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Transwaste

Recycling, waste-derived fuels and aggregates for Hull and East Yorkshire

  • Melton, East Yorkshire
  • Established 2002
  • Yorkshire & Humber
  • Joining the group
People
134
Vehicles
50
Permitted capacity
771k t/yr
Operating sites
1
Customers
—
Service area
6,500 km²

Transwaste is a family-founded recycling and waste-to-fuel business on the Humber — its Melton Waste Park sorts skip, commercial and council waste, turns residues into SRF and RDF fuels, and sells aggregates, biomass and rock salt.

Founded in 2002 by brothers Paul and Mark Hornshaw, Transwaste operates Melton Waste Park just west of Hull — one of the most heavily permitted single sites in the region, with capacity for 771,250 tonnes a year across recycling, fuel production, inert crushing, wood and green-waste processing.

Waste from skips, businesses and councils is sorted at its materials recycling facility; what cannot be recycled becomes solid recovered fuel for cement kilns or refuse-derived fuel for energy-from-waste, baled and exported through the Port of Hull. Inert material becomes recycled aggregate, wood becomes biomass chip, and on-site wind turbines help power the park.

Transwaste adds a Yorkshire & Humber cluster to the group, a long-term public-sector anchor contract and in-house fuel generation — taking the group’s permitted capacity past two million tonnes a year.

Key facts

  • Melton Waste Park is permitted for 771,250 tonnes a year
  • Designed to recycle up to 97% of the waste it receives — with a zero-landfill commitment
  • SRF and RDF fuels for cement kilns and energy-from-waste, exported through the Port of Hull
  • On-site wind turbines help power the waste park
  • 10-year residual-waste contract with North Lincolnshire Council (renewed 2023)
  • Yorkshire’s Overall Fastest Growing Business (Fastest 50, 2014)

Milestones

  1. 2002Founded by brothers Paul and Mark Hornshaw
  2. 2014Named Yorkshire’s Overall Fastest Growing Business
  3. 2016Wind turbines installed at Melton Waste Park
  4. 2018Residual-waste treatment contract with North Lincolnshire Council
  5. 2023Council contract renewed for ten years
  6. 2026Melton permit varied to 771,250 tonnes a year

Sites & coverage

  • Melton Waste Park Gibson Lane (South), Melton, North Ferriby, East Yorkshire, HU14 3HH MRF, SRF/RDF production, aggregates, wood & green-waste processing
  • Hull, the East Riding of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire; fuel exports via the Port of Hull