WOOD RECYCLING

Marlin Industries is a ZERO TO LANDFILL business focused on sustainability. We have been adopting the principles of circularity laid out in the government’s UK Industrial Strategy and are leading the low carbon manufacturing revolution within the cable industry, offering cradle to grave solutions rather than sending to landfill.

As a circular economy business, we openly share best practice to help improve waste management systems within our existing customer base and the cable industry as a whole. Our aim is be the industry leaders in waste and recycling practices and technologies providing innovative solutions to our customers sustainability challenges with the aim of reducing costs and improving environmental performance.

Our aim is be the industry leaders in waste and recycling practices and technologies.

1. DRUM COLLECTIONS & DISPOSAL

Collection of empty timber cable drums from end user sites:

  • Dedicated administration resource
  • Utilisation of extensive haulage fleet providing national coverage
  • 2 different Cable Drum Collection Services: Reactive and Proactive 
  • Collection and return normally within 10 days
  • Ability to repair and refurbish cable drums to enable reuse or ethically dispose of drums if no longer of use or are deemed unfit for purpose
  • Drums beyond economic repair pass through our in-house recycling facility shredding and chipping to convert non-repairable drums into biomass fuel and animal bedding
  • Metalwork is fully recovered and either re-used in our refurbished drums or fully recycled

2. WOOD WASTE DISPOSAL

All wood waste is recycled on site by ourselves at our main site in Wrexham.

  • As an Accredited Packaging Wood Waste Reprocessor we only have the necessary Waste Carriers Licence, EA and Local Site Certificates for Recycling Wood based product i.e. doors (without glass), trusses, floorboards, panels, timber, pallets, skids, wooden cases, crates, broken wood components and small quantities of hardboard or MDF
  • Various collection methods available utilising own fleet: 13.5m Curtainsider vehicle (volumetrically significantly more cost effective collection method than traditional 40 Yard Ro-Ro Skip method), Rigid & Urban Vehicle, Ro-Ro Skip on an exchange basis.

3. STEEL DRUM DISPOSAL

Collection of steel drum from end users:

  • Marlin are able to recycle steel drums up to 3.2m flange
  • Ability to break drums down into manageable sizes to enable recycling.
  • Scrap recovery value is provided back to end user minus transportation costs to mitigate some of the initial purchase value.

4. TIPPING

Marlin Industries also provide our customers with the facility to deliver wood waste to our site for disposal.

  • Marlin take all grades of non-hazardous wood waste and can provide an ethical wood waste tipping and disposal service at competitive rates.
  • Varied pricing structure based on vehicle type: Rigid Vehicle,  Skip Vehicle or Artic/Draw Bar Vehicle

5. WOOD WASTE CLASSIFICATION

Wood waste categorised into Grades A, B and C: –

  • Category A – Unpainted timber, clean wood such as pallets, packing crates (which can be stencilled). Wood can contain some metal contaminates as metals will be removed during processing using powerful magnets. No other contaminates allowed e.g. plastic liners, banding, cling wrap etc.
  • Category B – Painted timber, plywood, OSB, chipboard (except faced chipboard such as Melamine).
  • Category C – Pressure treated timber and Melamine Faced & Engineered wood.
  • Marlin Industries Ltd are only able to process and accept Category A, B & C Grade Wood Waste.
  • All wood waste is processed through our on-site wood waste plant in Wrexham.

6. CABLE RECYCLING

Requests sent from clients to collect any remnants and packaging.

  • Advice of a storage / distribution requirement received via a customer packing list.
  • Goods received and offloaded and placed into storage, all goods are receipted into Marlin SAP by drum number in the client warehouse & by cable type.
  • Our customers call off specific product types & lengths from held stock lists.
  • Clients may also require a bespoke length cut from stock  cut to required specification and repackaged.
  • Distribution is arranged to the customers’ site requirement and delivery windows.
  • Processes are fully auditable and reports can be produced for all activities.
  • Advice of a storage / distribution requirement received via a customer packing list.

7. SALE OF PRN’s

  • Marlin Industries is registered with the Department of Environment as an Accredited Packaging Waste Reprocessor.
  • As a result of our continued investment in the conversion of packing scrap into useful products, we can also sell a limited number of PRN’s which can be used to offset our customer obligations to recycle packaging materials.

WOOD WASTE RECYCLING

Offering total closed loop wood waste recycling from cradle to grave rather than sending to landfill. Marlin take all grades of non-hazardous wood waste and can provide an ethical wood waste tipping and disposal service at competitive rates.

  • Recycled wood includes: doors (without glass), trusses, floorboards, panels, timber, pallets, skids, wooden cases, crates, broken wood components and small quantities of hardboard or MDF.
  • Cost effective collections utilising our vehicle backload service.
  • Own collection capability using our own trailers (13.5m Artic Vehicles bulk collections) or skips (Roll on Roll Off skip service).
  • Own trailers can be supplied with rear mounted Moffetts to enable self-loading or discharge.
  • Facility to deliver wood waste to our site for disposal (Tipping Fees apply for Rigid, Skip or Artic/Draw Bar Vehicle).
  • Able to process with heavy ferrous contamination.
  • Annual packaging return data administration.
  • As an Accredited Packaging Waste Reprocessor Marlin Industries have the necessary Waste Carriers Licence, EA and Local Site Certificates for Recycling Wood.
  • Annual Duty of Care Certificate to cover what happens to your wood waste materials.
  • Waste Transfer Notes to cover individual material movements / tips.
  • Contamination charges apply for A and B Grade Contaminates.
  • In house processing capability.

We cannot take non-wood-based items such as plasterboard, glass, cling wrap, metals (except door hinges, handles, locks which can pick these up and segregate during the recycling process) and plastics. These items will need to be segregated and disposed of separately at your cost.

STEEL DRUM RECYCLING

We are able to recycle steel drums up to 3.2m flange size and can break drums down into manageable sizes to enable recycling.
Scrap recovery value is provided back to end user minus transportation costs to mitigate some of the initial purchase value.

CABLE RECYCLING

  • Requests sent from clients to collect any remnants and packaging
  • Advice of a storage / distribution requirement received via a customer packing list
  • Goods received and offloaded and placed into storage, all goods are receipted into Marlin SAP by drum number in the client warehouse & by cable type
  • Our customers call off specific product types & lengths from held stock lists.
  • Clients may also require a bespoke length cut from stock cut to required specification and repackaged
  • Distribution is arranged to the customers’ site requirement and delivery windows
  • Processes are fully auditable and reports can be produced for all activities
  • Advice of a storage / distribution requirement received via a customer packing list

CABLE RECYCLING – REPORTING AVAILABLE

  • Daily reuse stock profile.
  • Material recycled by item, by point of origin, by length, by value and by processing cost.
  • Reuse material delivered by item, by point of origin, by length, by value, by processing cost.
  • Yard Marshal activity report by point of origin, by status, by value.
  • Weekly activity reports and monthly dashboard.
  • Value by process category.
  • Cost of Marlin activity.
  • Weight of recycled material credited and held in stock.

CONTACT US

Office open weekdays

8am – 4pm


sales@marlinindustries.com



Marlin Industries Ltd
Wrexham (Head Office)
Tel: 01978 854854

Marlin Industries Scotland Ltd
Burnfoot, Hawick
Tel: 01450 376416

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