Their large waste disposal trucks are able to clean the entire premises in a matter of hours. They are then able to load the refuse onto their trucks and send it off to be recycled at one of the many recycling plants throughout the UK. Newton Aycliffe's refuse collectors for Annfield Plain, County Durham are provided by the firm Refuse Collection Annfield Plain from their depot at Morrison Busty Industrial Estate. The business was established in 2006 and now operates a fleet of twelve trucks for commercial customers and private individuals.

The team at refuse collection Annfield Plain provides the complete refuse collection service to assist customers in and around Annfields Plain area. Prior to 2014 the service was specified as collections from shared properties with refusals being taken locally to a transfer station in Stanley. Refuse is collected each week, Tuesday mornings on a set route of some 9,000 addresses stretching from Greencroft to Leadgate and then back again with the weighbridge wagon. They are a member of the Refuse Collection Annfield Plain which has a company profile at Durham Business Cluster website.

In 1973, the business was founded in Birtley by Mr & Mrs Watson, it started life in a field close to Annfield Plain on the outskirts of Durham. In 1976 Annfield Plain Refuse was launched as an ongoing commercial service, during summer months the business moved away from refuse collection and began operating farm tractors on summer work, this now runs as a separate business under the name "Farm Tractors". For more than 50 years, we have served the entire refuse collection and recycling needs of Durham County, helping our customers to achieve and maintain an efficient and effective environmental strategy.