Wheal Jane Waste & Recycling

06/03/2026

We’re pleased to announce that our latest crushing campaign at Wheal Jane Waste & Recycling has now been successfully completed.

We now have a limited stock of high-quality recycled aggregates available for collection or delivery. Our aggregates provide a sustainable, cost-effective solution for a wide range of projects — from construction and groundwork to landscaping and site improvements.
Choosing recycled materials means reliable performance while supporting environmentally responsible waste management and reducing the demand for primary raw materials. 🌍

📞 Contact us today for availability, pricing, or to arrange delivery.
Phone: 01872 560200
Email: [email protected]

Let’s build sustainably, together.

27/02/2026

At Wheal Jane Waste & Recycling, we supply a wide range of high-quality recycled aggregates suitable for construction, groundwork, drainage and landscaping projects across Cornwall and the South West.

Our aggregates are processed to deliver reliable outstanding performance, consistent grading and excellent value, helping customers meet specification requirements while supporting sustainable construction practices.

Our Recycled Aggregate Range

6F5 Recycled Aggregate
A versatile, cost-effective material commonly used for capping layers, sub-bases and general fill. Our 6F5 aggregate provides a strong, stable foundation for a wide range of construction applications.

803 Recycled Aggregate
Ideal for road construction, driveways and hardstandings. Our 803 aggregate compacts well to form a durable and long-lasting surface, and performs better than Virgin quarry waste.

2–3 Inch Clean Aggregate
A clean aggregate suitable for drainage and specialist construction uses where reduced fines and consistent sizing are essential.

4–6 Inch Clean Aggregate
A larger clean stone commonly used for drainage layers, bulk fill, erosion control and heavy-duty applications requiring improved water flow and stability.

Sustainable, Reliable Supply

All our recycled aggregates are produced through carefully controlled processing to ensure consistent quality and dependable availability. By choosing Wheal Jane Waste & Recycling, you are supporting environmentally responsible waste recovery while receiving materials you can rely on.

Reliable Aggregate Delivery

Wheal Jane Waste & Recycling offers a dependable delivery service for all our recycled aggregates, ensuring materials arrive on site when you need them. Our flexible delivery options help keep projects moving efficiently, whether supplying small loads or larger volumes across Cornwall and the surrounding areas.

Contact us today to discuss your aggregate requirements and find the right solution for your project.

Phone: 01872 560200

Email: [email protected]

13/02/2026

Rogue waste operators continue to undermine the waste industry by accepting loads without proper checks or analysis.

This “no questions asked” approach may appear convenient, but it exposes everyone in the supply chain to significant legal and environmental risk.

At Wheal Jane Waste and Recycling, loads are refused where adequate analysis is not provided or where historical land use indicates a heightened risk of contamination. This stance is deliberate, lawful, and unavoidable. This is not obstruction—it is compliance.

Under waste regulations, responsibility sits firmly with the producer of the waste. It is their legal duty to ensure the waste is correctly classified, tested where required, and delivered to a suitably permitted facility. Responsibility does not disappear because another operator is willing to “take it anyway.”

When waste is rejected, it is a signal that due diligence has not been met. Operators who ignore these obligations may appear accommodating, but they expose everyone involved — producers, carriers, and sites — to enforcement action, environmental damage, and long-term reputational harm.

Find the Full Article Here:

The waste industry relies on transparency, traceability, and compliance. Yet too often, these fundamentals are undermined by rogue operators who accept waste without proper questioning, analysis, or verification. This practice may appear convenient, but it directly contradicts the intent of waste re...

06/02/2026

Certified Topsoil Available at Wheal Jane Waste & Recycling

At Wheal Jane Waste & Recycling, we supply high-quality BS3882:2015 certified topsoil suitable for a wide range of landscaping, construction, and environmental projects. Our topsoil is carefully processed and tested to meet recognised industry standards, giving customers confidence in its performance, safety, and consistency.

Whether you’re a homeowner improving your garden, a landscaper working on a commercial project, or a contractor needing reliable materials, our certified topsoil provides a dependable foundation for healthy growth and long-lasting results.

Uses and Importance of Certified Topsoil

Certified topsoil is a versatile material used in landscaping, construction, and environmental projects. It is ideal for lawns, garden borders, raised beds, and planting areas, as well as for turfing and seeding where healthy grass growth is essential. In construction and development, certified topsoil is commonly used for soft landscaping, site restoration, and creating green spaces after building work is completed.

It also plays an important role in environmental and land restoration projects, where consistent quality and low contamination levels help support plant establishment and long-term land regeneration. Using certified topsoil improves soil structure, encourages strong root development, and provides a reliable growing medium for sustainable land use.

Delivery Availability

We offer flexible delivery options to suit projects of all sizes. Certified topsoil can be delivered in bulk quantities directly to your site, helping you save time and streamline your project.

Available for local and regional delivery

Suitable for small domestic projects and large commercial works

Reliable scheduling to meet project deadlines

Contact us today to learn more about our certified topsoil or to arrange supply and delivery for your next project.

Phone: 01872 560200

Email: [email protected]

30/01/2026

Investing in Product Quality

Wheal Jane is pleased to announce the acquisition of a new McCloskey R230 screener supplied by ioPlantLtd. This allows us to enhance our processing capabilities and the quality of our aggregate products.

The McCloskey R230 delivers highly accurate screening, producing cleaner aggregates with more consistent sizing. Improved removal of unwanted fines results in materials that meet specification requirements more reliably and perform better across a wide range of applications.

This investment reinforces Wheal Jane’s commitment to modern, high-performance equipment and to supplying consistently high-quality materials for our customers.

If you are interested in any of our products or services please contact us on.

Phone – 01872 560200

Email – [email protected]

23/01/2026

Recycled aggregates, sustainability and a lesson Cornwall already learned

Recycled aggregates are increasingly promoted as a sustainable solution in construction. Recycling matters, and lower-carbon materials are essential. However, in Cornwall, geology cannot be treated as neutral.

Even where recycled aggregates are washed, the underlying risk may remain unchanged. Washing can remove surface fines and loose contaminants, but it does not remove sulphide minerals contained within the aggregate itself. In a sulphide-rich metalliferous mining district, those minerals can remain dormant for years before oxidation leads to expansion, cracking and long-term concrete deterioration.

Cornwall’s mundic crisis demonstrated the consequences of underestimating aggregate geology. Thousands of properties were affected, not because standards were ignored, but because long-term mineral behaviour was not fully understood.

As recycled aggregates are increasingly considered for cement and concrete products, this raises an important question:
are we fully accounting for Cornwall’s unique geological context, or risk repeating past mistakes under the banner of sustainability?

Which is precisely why responsible suppliers of recycled aggregates must be selective about end use.

At Wheal Jane Waste and Recycling, recycled aggregates are supplied into applications where their performance characteristics are appropriate and well understood and deliberately kept out of structural concrete products, where even low-level sulphide contamination could pose long-term durability risks.

👉 Read the full article on our website:

Recycled aggregates cut carbon, but in Cornwall sulphide-rich geology poses risks. Are we repeating the mundic crisis under the banner of sustainability?

16/01/2026

As the new year gets underway. We are pleased to share that our new Wheal Jane lorry, in partnership with Westfield Transport, is already hard at work supporting customers across Cornwall with reliable delivery of high-quality aggregate.

The addition of this vehicle strengthens our in-house haulage capabilities, allowing us to extend our muck away services as well as helping us deliver recycled aggregates efficiently whilst maintaining the high standards our customers expect.

If you would like to find out more about our muck away services or our range of aggregates and soils and what we can offer, please get in touch and a member of the team will be happy to help.

Phone: 01872 560200
Email: [email protected]

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17/12/2025

At Wheal Jane, we are committed to providing our customers with the highest standards of products and services. For some time, however, one vital element has been missing from our operations — our own dedicated haulage service.
We are therefore pleased to announce that from 2026, working in partnership with Westfield Transport, Wheal Jane will be introducing in-house haulage as part of our expanding fleet. This development enables us to offer reliable, efficient delivery services directly to our customers, beginning with the addition of our own 8-wheeled lorry. We also have plans to further expand our haulage fleet throughout 2026.
If you require muckaway or aggregate services, please do not hesitate to contact us:
Phone: 01872 560200
Email: [email protected]
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28/11/2025

Big changes are coming to Wheal Jane in 2026
an exciting new development set to transform our waste and recycling future. Stay tuned.

03/11/2025

❄️As the temperatures change, so do our prices.

From now until the 19th of December, our free tipping for clean concrete and stone, as well as our £4 per tonne rate for high stone content subsoil will continue exclusively for our account customers.

Also for this limited time, our stocks of certified 803, 6F5, 2-3 inch and 4-6 inch clean recycled aggregate is available to all for just £7.50 per tonne (excluding works).

So be sure to take advantage of these amazing prices before they disappear.

📞 (01872 560200) Call us now to get your quote.

📧 ([email protected]) Email our team for availability and pricing.

Wheal Jane Waste & Recycling – Your Local Supplier of Certified, Sustainable Aggregate in Cornwall.

31/10/2025

The importance of responsible recycling and aggregate recovery

When your skips are collected or your waste leaves a construction site, do you know where it’s actually going?

A recent BBC investigation has raised serious questions about what really happens to waste once it’s out of sight — revealing that not all materials are handled, processed, or recycled as responsibly as many assume.
Read More Here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gv77818myo

🚨The tricky part? Some waste companies look legit but aren’t.

Uniforms, slick websites, branded trucks — none of that guarantees compliance.
Here’s what can go wrong:
❌ Unlicensed or wrongly licensed carriers
❌ Mixed collections instead of proper recycling
❌ Missing or fake waste transfer notes
❌ Accepting waste which others have rejected
❌ Illegal dumping (“fly-tipping”)
❌ False claims about where your waste ends up

These red flags could leave you liable — even if you hired them in good faith.

🗣 Ask questions. Demand proof.

Before you choose a waste partner, ask:

-Can you show me where my waste goes?

-Is it being processed at a permitted facility?

-What percentage of materials are genuinely recycled or reused?

If a company can’t answer those questions clearly, it’s time to reconsider who you trust with your waste.

🧱 Building a sustainable future, one load at a time

At Wheal Jane Waste & Recycling, we believe every business should be able to trace its waste, from source to recovery. Transparency and accountability aren’t just good practice — they’re essential for protecting our environment, our communities, and the reputation of the construction industry.

Let’s work together to make responsible recycling the standard, not the exception.

📞 Contact our team today to discuss waste management or our aggregate supply.