Submarine Service to UK's Largest Electrical Waste Processor: Peter Moody's Story

He struggled at school, only discovered he was dyslexic after joining the Royal Navy, and went on to build the UK's largest electrical waste processing business. Peter Moody spent 23 years as a submariner, serving on diesel boats, ballistic missile submarines, and fast attack boats — before walking away from the security of a Navy pension to gamble everything on an EU directive that hadn't even come into force yet. What followed nearly cost him his house. It also built an empire now processing nearly 4,000 fridges a day and turning electrical waste into raw material for new manufacturing. This is a story about resilience, timing, sheer nerve, and what military training actually gives you when everything is on the line. In this episode: Growing up in Gateshead and Newcastle, struggling academically, and discovering his dyslexia only after joining the Navy The moment as an 8-year-old aboard HMS Otter that set the course for his entire career 23 years across diesel boats, Vigilant-class bombers, and Swiftsure-class fast attack submarines Leaving the Navy after two decades to be present for his daughters growing up Betting his house and his entire Navy gratuity on the WEEE electrical waste directive — then watching it get delayed again and again and again The phone call that finally turned everything around, and the cheeky move that won Newcastle Council's fridge disposal contract Building a £24 million operation processing electrical waste at scale Why veterans consistently undersell their own transferable skills — and the brigade warrant officer hire that proved his point His ongoing support for Military Veterans Cancer, having served as its first trustee TheVeteran.UK champions the transferable skills of veterans — in business, in communities, and in leadership. The Veteran Voice is where those stories get told. 🔔 Subscribe so you never miss an episode 📰 Read more at theveteran.uk