Waste Transfer & Recycling


Ahern operates a waste transfer and recycling facility in Thurrock. The site is equipped with weighbridges and accepts the range of non hazardous & hazardous wastes and recyclables listed below.

The recyclables and wastes we collect from our clients are sorted and bulked for onward transport to a network of reprocessors, recovery and disposal facilities

Our on site processing includes recovery via our Material Recovery Facility, cardboard, paper and plastic baling, a wood shredding operation, hardcore / concrete crushing and soils screening.

In addition we accept a range of hazardous wastes, refrigerators/freezers, fluorescent tubes, gas cylinders and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).

Our Thurrock facility is situated close to Junction 30, M25 within easy access of both the motorway network and A13.

Acceptable Waste Types

  • Asbestos (fibrous & bonded)
  • Bagged Canteen Waste
  • Motor Vehicle & other batteries
  • Builders/Construction Waste
  • Carpet
  • Fluorescent Tubes
  • Fridges and Freezers
  • Gas Cylinders
  • Household Waste
  • Waste Electrical & Electronic Wastes (WEEE)
  • Cardboard
  • Commercial Waste
  • Food/Organic Waste
  • Hardcore or Soil
  • Furniture
  • Garden Waste
  • Metals
  • Mixed Recyclables
  • Packaging Waste
  • Plasterboard
  • Plastics
  • Soil/Hardcore
  • Textiles
  • Tyres
  • Wood (all grades)
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