BPI.RECYCLED PRODUCTS HELPS COUNCIL DISPOSE OF WASTE MANAGEMENT WOES

bpi.recycled products has secured a major new contract after successfully fulfilling a large and urgent order for a local authority. In just four days, the business, which ranks as one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of refuse and recycling sacks, produced and delivered 3 million recycling sacks to Biffa Leicester - a partnership company which deals with the collection, treatment and disposal of the City of Leicester’s domestic waste.

Lorcan Mekitarian, Sales Director at bpi.recycled products explains: “When we were approached by Biffa Leicester, the odds were very much against us. Issues outside of Biffa’s control meant they had a requirement for a large number of recycling sacks – and in an incredibly short period of time. As a business with a ‘can do’ approach, bpi.recycled products was only too willing to step into the breach and do whatever we could to help out.”

He continues: “There’s often a belief that large businesses are more unresponsive however we’ve shown that’s not always the case. Fulfilling this order was only possible because of our flexible approach combined with our extensive capabilities and our established infrastructure. It was also a real team effort entailing close co-operation between various departments at bpi.recycled products such as our production and design/reprographic departments, as well as with Biffa itself.”

The three million orange tinted sacks have been supplied in rolls of 50 and will be used for collecting co-mingled recyclable material such as paper, plastic, cardboard, cans and glass. They are also made from 100% recycled UK polythene waste which bpi.recycled products recycles at its own network of Environment Agency approved UK facilities. It adopts this approach to ensure its products have a lower carbon footprint compared to sacks which are made from part virgin and part recycled polythene.

bpi.recycled products also employs a wide variety of waste polythene in the production of its sacks and is always looking to purchase additional scrap material including misprints and factory over runs.

Speaking of bpi.recycled products’ success in fulfilling their urgent recycling sack requirement, Jonathan Feeley from Leicester City Council added: “We’re delighted with bpi.recycled products’ performance and with the fact that they were able to turn the order around despite its size and the tight timescales involved. We look forward to working with them moving forward and not least because they have shown themselves to be a company with the ability to deliver.”

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Images: bpi rp Biffa Leicester 1.jp & bpi rp Biffa Leicester 2.jpg Caption: bpi.recycled products secures new contract with Biffa Leicester. Pictured (left to right): Rebecca Wright, Sales Director at bpi.recycled products, and Mark Porter, Refuse and CRC Services Manager at Biffa Leicester  

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Editor’s notes:

• bpi.recycled products is the largest recycler of used polythene in Europe recycling over 68,000 tonnes of post-use polythene material from horticultural, commercial, retail, industrial and agricultural markets.

• bpi.recycled products uses some of these materials to manufacture its award winning Plaswood range of sustainable wood-substitute products. These products include park and garden furniture, street and countryside signs, bollards and marine decking.

• The environmental benefits of recycling plastic are becoming more widely recognised: maximising reusable material, diverting waste from landfill and conserving resources. bpi.recycled products has developed the necessary expertise and the infrastructure in the form of a network of Environment Agency accredited recycling plants to help drive these benefits forward.

• bpi.recycled products is a division of BPI (British Polythene Industries) plc, one of Europe’s largest manufacturers of polythene films, bags and sacks.

• As a result of its commitment to operating in a sustainable way and to minimising the environmental impact of all of its activities, BPI won the Best Green Large Company category at the 2010 Scottish Green Awards.

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