Waste, Recycling, and Utilities
Ensuring a Smooth Flow with Flexible Solutions
The waste, recycling, and utilities industries are increasingly impacted by climate change, such as extreme weather, and the storm season, leading to heightened flooding risks.
These sectors also cope with regulatory compliance, managing their carbon footprint, pollution control, and a shortage of skilled workforce. Our solutions provide the flexibility for organisations to adapt to these challenges, ensuring continuous operation and resilience against adverse conditions.
Enhancing the UK’s Drainage and Sewerage System: Why It Matters and How We Can Help
View Case StudyAchieving Operational Efficiency
Despite all these challenges continuously impact to the waste, recycling and utilities industries, Dawsongroup provides peace of mind with comprehensive support.
This includes affordable access to innovative assets compliant with current regulatory standards. Our commitment ensures maximum asset uptime, effectively meeting diverse operational needs.
92% 24-hour Fix Rate
24/7 Nationwide Support
4 Service Depots
28 Field Service Engineers
19 Workshop Engineers
2.4% Downtime Percentage
9 Customer Satisfaction Score
90% Fleet Utilisation Percentage
198 Days of Operator Training
OUR WASTE, RECYCLING, AND UTILITIES FLEET
Whale Vacuum Tanker 26T (Volvo Electric)
Whale is one of the largest manufacturers of liquid waste vacuum tankers and jetting equipment in Europe. The Vacuum Tanker’s design is optimised with the benefit of over 45 years’ experience, giving it the lightest weight with the longest life due to its exceptional quality. Now, it’s even more sustainable and efficient with the Volvo FMX Electric chassis.
Dennis Eagle Olympus Mini 8
The Olympus Mini 8 is the ideal machine for domestic and organic waste, as well as recycling materials. It’s compact in size and therefore makes it ideal for restricted access areas, narrow streets and city centres where manoeuvrability is paramount. With a lifting capacity of 500Kg and a compaction ratio of 6:1, makes the Olympus Mini capable of dealing with the most demanding waste collection operations.
BOUGHTON HOOK LOADER 32T
The Boughton Hook Loader is the ideal vehicle for the waste and recycling industries, used for transporting large skip bins from locations producing waste, such as construction sites and industrial estates.
Immediate Support and Operator Training for Innovations
To help customers stay up to date with the latest technology, our comprehensive service package includes key operator training.
This ensures thorough knowledge of assets, efficient utilization, compliance, and adaptability to evolving environmental regulations and economic uncertainty.
Road Investment Strategy 3: A New Direction for UK Roads
Understanding Road Investment Strategy 3 Road Investment Strategy 3 (RIS3) is the UK Government’s third long term framework for managing and funding England’s Strategic Road Network (SRN). It covers the period from 2026 to 2031 and is developed under the Infrastructure Act 2015. RIS3 sets out how the Government, through the Department for Transport and […]
AMP8 and the Future of the UK’s drainage and sewerage system in 2026
Why the Water System Is Under Strain – The Challenge At the heart of the challenge is a combined sewer network. In most of England and Wales there is a system conveying both wastewater (from homes and businesses) and surface water (from roads and roofs) together. When rainfall exceeds capacity, regulators permit storm overflows (also […]
Adding Electrification to your Sweeper Fleet
Looking to improve your ESG and make your fleet more eco-friendly? We are helping councils and businesses go green with our range of sustainable vehicles that produce the same level of output but with zero emissions. Battery powered road sweepers were what our customer wanted in their strive to move to be carbon neutral and […]
Dawsongroup’s New Owner Growth Strategy And Fleet Transition
Dawsongroup (the ”Group”), a leading independent asset leasing business which provides a diverse range of business-critical solutions, and KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announce that KKR has entered into a binding agreement with the shareholders of Dawsongroup to acquire the Group. The acquisition will be made as part of KKR’s Global Climate strategy, […]


