set the first of two key targets to act on the climate emergency - to become a Zero Waste society reducing our waste output by 70% (based on 2011 levels) before 2025. In 2019, the second target was defined with the Government...