Enviroclean

Enviroclean has 25 years’ experience delivering specialist waste management and industrial services advice to domestic, commercial, and industrial customers throughout the UK. Operations Manager Mark Donaghy highlighted the company’s operations and steady expansion, in discussion with Phil Nicholls.

Scottish waste management company

Enviroclean is enjoying a period of steady growth with its broad portfolio of cleaning services. Enviroclean’s fleet of specialist vehicles service all of the UK, with a focus on Scotland and the north of England.

“We have won a four-year contract with an extended additional four years,” explained Operations Manager Mark Donaghy, “for all sludge tankering movements in Scotland for the local authorities, and have invested over £8 million on new trucks and trailers.”

Enviroclean was the brainchild of Jim McLuskey and founded in 1997 as an industrial drain cleaning company. The company steadily expanded with repeat business and a growing team of professional engineers. Today, Enviroclean deploys a fleet of over 120 vehicles and more than 160 staff to deal with any waste management or industrial cleaning job.

“We operate from our main office in East Kilbride, just outside Glasgow,” Mr Donaghy said, “which we have expanded over the years to accommodate the growing fleet of innovative plant and equipment.”

A neat fleet

It is this growing fleet of distinctive green and yellow trucks that underpins the extensive range of services offered by Enviroclean. For industrial customers, Enviroclean’s services include vacuum excavation using RSP ESE 6 Vacuum Excavators manufactured in Germany, vehicles that are widely recognised as being cutting-edge technology.

Enviroclean operates a fleet of 20, eightwheeled tippers and two articulated tippers capable of carrying up to 30 tons of material. All new tippers delivered since September 2015 are FORS compliant, to meet the growing demand for safer HGVs on British roads. Enviroclean is the first

Scottish company to achieve this accolade. Indeed, Enviroclean recently won the award Scotland’s Top Road Safety Operator 2023, organised by Transport News.

The incredible Enviroclean fleet is rounded off with unusual vehicles such as a 22 metre Hitachi Super Long Front excavator, an allterrain Trac Vac and the CD Enviro D-Max mobile grit and screenings separation unit.

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drain cleaning and unblocking, drainage repairs and pipe lining. Enviroclean also provides CCTV surveys for pipes with diameters from 50mm up to 2.5 metres.

Sustainable projects

Alongside this impressive portfolio of industrial services, Enviroclean also offers a selection of cleaning services to domestic customers. The company has been desludging septic tanks since its very first day of business in 1997. Additional services include

To choose a single project to highlight from Enviroclean’s substantial workload is not easy, but Mr Donaghy selected a personal favourite: “We have been carrying out cleaning works at Grangemouth, working on SBR tanks which has amounted to a project worth over £1 million. This extensive contract includes PLANT DISAB Q20, D-Max screening / treatment plant, Muller water jetting recyclers, Whale and RTN

6000-gallon tankers and ERT teams, all working together.”

Enviroclean enjoys ‘continual and consistent’ growth in its position as the biggest industrial drain cleaning company in Scotland and one of the largest employers in the area. This growth trajectory continues with a new four-year contract for all sludge tankering movements in Scotland. This project alone led to Enviroclean investing over £5 million on new trucks and trailers with more investment for 2023 /2024 already underway.

The latest investment is part of Enviroclean’s rolling project to operate sustainably by rejuvenating its fleet of

vehicles. All of the company’s new trucks have Euro 6 engines and Enviroclean is also exploring the options for upgrading the vans in the fleet, notably the potential to switch to electric vehicles.

Alongside these fleet upgrades, Enviroclean also has a broader programme to increase sustainability across the business. For example, investment in the in-house screening plants has improved the efficiency of treatments of all grit and

rags from sewage treatment works with a lower carbon / CO2 footprint on vehicle movement across the country.

Cornerstones of service

It is this innovative plant and equipment that helps set Enviroclean apart from the competition. By investing in the best machines avail able, the company delivers a first-class service to clients. This investment programme runs alongside extensive Health and safety training for all employees to ensure the best possible outcome for the client.

To deliver services to this required standard, Enviroclean draws from suppliers across the UK and Europe. Enviroclean takes particular care to pay small business suppliers promptly, in appreciation of the importance of cash-flow to these smaller operations. In this way, the company builds up the strong relationships with suppliers that are so necessary for a successful business.

Health, Safety, the Environment and Quality are the four cornerstones of Enviroclean’s business. These principles provide the solid foundation for the company’s business philosophy and keep it as the first choice for customers.

As part of its robust fleet renewable programme, Enviroclean felt the impact of recent disruptions to the global supply chain. “The issue we have is with the supply of new trucks,” Mr Donaghy explained.

“There has been a backlog on all new orders. We were quite fortunate because we invested in the fleet before Covid, to acquire as many vehicles as possible and stay ahead of the competition.”

Additional issues include equipment price increases across the board. Yet, despite these assorted challenges, Enviroclean remains optimistic and committed to its plans for growth. The company feels the responsibility of being a major employer in the area, so is committed to continued employment and training for its knowledgeable team.

The existing Enviroclean fleet of vehicles and machinery gives the company an edge when tendering for new contracts. Not only is Enviroclean equipped for a broad range of services, but the company also has the expertise and depth to chase the larger contracts available in the market.

“I have been in the industrial drain cleaning business for 30 years with different companies,” concluded Mr Donaghy, “but with

Enviroclean I have watched the company grow for the last 16 years. This is a business model which Jim continues to grow, along w ith the management team and all the operational staff.

“I always enjoy the various jobs we undertake, especially assessing the works for the clients, to ensure all elements of the task are covered for the health and safety elements and the client receives the correct machines to carry out the contract. Enviroclean invests in different machines which makes the work easier on the operators and the company is fully committed to safety.” n