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MITIE BAGS COMMERCIAL RECYCLING AWARD WITH CARDIFF AIRPORT
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ITIE was awarded the Commercial Recycling Champion award in partnership with Cardiff Airport at the
letsrecycle.com awards. The FTSE 250 strategic outsourcer implemented a recycling scheme that has helped improve the airport’s recycling rate from 20 to 75 per cent in just nine months by recycling batteries, cans, cardboard, glass green waste, plastics, and wood.
In August 2010 Cardiff Airport – which serves over 1 million passengers a year on domestic and international routes – teamed up with MITIE to increase the recycling rate of all waste produced from the airport. Since then, Margaret James of Cardiff Airport and Jason Coleman of MITIE championed recycling initiatives to reduce the volume of waste going to landfill sites. This was achieved by placing new mixed-recycling bins beside all general waste bins, bringing in a new waste disposal contractor to send un-recycled waste offsite for processing, and selling waste materials to waste processers, with 25 per cent of all profits reinvested in the process.
The ceremony took place at the eighth annual
letsrecycle.com Awards for Excellence on Thursday 12th May, which aims to recognise the work of companies in the recycling and waste management industry. The awards were presented by Channel 4 News’ Krishnan Guru-Murthy.
(l-r) Krishnan Guru- Murthy; Margaret James, Cardiff Airport; Jason Coleman, MITIE; Vicky Hughes of Hadfield Wood Recyclers
(sponsor); and Steve Eminton, editor of
letsrecycle.com
Mike Taylor, Managing Director for MITIE’s waste and environmental business, said: “By looking at sustainability issues from an FM point of view and working in partnership with our clients we can significantly improve their environmental performance.”
Steve Eminton, editor of
letsrecycle.com, said: “The judges were impressed with how the collaboration of MITIE with Cardiff Airport delivered on its aim to raise the recycling rate at the airport not just for a few materials but for a wider range including batteries, cans, cardboard and glass. “The fact that some of the some of the receipts from the material sales have been reinvested was also hailed by the judges who felt this was something that could be achieved on a wider scale in the commercial sector.”
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The contract has been procured as part of a collaborative process by the category lead, Driving Standards Agency (DSA), for agencies across the Department for Transport (DfT) including the DSA and Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA).
This contract was signed through the Buying Solutions facilities management services framework, and has the potential to extend further across other DfT agencies and offices. Interserve will provide services across the DSA estate, which covers 439 properties including its headquarters in Nottingham, its training and development centre in Cardington, its administrative centre in Newcastle and 418 test centres around the country. It will also cover VOSA’s Headquarters and
Training Centre in Bristol. By combining procurement through one provider, the DfT reduces its costs and improves services standards across its estate. Over 300 Interserve staff will be delivering services including planned and reactive maintenance, utilities and waste management, catering and hospitality, cleaning and security, accommodation and room- booking services, helpdesk, reception and switchboard, car park management and driving duties, pest control and grounds maintenance.
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INNOVATIVE NEW FRAMEWORK LAUNCHED
Public sector organisations across the Midlands are set to save £2.5m over the next four years. Scape System Build is at the forefront of driving down
public sector building procurement costs. This new repairs and maintenance services framework is the first collaborative regional
agreement of its kind in the UK. Launched by Nottingham based Scape, this unique framework will enable local authorities and other public bodies who participate in the East Midlands Property Alliance (empa) to buy in repairs and maintenance services without having to go through a costly and time consuming compliant procurement process. Six contractors have now been appointed to the framework following a competitive tender process. Alan Coole, Development
Director, explained: “Public sector budgets are continuing to shrink so it is more important than ever that the wider public sector take steps
to make savings in all aspects of their work. Our role as a local authority controlled company and managing agent for empa is to develop a range of frameworks which will enable their property teams to operate their services in a more efficient and cost effective way.”
This empa collaborative framework has already saved procurement costs of over £750k. Scape’s projections show that for larger users, there are on offer to clients the potential for a £1.5m one-off saving, and £2.5m over four years using innovative service delivery methods.
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Alan Coole, Development Director
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