WASTE RECYCLING
Double acquisition takes Powerday into the home counties
POWERDAY, the leading, family- owned waste management and recycling business, has announced the acquisition of two new waste transfer stations that significantly expands its coverage of London and the home counties.
The 26,500 sq ft Wimbledon waste transfer station, which is now open, is licensed to process 75,000 tonnes per year and was acquired from Maguire Skips. The new Heathrow site will soon be opening its doors - a strategically located 88,292 sq ft station licenced to process 150,000 tonnes per year.
With materials recycling facilities (MRFs) in Willesden Junction and Enfield, and further transfer stations in Brixton, Heathrow and Wimbledon, Powerday now operates five sites across London, giving it the capacity to process over 2m tonnes of waste.
The company receives a combination of construction and municipal wastes, as well as commercial wastes, through its own collections and tipping clients. Waste will be bulked in Brixton, Wimbledon
Powerday’s Wimbledon waste transfer station
and Heathrow before being transported to the company’s state of the art MRF in Willesden Junction for processing, reducing transport costs and emissions. The two acquisitions follow the news that all other Powerday sites have reopened.
Edward Crossan, Vice Chairman of Powerday, commented: “We continue to live in truly unprecedented times, but
we watch with cautious optimism as the country gradually reopens for business. Powerday remains totally committed to supporting our customers as we all get used to operating in the new world, and we are delighted to have acquired these new sites in Wimbledon and Heathrow that will enable us to continue to deliver a cost effective and efficient service to even more businesses in the south east.”
Triple accreditation for two Bunting manufacturing sites
WITH Bunting due for audits for a 3-year re-accredited certification for Quality (ISO9001), Environment (ISO14001) and Health & Safety (ISO45001) at their Berkhamsted plant and recertification for Quality and new certification for Environment and Health & Safety at Redditch, Denis Elkins, Bunting’s Quality and Health & Safety Manager, adopted a digital approach.
“The present state of uncertainty meant we had no idea when we would be able to conduct an audit onsite at either facility,” explained Denis. “Thankfully, we continuously work hard on improving our working methodology and this means we are ready for auditing at any time, even remotely.”
Global certification body NQA conducted the remote audits of the Berkhamsted
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facility over four days, with another two days taken for Redditch. NQA provide accredited certification, training, and support services to help improve processes, performance, and products and services.
“This was the strangest audit I have ever been part of,” said Denis, “but we simply adapted to the situation. We hope that this positive business news, in these difficult times, will inspire others to adopt creative and novel methods to continue functioning in whatever way they can.”
After the two separate audits, Bunting achieved certification for all three standards on both the Redditch and Berkhamsted manufacturing sites – Quality (ISO9001), Environment (ISO14001), and Health and Safety (ISO45001). Both sites are now certified under a multi-site registration. At
Denis Elkins
Berkhamsted, the four-day audit concluded with Bunting receiving zero non-conformities.
The latest approvals at Redditch mean that all of Bunting’s UK manufacturing plants are now held under a multi-site registration.
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