Grist Environmental

Grist Environmental is a family-run business in Devizes working in waste management and the automotive sector, its website says. It employs over one hundred and fifty staff, runs a large fleet and offers skip hire, grab lorries and man and van collections. Its area runs across Wiltshire from Swindon and Chippenham to Trowbridge, Warminster and Marlborough.

About Grist Environmental

Grist Environmental is a waste management and recycling business based in Devizes. It collects and processes household and commercial waste, scrap metal, hazardous waste and end-of-life vehicles. The business hires skips, wheelie bins and compacting dustcarts, and operates a materials recovery facility where waste is sorted for recycling. Event services include litter picking teams, cleaning crews, portable toilets, fencing, crowd control barriers and equipment hire for festivals and private events ranging from village fetes to large festivals with thousands of attendees.

The business covers Devizes, Swindon, Calne, Corsham, Melksham, Trowbridge, Pewsey, Frome, Chippenham, Westbury, Warminster, Bradford-on-Avon, Marlborough and further across Wiltshire and the South West. Grist Environmental was established in 1972 as a scrap metal business and expanded into waste collection in the early 1990s. The company is family-run, with the founder Nigel and his wife and three sons involved in day-to-day operations. Over one hundred and fifty staff are employed in the Devizes area, many of whom have worked with the group for over twenty years.

The business operates a zero to landfill policy on all waste and recyclable materials collected. All activities are carried out at government-approved and licensed premises. Grist Environmental also provides vehicle servicing, bodywork repairs, spare parts sales and vehicle recovery services. Before recycling, scrap vehicles are used by local Fire and Rescue services across three counties for training purposes; over five thousand end-of-life vehicles have been reused in this way.