Waste management for homes, businesses & local authorities · Scotland

From one skip tofull waste management.

Whether you're clearing a garage or running forty depots, Dow handles it. Skips, wheelie bins, RoRos, compactors and fully managed waste contracts, for homeowners, builders, businesses and councils across Scotland. We collect it, sort it, and turn most of it into something useful. Too good to waste.

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What do you need?

Next-day delivery on 24 hours' notice. If it's going on the road, we'll sort the council permit too.

40+ yearsFamily owned, Cumbernauld basedWaste management since 2003. Now one of the biggest in Scotland, still run by the Dow family.

Next dayDelivery across Central ScotlandOrder by 6pm, it's on your drive tomorrow. Six skip sizes, five bin sizes, RoRos and compactors.

Every loadSorted before it goes anywhereMetals, wood, plastics, card, inert and organics, each recovered on its own line.

For your home

Pick a size. Pick a day.
We'll do the rest.

Clearing a garage or gutting a kitchen, there's a Dow skip for it. Every size comes with the same driver, the same day-before text and the same promise: what goes in gets sorted.

Dow skips lined up in the Cumbernauld yard

Our yard, Cumbernauld

Skips, 4 to 16 cubic yards

iSkip going on a public road? You'll need a council permit. Tell us at booking and we'll arrange it, lights and covers included.

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Book your waste solution.
Six taps, done.

Live pricing, next-day delivery, permits handled. Change your mind at any step, nothing's locked until you pay.

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4Delivery

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What are we bringing?

Skips for one-off clear-outs and building work. Wheelie bins for ongoing weekly collections. Or both, on the same booking.

Which size?

Not sure? A bathroom refit is usually an 8. A whole house is a 12 or 16. Bin bag counts are a rough guide.

Skip size

Wheelie bin size & quantity

How long do you need it?

Fourteen days is included with every skip. Need it longer? Just pick it here, or call us later and we'll extend it.

Skip hire period

Bin collections

The skip will sit on a public roadWe'll apply for the council permit and supply lights and covers. Allow up to 10 working days.

When do you want it?

Next-day delivery on orders before 6pm. We deliver Monday to Saturday morning. Tell us where to leave it and we'll text the driver's ETA.

Preferred delivery date

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Where should the driver put it?

Here's the cost.

One price. Delivery, collection, sorting and disposal all in. No weight surcharges on standard household waste.

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Confirmation is on its way by email and text. The driver will message an ETA on the morning of delivery. Need to change anything? Call 01236 730 730.

How we sortScroll to follow a load

0%diverted from landfill

Responsible and comprehensive recycling

What lands with us
doesn't stay like this.

Every load arrives mixed. Rubble on plasterboard on last week's cardboard. Keep scrolling. This is what happens next.

Step oneBreak it down

We pull it apart.

Picking lines, magnets, screens and air knives split the pile into what it's actually made of. By hand where it matters, by machine where it's faster.

Step twoSix streams

Six streams.
Six destinations.

Metals, wood, plastics, card, inert and organics each go their own way. Nothing gets a free pass to landfill.

Step threeBack to work

Recycled. Reused.
Or turned into power.

Metals and card go back into manufacturing. Inert becomes aggregate. What can't be recycled goes to energy recovery and comes back as electricity for Scottish homes.

Our commitment

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For business & public sector

Big sites. Big volumes.
One number to call.

From a single skip on a shop refit to a managed contract across forty sites, Dow supplies the containers, the collections and the paperwork. One account manager. One invoice. No surprises.

ConstructionManufacturingRetailHospitalityHousing associationsLocal authoritiesFacilities managementEducationHealthcare

Contracted waste management

Put the whole lot on one agreement.

Retendering your waste? We'll audit every site, right-size the containers, set the schedule and report the numbers monthly. You stop thinking about bins. We don't.

Talk about a contract

Kristina FosterOffice Manager. Your first call, and usually your last, because it gets sorted.

✓Site audit and waste mapping, every location
✓Right-sized containers and a collection schedule that fits
✓Duty of care, consignment notes and compliance handled
✓Monthly diversion, tonnage and cost reporting
✓One account manager who knows your sites
✓Scales up as you do, with no re-tender

The waste journey

From your site
to the grid.

One loop, sixteen streams. Your waste comes to our materials recovery facility in Cumbernauld, gets split into everything it's made of, and what can't be recycled leaves as fuel for Scottish homes.

Collected by DowSorted at the MRFResidual to energy recovery

Our commitment

We're a waste company that would rather not waste anything. Every tonne we handle is sorted. Every recyclable stream is recovered. What's left becomes electricity for Scottish homes. Landfill is our last resort, not our business model.

0%Diverted from landfillOur recycling target on every load we handle.

0%Of aggregates recycledCrushed, screened and back into the ground as new material.

1000sOf tonnes to energy recoveryShipped every year and returned as power for Scottish households.

0Free passes to landfillEverything is sorted first. Landfill is the last door, not the first.

“Whatever it is, our goal is to minimise the need for landfill and maximise reuse. The more we recycle and reuse, the less we need to take from the earth's resources.”

Sheila DowManaging Director. Blue sky, green thinking.

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How a contract starts

Four steps.
Then it just runs.

No forty-page proposals. We look, we plan, we deliver, we report. Most contracts are live within a fortnight of the first visit.

01 Site audit

We walk the site before we quote it.

Where the waste is made, where it piles up, what's in it and how often it moves. Half a day on site saves a year of the wrong containers.

Brian Nedley, Site Compliance Supervisor, on site

02 The plan

Containers, schedule, price. One page.

Right-sized skips, bins, RoRos or compactors, a collection calendar and a fixed monthly cost. You sign one agreement, not six.

03 Delivery & collections

Our fleet, our drivers, your calendar.

Containers arrive when we said. Collections happen when we said. Need an extra lift? One call, same-week.

Dow hook-loader lifting a RoRo container

04 Reporting

Every tonne, tracked and reported.

Monthly tonnage, diversion rates, costs and compliance documents in your inbox. Ready for your board, your auditor or your ESG report.

Dow people

Dedicated. Experienced.
Reliable.

The people who answer the phone are the people who know your site. No call centres, no ticket numbers.

Sheila DowManaging Director

Brian NedleySite Compliance Supervisor

Kristina FosterOffice Manager

The MRF crewPicking line, Cumbernauld

What clients say

Fifteen years on some sites.
That's the review.

We have used Dow for over 15 years now for our waste removal across many sites in the central belt. I always find them professional and excellent service.

Axis Interiors Solutions LtdMulti-site fit-out contractor

Since I joined Ford Windows three years ago I have been using Dow skips for our general waste disposal. A very reliable service, and from the office staff to the drivers they are all a pleasure to deal with.

Ford WindowsManufacturing and installation

I've been working with Dow Group on a number of sites across the central belt for the past five years. The customer service is fantastic and the jobs always happen as and when requested.

Link Management Services UK LtdFacilities management

From one skip tofull waste management.