NEWS
STRAND WINS
ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOLADE
management at this vast site.”
Around 68 per cent of the 272 tonnes of
non-specialist waste produced at the Wellcome
Trust’s Hinxton Hall site went to landfill in 2007.
Waste separation and recycling incentives
introduced by Strand the following year included
the removal of individual desk bins and the
introduction of audited recycling systems.
Smart four-drawer recycling cupboards were
L to R: Paul Budsworth from Johnson Diversey presents the
installed to house paper and cardboard, plastic
GoldenService Award to Strand’s Janice Anderson, client Jennifer
Chester and Adrian Eady from Strand bottles and cups, cans and glass. Strand also
radical recycling scheme at Cambridge’s began collating and logging waste management
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Hinxton Hall helped Strand, the company information and displaying this on notice boards
synonymous with top class cleaning in throughout the contract.
London’s iconic buildings, to win the coveted “Thanks to our efforts only 48 per cent of
Johnson Diversey Environmental Awareness the non-specialist waste produced in 2008 went
Award at this year’s Golden Service Awards. to landfill,” said Jim. “This is 19 per cent below
T
’S NEW?
Strand managing director Jim Melvin said, the national average for businesses. Projections
“Winning this award demonstrates the great for 2009 are that a further 12 per cent of waste
commitment of our staff and this client to will be saved from landfill and that 85 per cent
reducing the Carbon Footprint. In 2008 we of biodegradable waste will be captured on
worked closely with the client to enhance our site.”
environmental responsibility – with dramatic Other environmental initiatives introduced by
results. We introduced a radical recycling Strand included the installation of compaction
programme and significantly reduced the and baling equipment and the introduction of a
volume of waste going to landfill. car-sharing scheme for staff.
We now have total responsibility for waste www.strandclean.co.uk
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