Cleansing Service Group

Cleansing Service Group is a privately owned waste management company in the United Kingdom. Cleansing Service Group provides services in the collection, treatment, recycling and disposal of numerous waste streams from 27 locations throughout the UK.

Cleansing Service Group was formed in 1934 by Edgar Hart under the name Hampshire Cleansing Services, specialising in domestic sewage and night soil collections from septic tanks, cesspits and cesspools.

During the sixties, CSG were pioneers in the South with the Front End Loader – a tool now common place within the waste industry. More recently, Cleansing Service Group has won innovation awards for the treatment of various hazardous wastes in the both Hampshire Business Awards, (2009) and in the Salford Business Award, (2010).

In October 2000 an explosion at the company's site in Sandhurst, Gloucestershire, resulted in a record £250,000 fine after it was found the company had been storing illegal and dangerous chemicals.

In 2010, Cleansing Service Group ranked 24th in The Sunday Times Profit Track 100 listing which ranks the UK's top 100 private firms with the fastest growing profits. This saw a leap of 36 places from 60th position in 2009.

CSG entered the 2011 Salford Business Awards and were finalists in both the Green Award and Excellence Award categories and runners up for the Technology Award.

CSG were awarded the 2012 Salford Business Award for Excellence. This highlights the utmost standards of leadership, planning, analysis, people management and customer-led focus.

In 2013, CSG launched SepticTanksAndCesspits.com; a dedicated sewage clearance booking website which enables customers to get an instant online quote and book a tanker to empty their septic tank, cesspit or sewage treatment plant.

CSG were awarded the 2014 Salford Business Award for Best Employer, proving that the company's policy of investing in its staff benefits both company and employees.