Our landfill site
Our Westcombe landfill facility is a fully engineered, non-hazardous landfill. To further commit to reducing waste to landfill only trommel processed fines are tipped at this facility.
Fines are created by screening which is a process to sort and separate materials to make waste fines, ready for resale and disposal. This supports waste processing from construction and building sites, demolition sites and from other commercial businesses.
The process includes vibratory screens and air separation and magnets, and further hand sorting. The resulting fines are then separated and saved. Following this thorough sorting process, any non-recyclable, residual waste is sent for waste-to-energy disposal. Any remaining waste that is unsuitable for recycling or energy recovery is sent to landfill.
Please note that there is no direct access to our landfill site. Any waste to landfill is strictly monitored by McCarthy Marland as it must go through the processes outlined above before it is accepted into landfill.
Landfill management
Our landfill site in Somerset has been fully engineered to safely contain the waste it accepts. The engineering works have been inspected and signed off by the Environment Agency. The EA frequently visits the site to ensure our continued compliance with our landfill permit.
The landfill site also has its own Leachate Treatment Plant, which captures the entire site’s water run-off and processes it, a bit like a sewage treatment works, to ensure the output meets strict environmental standards.
We have also recently ungraded the flare on site to ensured landfill gas is safely removed and are now investigating ways this energy can be further captured and used on site.
Service coverage
With depots in Central Bristol, Somerton, Tetbury, and Wantage in Oxfordshire we have a large coverage area across the Southwest
Please get in touch to further discuss the areas we cover on 0345 646 0845 or email customerservices@mccarthymarland.co.uk
You can view our list Locations we cover
Waste recycling centres
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Bristol Recycling Centre - Albert Quay
Albert Quay Albert Road
Bristol BS2 0XS
T: 0117 941 2555
E: customerservices@mccarthymarland.co.uk -
Gloucestershire
Babdown Industrial Estate,
Babdown Airfield, GL8 8YL
T: 01453 701230
E: customerservices@mccarthymarland.co.uk -
Oxfordshire
1 Glenmore Centre, Grove Business
Park, Grove, Oxon, OX12 9GN
T: 01235 760555
E: customerservices@mccarthymarland.co.uk -
Somerton Recycling Centre
Somertonfield Rd
Somerton TA11 6HY
T: 01458 274654
E: customerservices@mccarthymarland.co.uk
