Leeds-based LSS invests £2.4m in growing waste management fleet

LSS Waste Management has invested £2.4m in a raft of new vehicles for its growing fleet.

The waste services provider, based in Leeds, acquired 22 Scania vehicles to bring its total fleet size to 75.

LSS received the first 14 last week, including two tippers, two hook loaders and 10 skip loaders. The rest are due for delivery in early 2019.

Each will be fitted with Halo, the cyclist safety system created by Leeds firm SMUK.

Nigel Woolford, LSS Waste’s founder and managing director, said: “The amount of recyclable waste we are handling is growing significantly year-on-year, and the biomass boiler we installed last year has made things even busier.

“As such, investing in these new machines was very much a business necessity.”

He continued: “My intention with LSS has always been to deliver the very best possible service, and Scania’s trucks have always lived up to this ranking.

“The new XT models are outstanding vehicles, that are already firm favourites of all our drivers and, thanks to SMUK’s safety equipment, will be amongst the safest on the roads.”

LSS made the order to strengthen its operation on Cross Green Industrial Park, where it employs over 150 people and handles more than 300,000 tonnes of waste annually.

Speaking further, Nigel said: “Looking at LSS today, it’s a million miles away from those 10 skips and one truck that I started out with 34-years ago.

“But the business ethos is still the same – we want to deliver the best possible waste solutions service for our customers, whether it’s a major commercial project or providing a single skip to a house in Headingley.”

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