Waste brokerage done right

After 12 years serving the waste industry as one of its leading waste brokers Clearpoint Recycling knows a thing or two about maximising commercial value from a wide variety of waste streams. With the promise of transparency at every point , the Clearpoint way is the only way for waste producers to know material is being recycled safely and compliantly to ensure all stakeholders meet their legal and environmental obligations.

Clearpoint Recycling was founded in 2012 by William Lee, at that point an 8 year veteran of waste brokerage with a simple mission of doing it right. With the regulatory frameworks tightening and export challenges closing in with the Chinese National Sword and Brexit it was clear to Will that the ‘wild west’ approach of many of his contemporaries was short sighted and short lived. From day one investment in process and systems were central to the operations of Clearpoint Recycling, an approach which remains to this day. With much of the load management, compliance, import/export and finance functions fully automated by one of the most advanced systems in the space. Clearpoint Recycling is capable of operating efficiently at scale with massive capacity headroom.

Their innovative approach includes leveraging technology to streamline processes, ensuring minimal errors and maximum efficiency. Clearpoint's dedication to continuous improvement and investment in cutting-edge solutions sets them apart in the industry.

The benefits this delivers to all stakeholders are significant, especially when much of the material brokerage market is managed by small owner-operators with limited market reach, limited resources and limited capital. What should be a more cost effective solution for offtake often costs suppliers and customers more due to inefficient systems, errors and minimal customer service resources.

Will’s commitment to providing a better solution to each of these issues sits at the heart of Clearpoint Recycling and why they are confident that this is Waste Brokerage Done Right.

When it comes to market reach, Clearpoint’s position in the industry is unrivalled and set to significantly increase with the opening of its European Sales Office in Quarter 1 2025. This continues a strategy of sourcing locally, selling globally and supporting centrally, the foundations of the business. Given the nature of waste management and material processing understanding the output of any business is critical and is something that cannot be achieved remotely. This is why Clearpoint Recycling invests in a dedicated UK based team of product procurement specialists. These boots on the ground provide almost total local market coverage with Clearpoint Recycling with unrivalled access to a massive volume of material in need of a home.

This is where the European Sales Office fits in under the banner ‘sell globally’. Once the work has been done by the local procurement team to gain a high level of understanding of the material and the business producing. The Clearpoint Recycling Sales Team can effectively market that material globally offering unrivalled market reach into the worldwide recycling infrastructure. Leveraging a continued investment in technology, in this case the online material marketplace, dubbed ‘the Rightmove of waste sales’ to put opportunities in front of verified and active buyers.

But this isn’t a fire and forget brokerage, the nature of waste management means that risk management is as important as commercial value. In fact the two go hand in hand. Once commercial terms are reached the customer service and compliance team is on hand to manage every step of the material’s journey. Creating the most cost effective route to market the team will often employ tools like Pre-Informed Consent as a way of ensuring material reaches the end user with all the legal safeguards needed to satisfy the regulator and contract stakeholders such as local authorities and government.

Clearpoint Recycling believes the future of recycling lies in the principles of global circularity. This belief is supported with the continued efforts of the sales and procurement teams in not just working with upstream suppliers for the offtake of waste but also working with processors to find markets for processed material right down to end of waste status and the production of new products.

Given the scale of the challenge and the nature of markets this can only be achieved with a global approach, one that few brokers can offer. Scale, speed, efficiency are all watch words within the waste industry and this is no different in the waste brokerage sector. Brokerage that isn’t done quickly, transparently and for the benefit of all parties is not waste brokerage done right!

For more information about Clearpoint Recycling and how you can benefit from their waste sales, procurement and logistics expertise, visit the website at: www.clearpointrecycling.co.uk or use WhatsApp +44 (0)7457 406637.

The Recycling Marketplace is a free to access resource with over 500 live listings for sales of scrap materials and recycled products. The link for the marketplace is: https://clearpointrecycling.co.uk/recycling-marketplace