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Recycling Lives have just completed the installation of new waste separation facility at their Lightfoot Lane depot. The innovative solution costing £250,000 assists with the separation of heavy organic materials from mainstream waste supply such as soil and bricks, prior to manual separation taking place.
The new processing centre was officially opened by Councillor Ken Hudson; Leader of Preston City Council and Mick Lovatt; Director of Environment who stated, “Recycling lives is a very well run and professional company that is continuing to invest in recycling and waste management. Their innovative and forward thinking approach is key to success and one which many companies can learn from particularly as we move forward on tackling climate change and reducing our carbon footprints.”
Steve Jackson of Recycling Lives said “I intend to keep up the momentum of investment and growth at Recycling Lives despite being in a recession. Of course we have had to make a number of hard decisions to ensure that the organisation remains strong during tough times, but I can fortunately say that cuts have only included 2 redundancies from our 140 plus employees, who have continually shown flexibility and commitment. This new investment will increase our Recycling percentages and further reduce waste going to landfill, Recycling Lives are currently one of the top 10 UK recyclers at over 95% recycling rate across all depots, but in my books that gives us another 5% to go for. The new processor is welcomed by employees who now have a less strenuous task separating lighter recyclable materials from waste.”
The new installation will pave the way for further expansion within the Recycling Lives skip container service, which is scheduled for 2009, creating much needed new jobs in Lancashire.
Managing Director Charles Jackson added “Lancashire has a number of skip container services and competition is tough, but I think people are becoming more and more concerned with just how much waste actually gets recycled and how much still goes to landfill. Another increasingly important factor to Lancashire people is the provision of jobs for people in need, a strategy that Recycling Lives is committed to achieving.”
Plans in 2009 also include the development of a process called ‘waste to energy’ where the last remaining few percentages that would normally go to landfill actually divert to create energy. Once in place, a target of 99% recycling rate will be achieved by Recycling Lives.
Grahame Cumpstey, Commercial Director summarised by saying “There are a number of small to medium enterprises and large corporate bodies out there that are intent on maximising their recycling and improving their Corporate Social Responsibility. Recycling Lives is now set to totally manage all of these major issues on behalf of our corporate partners. My team and I are focussing on carbon footprint evaluations and immediate reduction on behalf of some serious commercial players across the country. I believe that we tick all the right boxes for them and results speak for themselves as we continually win new corporate partners at the expense of purely commercial waste organisations.
Councillor Ken Hudson – Leader of Preston City Council later commented, “Recycling Lives is a Preston success story and it is great to see the company go from strength to strength. Recycling Lives are making a significant contribution to our local environment and providing an economic boost too, which is great for the city as a whole.”
The official opening of the new operation was praised by Babs Murphy, Chief Executive Officer of Lancashire Chamber of Commerce who said “Despite the economic downturn Recycling Lives continue to underline their commitment to Preston and Lancashire as a whole. The company has been praised time and time again for its environmental efforts and the backing that it has given to community projects”
Steven Broomhead, Chief Executive of NWDA was pleased with the continued investment and optimism from Recycling Lives, and added “In these challenging economic times it is very positive to see such a major investment in a successful and world-class environmental technology company. It is important that in 2009 we are developing a business culture of realistic optimism and Recycling Lives' investment will help enormously to assist this.”
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