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LW Skips

Skip hire, waste transfer and recycling for Staffordshire and the West Midlands

  • Cannock, Staffordshire
  • Established 1982
  • East & Midlands
  • In the group since 2026
People
19
Vehicles
8
Permitted capacity
52k t/yr
Operating sites
1
Customers
200
Service area
3,400 km²

LW Skips is Staffordshire’s long-established skip hire and recycling business, running its own skip and RoRo fleet and a freehold, permitted waste transfer station at Cannock Wood.

For more than four decades LW Skips has served households, trades, builders and businesses around Cannock, Lichfield, Rugeley and Burntwood. Waste comes back to its own Environment Agency-permitted transfer station, where it is tipped, segregated and sent on for recovery — wood, metals, plasterboard, inert material, cardboard and glass.

The yard is freehold, licensed since 1994 and permitted for 51,850 tonnes a year — well above today’s throughput, giving the group room to grow volumes without a new permit. Loading shovels, a shredder, a trommel and grab equipment support on-site processing.

LW joined the group through Anglian in 2026, sharing back office, systems and commercial capability. It gives the group a West Midlands foothold and a route to Anglian’s specialist services for Staffordshire customers.

Key facts

  • Trading since 1982 — it started with one truck and five skips
  • Freehold, Environment Agency-permitted transfer station licensed since 1994
  • Permitted for 51,850 tonnes a year, with significant headroom to grow
  • Same-day skip delivery when booked before midday
  • Rebranded as LW Recycling in 2026, with new livery and online booking

Milestones

  1. 1982Len Wallace starts L W Skip Hire with one truck and five skips
  2. 1994Waste management licence granted for the Cannock Wood transfer station
  3. 1998Commercial wheelie-bin round established
  4. 2013Weighbridge installed
  5. 2018Waste shredder added to on-site processing
  6. 2026Joins Anglian and the AcqWaste group; relaunched as LW Recycling

Sites & coverage

  • Cannock Wood yard & transfer station Unit 14, Cannock Wood Industrial Estate, Cannock Wood Street, Cannock, Staffordshire, WS12 0PL Waste transfer station, MRF segregation, skip & RoRo depot
  • Cannock, Lichfield, Rugeley, Burntwood, Walsall and the wider Staffordshire & Birmingham area