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New UK waste and water sites: October 2026

23 cards in October 2026, against 11 in September 2026. The most were in North West (5). The largest single step: 250,000 tonnes a year, a company in North West.

Cards in October 2026
23
tonnes a year added, where stated
1.03m
Regions with activity
9

Last updated 6 November 2026. To quote a figure: “CapexRadar, capexradar.uk/waste-and-water/2026-10, 6 November 2026”.

See the cards on StanfellStanfell is where suppliers read the cards, with the company and how to reach it. Try it with a work email.
  • Scotland0
  • Northern Ireland0
  • North East1
  • North West5
  • Yorkshire and the Humber4
  • Wales0
  • West Midlands2
  • East Midlands1
  • East of England4
  • South West1
  • London3
  • South East2
By region, October 202623 in all

By region

RegionCardsShare
Scotland0
Northern Ireland0
North East1
North West5
Yorkshire and the Humber4
Wales0
West Midlands2
East Midlands1
East of England4
South West1
London3
South East2

A region comes from the postcode of the site or centre. Where the record has none, the card is counted as not placed rather than guessed.

By month

A month gets its own page once it holds 5 or more cards.

Companies are named here a month after their card is published; the first in this sector appear on 21 October 2026.

How this page counts

What is counted
A new environmental permit, or a variation that raises capacity or adds materials or operations, at a waste, recycling, anaerobic digestion or water treatment site.
What is left out
Surrenders, transfers, administrative variations and consultations that change nothing on site.

Why it matters to a supplier

  • A permit that adds a material or a process is close to a specification for the plant that has to be bought: shredders, balers, treatment stages, monitoring.
  • Most of these changes need no building work, so they never show up in construction statistics.
  • New permits come with duties to monitor, report and protect against fire, each of which is bought from someone.

Questions

Why is tonnage missing on some sites?
Because the record does not always state it, and the engine never guesses. Where a change in capacity is stated, it is counted; where it is not, the site is still listed.
Does this include water company programmes?
Only where a specific site's permit changes. Framework programmes let to a handful of contractors are not what this page is for.

The cards behind these numbers

On Stanfell, every card in this sector carries the figure, the date, the company behind it and a reading for your trade, the day it is published.

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