A company that’s already recycled more than a million tonnes of construction waste from landfill has opened a second plant. Brewster Brothers’ wash plants transform 100% of the excavated soils and rubble they process from the construction industry into high-value aggregates for reuse.
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Recycling firm Brewster Brothers has strengthened its team by appointing Andy Dunn as commercial manager as the company nears a record aggregate recycling figure. Andy will work at the heart of the Livingston-based company’s commercial activities, driving revenue growth, and promoting long-las
Brewster Brothers, a company that recycles the byproducts from the construction, demolition and excavation industries, has won this year’s VIBES Circular Scotland award. The awards are a partnership between the Scottish Government, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, the Energy Saving
Sustainable resource management specialist Brewster Brothers has become the first in the UK to achieve an Environmental Product Declaration for its recycled aggregates. The intention of such declarations (EPDs) is to be able to report and compare independently verified data about the environmental p
Scottish recycling firm Brewster Brothers is set to boost its construction waste recycling capacity with the opening of a second, £6 million plant near Cumbernauld. The new site is part of a £7m expansion scheme and is projected to recycle an additional 300,000 tonnes of construction, de
Brewster Brothers managing director Scott Brewster calls for help from the finance sector to make construction's sustainability aspirations a reality. Over the past few years, the construction industry has taken great strides to embrace sustainable practices. But faced with rising fuel costs, inflat
New evidence of the growing confidence in recycled aggregates has been put forward by resource management company Brewster Brothers.
Last week saw the closure of the Scottish Government’s consultation on a Scottish Aggregates Levy. Scott Brewster of Brewster Brothers outlines why he believes the Levy should provide a springboard for the resource management sector. One of the aims of the Scottish Government’s prop
Scott Brewster reveals why Brewster Brothers has switched back to diesel to fuel its fleet just eight months after making the transition to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). The decision to switch to green sustainable fuels should be an easy one. Certainly, for our organisation, a sustainable r
The Materials Processing Institute is leading a major £6.5 million project to develop the world’s first zero emission cement on an industrial scale. The Cement 2 Zero project will focus on the technical and commercial aspects of this breakthrough development, which will bolster green ste
Livingston-based construction waste management and recycled aggregates company Brewster Brothers is asking for a simple change to all construction tenders that it said could result in a drop of 32% of waste in landfill while saving valuable, carbon-storing soil from ending up in these sites.&nb
With government help, the construction industry can do a lot more to prevent tonnes of waste from going to landfill, argues Brewster Bros MD Scott Brewster. With COP26 into its second week, sustainability and net zero remain high on everyone’s agenda. However, long before the UN’s climat
Livingston-based construction waste management and recycled aggregates company Brewster Bros has been named a winner at the Scottish Environment Business Awards for its work in recycling construction, excavation and demolition waste. Working with the construction sector since 2018, Brewster Bros has
Heriot-Watt University has joined forces with Brewster Bros to create new materials from the residual waste left over during the recycling process. Recycled clay can account for up to 25% of the output produced when excavation waste is recycled via a washing process. This by-product comm
(from left) Alex Brewster, Scott Brewster, Angela Constance and Enda Ivanoff from CDE Brewster Bros was joined by Almond Valley MSP Angela Constance yesterday to mark the official opening of its recycling plant in Livingston, the largest of its type in the UK.