--- title: Scottish old diesel collector in Lerwick url: https://fuelfixer.scot/scottish-old-diesel-collector/lerwick/ focus: old diesel collector in lerwick phone: 01295 380724 area: Scotland updated: 2026-10-02 --- # Local Scottish old diesel collector in Lerwick **Short answer** Booking old diesel collection in Lerwick? Call 01295 380724 and a registered carrier comes to you — domestic tank, farm store, depot, marina or a stack of jerry cans — empties it, checks for residue and leaves you the waste transfer note. Around 30-60 minutes on site on site, quoted per litre, often same day. Old diesel is hazardous waste, so it leaves under licence and with paperwork — not down a drain, onto the ground or into a bin. [Call 01295 380724 — 24/7 across Shetland Islands](tel:+441295380724) Lerwick sits in [Shetland Islands](/coverage/shetland-islands/). Postcode ZE1. Trunk roads: A970, A971 and A968. - ZE1 **Scottish-owned** Scottish-owned and Scottish-run, working every council area from the Borders to Shetland. Part of Fuel Fixer Ltd. Reviewed by [**Rambo S** ](/editorial/), Wrong fuel expert, Fuel Fixer · last checked 2 October 2026 ## About old diesel collection in Lerwick Diesel left standing in a tank, a bowser or a machine gradually degrades: darker colour, dropping sediment, and the real menace, diesel bug wherever water and fuel meet. That sludge blocks filters and starves engines. The trigger is often a tank being decommissioned or a machine sold, where the buyer wants it dry and the seller wants the old fuel gone with documentation. Both are handled in one visit. The collection itself is quick and self-contained. A carrier arrives with the pumping kit, empties whatever the diesel is held in, checks what is left behind and removes it, leaving you a waste transfer note that records the lift. What makes a collection in Lerwick smooth is knowing the access: whether a tanker can get to the tank, or the drums have to be carried out. Give us that and the volume on the call and the quote and window are fixed before travel. ## Local Scottish old diesel collector in Lerwick: the facts Fuel | Old diesel | Service | Collection and removal | Council area | Shetland Islands | Postcode districts | ZE1 | Why it degrades | Oxidises, drops sediment and grows diesel bug where water is present | Typical sources | Farm tanks, generators, plant, HGVs, boats, bowsers, bulk stores | Classification | Hazardous waste — waste transfer note issued | Regulator | SEPA | Typical cost | Quoted per litre | Attendance | Booked collection, often same day | Helpline | 01295 380724 | ## Where old diesel comes from around Lerwick We collect old diesel across Lerwick from haulage yards rationalising bulk tanks, and depots clearing slow-moving or off-spec stock. Diesel spoiled by water ingress or diesel bug that a filter change alone will not fix, and mixed batches. ## Where we collect in Lerwick Whether it is a single home tank or a yard full of drums, Lerwick, Shetland Islands is covered for diesel — farm and croft stores, bunded commercial tanks, marinas, depots and plant yards too. Shetland Islands is reached off A970, A971 and A968. Call 01295 380724 with the volume for a price and a window before travel. ## Getting to Lerwick Lerwick is in Shetland Islands, so a collection is planned around the ferry timetable. The arrival window is given as a sailing rather than an hour, and the price already includes the travel, so it does not move once we have landed. ## Old diesel collector prices in Lerwick Old diesel collection in Lerwick is priced per litre once we know the volume and how the tank, bowser or cans are reached. Call 01295 380724, give the rough figures, and the quote and collection window are set before travel. 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Reviews are collected independently and published in full — including the ones we would rather not have. Read every review on [Reviews.co.uk](https://www.reviews.co.uk/company-reviews/store/fuelfixer-co-uk) or on our [Google Business Profile](https://www.google.com/maps?cid=17001480993030321128). Live review feed loads here. If it does not appear, [read the reviews directly](https://www.reviews.co.uk/company-reviews/store/fuelfixer-co-uk). ## Common questions **Do you collect old diesel in Lerwick?** Yes — across Lerwick and the rest of Shetland Islands. A registered carrier attends home, farm, depot, marina and commercial sites, pumps out the old diesel and issues a waste transfer note on site. **What is diesel bug?** A microbial growth that lives at the boundary of water and diesel in a standing tank. It forms a dark sludge that blocks filters and lines and is a common reason stored diesel has to be removed. **Is old diesel hazardous waste?** Yes. Like petrol it cannot be tipped away or binned. A registered carrier pumps it out and it is disposed of through a permitted facility, with a transfer note issued on site. **Can contaminated diesel be cleaned instead of removed?** Polishing can recover lightly contaminated diesel, but heavily bugged or watered fuel is usually removed and the tank cleaned. We can advise once we know the state of it. **Will you empty a farm or bulk tank?** Yes — domestic, farm, estate and commercial bulk tanks, bowsers and drums. Give us the volume in litres and the access and you get a price and a slot before we travel. ### One operator, four sites Fuel Fixer Scotland is the Scottish arm of Fuel Fixer Ltd. The same technicians, the same equipment and the same helpline sit behind all four sites — they differ only in where and how people search. - [**Fuel Fixer** The operating company. Fleet, commercial contracts and UK-wide cover.](https://www.fuelfixer.co.uk/) - [**Misfuel Doctor** Diagnosis-led guidance on what wrong fuel does to an engine.](https://mis-fueldoctor.co.uk/) - [**Wrong Fuel** The emergency service, England and Wales.](https://wrongfuel.co.uk/) - [**Fuel Fixer Scotland** This site. Every council area, town, island and village in Scotland.](/) Background reading: [Traffic Scotland](https://www.traffic.gov.scot/). Operated by [Fuel Fixer](https://www.fuelfixer.co.uk/). For what wrong fuel does to an engine, see [Misfuel Doctor](https://mis-fueldoctor.co.uk/); south of the border, see [Wrong Fuel](https://wrongfuel.co.uk/).