Recycling & Waste Management
Mitie secures waste management contract with Lucozade Ribena Suntory UK
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itie is proud to have won the contract with soft drinks manufacturer, Lucozade Ribena Suntory, to provide a complete waste management service for their UK sites including the manufacturing site at Coleford in the Forest of Dean and the UK headquarters in Uxbridge, London. Mitie will be responsible for capturing all elements of waste and recyclables process across the Lucozade Ribena Suntory estate including dry waste and skip services through all channels of the waste hierarchy; waste reduction, re-use, recycling and energy recovery. Mitie will also deliver strategies on bulk effluent streams, office recycling and commodity trading (card, plastics, metals, pallets). Already a high achiever in waste management practices, Lucozade Ribena Suntory’s current recycling performance at the Coleford site is over 99% with revenue generation from routine commodities such as card, plastics
and metals. Leyton Powell, Head of Environment Health and Safety at Lucozade Ribena Suntory said: “Mitie’s expert knowledge of waste resources and innovative processes will now be accessible to us and will help drive even more efficiency in the Lucozade Ribena Suntory waste streams building on Best Available Techniques. By using innovation, we can improve our focus on beginning to end of life processes, as well as waste reduction at the source.” The company already operates a closed loop system for the recycling and re-use of PET (polyethylene terephthalate). Recycled PET bottles are sent from the site for reprocessing,
where they are granulated by a third party. This is then reintroduced into the facility for bottle blowing by Logoplaste, a supplier that is fully integrated into manufacturing site. Lucozade Ribena Suntory is focused on building on the success of their high recycling levels by reusing their waste and giving it further value. Therefore, Mitie’s ‘resource not waste’ philosophy was regarded as the ideal complement to drive Lucozade Ribena Suntory towards 100% recycling, delivering best value for resource and commodity streams, developing additional circular economy opportunities and driving education and awareness across their business. This can be achieved whilst reducing risk by ensuring compliance across all elements and providing out of hours contingencies for production needs. www.mitie.com www.lrsuntory.com
Water: preparing for deregulation
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he Minimise Water team will be providing visitors to Edie Live with advice about water deregulation. Visitors are invited to visit the Minimise Water stand (L24) to discuss water deregulation, where the company will have experts on hand to advise on the development and deployment of effective water management strategies under the new regulations. Minimise will also be presenting a conference session on the ‘Strategies for effective water management’ at 11.30am on 18th May 2016 in the Resource Efficiency Theatre. Attendees will be provided with advice on how to streamline and improve water-based engineering systems to reduce water costs and cut water waste, improving the efficiencies of this critical utility. Rob Denny, Commercial Director of Minimise Water, explained what visitors to Edie Live can expect: “This time next year water deregulation will be a reality for English and Welsh non-domestic customers. If you manage a high water usage site, or multiple high water usage sites, then water deregulation is an opportunity to consolidate invoicing and seek out cost savings. “While all non-domestic customers can benefit from deregulation, the
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greatest benefits are likely to be achieved by multiple site, high water usage organisations, such as those operating in the areas of health, entertainment and leisure, manufacturing, education, retail and commercial property.” Ahead of Edie Live, Rob has highlighted the need for high water use organisations to benchmark current activity to drive efficiency. He said: “Water deregulation is likely to foster a new era of water efficiency, in the same way that energy deregulation has helped users recognise and implement energy reduction programmes. “To benefit from switching you need reliable water management data with which to approach new water suppliers. But to fully maximise this change, you should also be interrogating water management systems to make processes more efficient and reduce waste. “If you’re considering switching, you have 12 months to interrogate your water systems to ensure that new quotes are an accurate
representation of current activity. Streamlining and improving waterbased engineering systems and processes represents a huge cost saving opportunity for many UK businesses. Make sure you’re prepared.” For more advice on water savings and water deregulation visit Minimise Water at Edie Live on stand L24 or attend the ‘Strategies for effective water management’ seminar being held in at 11.30 on 18th May in the Resource Efficiency Theatre at Edie Live. Alternatively call us on 0330 223 1313 for more information. recycling & waste management
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