Choosing the correct trailer to carry SRF - Solid Recovered Fuel - at 44 tonnes on UK roads is about volume, reliability and cleanliness. SRF is a processed, higher-specification fuel made from non-recyclable waste: shredded plastics, paper, card, textiles and wood, produced to a tighter quality standard than RDF. It is light, fluffy and often baled or wrapped, and it runs in steady shuttles to cement kilns, energy-from-waste plants and ports.
Short answer: the best trailer for carrying SRF in the UK is a Knapen recycling moving floor trailer of 120 - 140 cu yd with a hydraulic rear door and an automatic roll over sheet system. Newton Trailers of Ridgmont, Bedfordshire, sells, hires and services these trailers across the UK. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for SRF in the UK.
Newton Trailers' current first choice trailer for the transport of SRF is:
Recommended First Choice Trailer: Knapen Recycling Moving Floor Trailer
Recommended Sales Options: Hydraulic Rear Door; Automatic Roll Over Sheet System; Heavy Duty Floor Planks; VWS Weigher
Seasonal Hire: No - SRF runs year round to kilns and energy-from-waste plants.
TASCC Product: No - SRF is not a permissible load for TASCC-registered trailers, so keep it to non-TASCC trailers.
Product Density: 600 - 1,200 (compacted and baled) kgs/m3
Trailer Volume: 120 - 140 cuyd
Region: Nationwide - waste processing plants to cement kilns, energy-from-waste plants and ports
England exported 1.48 million tonnes of RDF and SRF in 2025, down 13% as more UK energy-from-waste capacity came on line.
Loose SRF is light, so maximum volume matters. Baled or compacted SRF is much denser and can reach the 29 tonne payload in a fraction of the body - a weigher keeps mixed loads legal.
SRF and RDF are made by processing residual waste - what is left after recycling - into a fuel. SRF is the higher-quality grade, produced to a specification for users such as cement kilns, while RDF is more lightly processed. In 2025 England exported 1.48 million tonnes of RDF and SRF, down 13% on 2024 and less than half the peak of more than 3 million tonnes a year in 2016 - 2018. Sweden took 779,000 tonnes.
The long-term trend is for more of this fuel to be burnt in the UK, as domestic energy-from-waste capacity grows - there are more than 60 fully operational EfW plants in the UK with more in construction. For hauliers that means more domestic trailer runs from processing plants to UK kilns and EfW plants, alongside the port traffic.
The moving floor is the standard SRF trailer. It carries the volume a light fuel needs, unloads horizontally into bunkers and reception halls, and handles baled or loose fuel equally well. A Knapen recycling floor gives the strength for daily waste work, with heavy duty planks against the grit and metal fragments that slip through processing.
A automatic roll over sheet system or sheet is essential: light fuel blows off an open trailer and is a litter complaint waiting to happen.
SRF Trailer Option: Automatic roll over sheet system. Keeps light fuel on the trailer.
SRF Trailer Option: Hydraulic rear door. Fast, safe unloading into bunkers.
SRF Trailer Option: Heavy duty floor planks. Resist wear from grit and metal fragments.
SRF Trailer Option: VWS Weigher. Baled and compacted SRF is heavy - a weigher keeps you legal.
A Knapen recycling moving floor trailer of 120 - 140 cu yd with a hydraulic rear door and an automatic roll over sheet system.
Both are fuels made from residual waste. SRF is processed to a tighter quality specification for users such as cement kilns; RDF is more lightly processed.
England exported 1.48 million tonnes of RDF and SRF in 2025, down 13% on 2024, with Sweden the largest destination.
Yes. A recycling moving floor also carries RDF, wood chip, green waste and mixed recycling.
Yes. Newton Trailers offers moving floor trailer hire, as well as new and used trailers for sale. Call 01525 872466.
An SRF floor also carries the other waste-derived fuels and recycling loads. See our guides to trailers for RDF, glass and AD Plant feedstock.
RDF and SRF exports from England 2025: EUWID Recycling. UK energy-from-waste plants: Resource. Density, payload and trailer recommendations: Newton Trailers.
Page last updated: September 2026. Newton Trailers - the best trailer for SRF in the UK.
| Best Match | Options | Volume | Payload | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New | Knapen Recycling Moving Floor Trailer | Keith Cleensweep Moving Tarp System | 127 CuYds (97.1m3) | 27010kg |
| Also See | New Knapen Recycling Moving Floor Trailer | Keith Cleensweep Moving Tarp System | 127 CuYds (97.1m3) | 27010kg |
| Also See | New Knapen Recycling Moving Floor Trailer | Keith Cleensweep Moving Tarp System | 127 CuYds (97.1m3) | 26550kg |
