Find Man and Van: Recycling and Sustainability Commitment

Find Man and Van is committed to reducing waste, cutting carbon emissions and supporting local circular economies. Our Find Man & Van team has developed a clear sustainability plan that balances operational efficiency with environmental responsibility. We work across boroughs where residents separate waste into dry recycling, food and garden waste, and mixed glass collections, adapting our handling so materials reach the right facilities for reuse.

Our ambitions are measurable. We have set a public recycling percentage target: to divert and recycle at least 75% of all collected materials by 2028. This target covers bulky household items, small mixed loads, and commercial clear-outs handled by our Find Man and Van services. Setting a target helps us track performance and drive continuous improvement across every route.

To achieve this, Find Man & Van removals partner with local authorities and operate a defined network of transfer points and local transfer stations. We use borough transfer stations and civic amenity (CA) sites to separate reusable items from waste streams: textiles, electricals, recyclable metals, and timber are segregated early so contamination is minimised and recycling rates improve.

Local transfer stations and responsible handling

Working closely with local transfer stations enables our Find Man and Van team to reduce landfill and optimise onward recycling. Our crews are trained to identify items suitable for refurbishment, charity re-use or material recovery. Where a borough collects food waste and glass separately, we ensure that those streams are delivered to specialist processors; where boroughs operate dry mixed recycling, we take care to pre-sort bulky loads so glass and metals are not lost.

We also coordinate with depot-level materials recovery facilities (MRFs) that accept segregated loads. This logistics-first approach helps keep contamination rates low and supports higher material reclamation. The logistics behind our Find Man & Van removals are designed to keep additional mileage minimal and maximise load efficiency — a key element for meeting our recycling percentage target.

Our operational commitments include:

• Route efficiency: planning to avoid empty runs and reduce CO2 emissions.
• Separation at source: sorting items at collection to increase reuse and recycling.
• Prioritising reuse: diverting good-condition furniture and appliances from waste streams.

Partnerships with charities and community organisations

Find Man and Van actively partners with local charities and social enterprises to ensure items that are reusable are given a second life. Through established relationships with donation centres, homelessness charities and community reuse projects, we ensure that functional furniture, clothing and small household appliances are redirected away from disposal. These charitable partnerships offer social and environmental benefits: extending product lifetimes while supporting local people.

In practice, our partnerships work like this: before any item is sent to a transfer station for recycling, our crew assesses whether it can be donated. If suitable, items are catalogued and transported to charity partners or to re-use shops that operate across boroughs and neighbourhoods.

To further reduce emissions and align with our sustainability goals, Find Man & Van is investing in low-carbon vans. Our fleet includes electric vehicles for shorter urban jobs, hybrid vans for mixed routes, and Euro-6 efficient diesel vehicles where longer distances are unavoidable. We also trial HVO (hydrotreated vegetable oil) blends in selected vehicles to lower lifecycle carbon footprints.

Practical examples of recycling activity we support:

In many boroughs, tenants put textiles in dedicated collections; we make sure clothing we collect reaches textile recovery schemes. Appliances and electronics are separated for WEEE processing. Wood and timber from small removals are routed to material recovery or energy-from-waste where reuse isn’t possible. This attention to stream-specific pathways increases our recycling percentage and reduces environmental impact.

Finally, Find Man & Van remains transparent about progress. We publish operational summaries and update partners on recycling rates, fleet emissions, and the number of items redirected to charity. Our approach is iterative: by focusing on collaboration with local transfer stations, enabling charity re-use, and running low-carbon vans, we are advancing circularity across the neighbourhoods we serve while meeting our recycling targets.

Why this matters:

Cleaner streets, stronger charities and fewer resources sent to landfill. That is the goal of our sustainability work. By choosing Find Man and Van or using Find Man & Van services, customers support a model that prioritises reuse, maximises recycling, and invests in lower-carbon transport.

We continue to evolve: raising our recycling percentage target as systems improve, expanding charity partnerships, and converting more of our fleet to electric and low-emission vehicles so the neighbourhoods we serve become greener and more resilient.