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C&M Recycling and Waste Management have been awarded the contract for the Southbank Centre.
The 21-acre London site includes the Grade one listed Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Hayward Gallery. The Southbank Centre attracts more than 30 million visitors a year who create around 65 tons of wet and dry waste per week – 3,380 tons per year. Keeping the buildings in pristine condition means that intelligent, safe and hygienic disposal of all that waste is an enormous task.
Mark Foster Head of Facilities Management said: “We chose the smallest of four specialist contractors because C&M totally understood and responded to the brief. It is a 100% service-oriented service provider, its tender was financially competitive and the attention to every little detail was second to none.”
The number of pre-disposal material sorts has increased, by introducing new paper and cardboard baling systems. The remaining items– disposable hot drink cups, sweet wrappers, cigarette ends and items that cannot be categorised are taken down the Thames by barge to the waste transfer centre at Belvedere
EASILUME MAKES LED EASY WITH NEW FINANCE OPTION
EasiLume has recently added a finance option, to make it easier for its contractors, and their customers, to switch to LED. EasiLume’s finance, offered in partnership with Siemens, makes switching to LED manageable and affordable by offsetting the monthly payments against the expected savings – so the project pays for itself.
“Most people now know the energy saving benefits of LED lighting,” said Stuart Dixon, EasiLume Head
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of Sales. “But the upfront cost of switching is sometimes enough to put people off. Our finance makes the project cash positive from day one because the repayments are offset against energy efficiency savings. But LEDs also save money on maintenance and increase staff productivity.”
where it is burnt and transformed into electricity.
C&M has even checked out the burners there and confirm that the air leaving the centre’s chimney is cleaner than London air, because it is sent through a turbo and burnt a second time before emission into the atmosphere.
New compactors and baling equipment have been installed and staff training is underway. Other initiatives include the transportation of separated waste at night to minimize traffic congestion and air pollution.
Many of the food outlets on-site are large national organisations who have their own eco-policies already operating which have already been adopted on site.
The Centre is an active member of the South Bank Employers’ group and active in community issues such as pest control, graffiti management and street cleaning.
Wood goes to make chipboard and sterling board, glass to aggregate for road building, polystyrene and plastic bottles have many uses including the manufacture of street furniture, benches and bins.
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Investing in energy efficient products, such as LED lighting, will soon need to be a top priority for large businesses. As of July 2014, under the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme, organisations with over 250 employees must conduct regular energy audits to identify areas where savings could be made.
“When large organisations carry out energy audits, I think their lighting bills will take them by surprise,” continues Stuart. “LEDs are a small change that makes a big difference. They can be up to 90% more efficient than traditional light sources and can last up to 100,000 hours. And with our new finance option the initial high cost of LEDs is no longer a problem.”
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