Brewster Brothers

Scottish companies Kenoteq and Brewster Brothers are collaborating on reducing both waste and carbon emissions at the start of National Recycling Week (Oct 14th-20th 2024). Brewster Brothers operates two state-of-the-art recycling plants in Central Scotland, recycling construction, demolition a

Scott Brewster, managing director of Brewster Brothers, explains how important it is to include the carbon footprint of the materials we use in the construction of our built environment, as well as the carbon footprint of its operational life. Almost 20 years after the first Scottish Government repo

A company that’s already recycled more than a million tonnes of construction waste from landfill has opened a second plant. Brewster Brothers’ wash plants transform 100% of the excavated soils and rubble they process from the construction industry into high-value aggregates for reuse.

Recycling firm Brewster Brothers has strengthened its team by appointing Andy Dunn as commercial manager as the company nears a record aggregate recycling figure. Andy will work at the heart of the Livingston-based company’s commercial activities, driving revenue growth, and promoting long-las

Brewster Brothers, a company that recycles the byproducts from the construction, demolition and excavation industries, has won this year’s VIBES Circular Scotland award. The awards are a partnership between the Scottish Government, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, the Energy Saving

Sustainable resource management specialist Brewster Brothers has become the first in the UK to achieve an Environmental Product Declaration for its recycled aggregates. The intention of such declarations (EPDs) is to be able to report and compare independently verified data about the environmental p

Scottish recycling firm Brewster Brothers is set to boost its construction waste recycling capacity with the opening of a second, £6 million plant near Cumbernauld. The new site is part of a £7m expansion scheme and is projected to recycle an additional 300,000 tonnes of construction, de

Brewster Brothers managing director Scott Brewster calls for help from the finance sector to make construction's sustainability aspirations a reality. Over the past few years, the construction industry has taken great strides to embrace sustainable practices. But faced with rising fuel costs, inflat

New evidence of the growing confidence in recycled aggregates has been put forward by resource management company Brewster Brothers.

Last week saw the closure of the Scottish Government’s consultation on a Scottish Aggregates Levy. Scott Brewster of Brewster Brothers outlines why he believes the Levy should provide a springboard for the resource management sector. One of the aims of the Scottish Government’s prop

Scott Brewster reveals why Brewster Brothers has switched back to diesel to fuel its fleet just eight months after making the transition to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO). The decision to switch to green sustainable fuels should be an easy one. Certainly, for our organisation, a sustainable r

The Materials Processing Institute is leading a major £6.5 million project to develop the world’s first zero emission cement on an industrial scale. The Cement 2 Zero project will focus on the technical and commercial aspects of this breakthrough development, which will bolster green ste

Livingston-based construction waste management and recycled aggregates company Brewster Brothers is asking for a simple change to all construction tenders that it said could result in a drop of 32% of waste in landfill while saving valuable, carbon-storing soil from ending up in these sites.&nb

With government help, the construction industry can do a lot more to prevent tonnes of waste from going to landfill, argues Brewster Bros MD Scott Brewster. With COP26 into its second week, sustainability and net zero remain high on everyone’s agenda. However, long before the UN’s climat

Livingston-based construction waste management and recycled aggregates company Brewster Bros has been named a winner at the Scottish Environment Business Awards for its work in recycling construction, excavation and demolition waste. Working with the construction sector since 2018, Brewster Bros has