Compliance for the sector the HSE watches closest.
Waste and recycling has one of the worst incident rates in British industry, and the inspection attention to match. Debris, clamps and constant tyre damage make the daily check genuinely load-bearing here.
What goes wrong in waste & recycling
Attachments change everything
A bale clamp or rotator changes the truck's capacity and failure modes. Attachment hydraulics and gripping surfaces need their own daily eyes.
The yard is made of tyre damage
Glass, metal and debris mean tyre and undercarriage damage is a daily event, not an anomaly. Un-checked, it becomes blowouts and stability failures.
You will be inspected
The sector's incident rate keeps HSE attention high. When the inspector arrives, the state of your records decides how the visit goes.
Asset360 on the ground
The bale clamp that lost its grip
The situation
A clamp's hydraulic pressure fades gradually until a bale slips near the picking line. The attachment was never part of the paper check.
With Asset360
Attachment items are part of the daily check when an attachment is fitted, and the pre-job flow records which attachment is in use. Fading grip becomes a logged advisory before it becomes a dropped bale.
Tyres in a debris yard
The situation
Sidewall cuts from scrap metal are found when a tyre lets go mid-lift, dropping a load and stranding the truck across the weighbridge lane.
With Asset360
Tyres are a required daily item with photo evidence on defects. Cuts get caught at 06:00, tyre changes get scheduled, and the weighbridge stays clear.
The unannounced inspection
The situation
An HSE inspector arrives after a reportable incident at a neighbouring site and asks for the transport risk records.
With Asset360
The one-click export produces every check, defect, lockout and examination date for the whole fleet. The inspection starts from evidence, not excuses.
Waste & recycling: common questions
Do checklists cover attachments like clamps and rotators?
Yes. When a truck carries an attachment, its daily and pre-job checks include attachment items — hydraulics, grip surfaces and security — and the record shows which attachment was fitted for each job.
How does capacity work with an attachment fitted?
Attachments derate a truck's capacity. The pre-job check records load against the derated figure, so the go/no-go decision reflects what the truck can actually lift with that attachment.
Can Asset360 survive a dirty, harsh site?
There's no hardware to break — operators use their phones, and QR labels are printed on durable stock and easily reprinted. The kiosk option covers sites where personal phones aren't practical.
General guidance, not legal advice. See our plain-English guides to PUWER, LOLER and the daily forklift check.
See it on your own fleet.
A 20-minute demo set up with your trucks — including the checks and evidence that matter in waste & recycling.