INDUSTRY NEWS
Eyre & Elliston is up in lights at launch of ‘Make Zero the Hero Club’
LEADING UK waste and recycling broker UKWSL has launched its ‘Make Zero the Hero Club’ with a presentation to Eyre & Elliston Ltd – one of the UK’s largest and most well-established independent electrical wholesalers.
The ‘Make Zero the Hero Club’ has been set up by UKWSL to recognise customers who have achieved zero waste to landfill status and are realising the associated commercial and environmental benefits.
Working with UKWSL to install a mixed recycling and general waste service across 66 sites from Dorset to Northumberland, Eyre & Elliston has managed to achieve and maintain zero waste to landfill throughout its entire estate.
The company currently recycles over 50% of the waste that it produces. Any waste that cannot be recycled is used as fuel in the production of sustainable
energy, helping to lessen our reliance on traditional fossil fuels.
Commenting on the launch of the ‘Make Zero the Hero Club’, UKWSL’s managing director, Max Kanda, said: “The continued reduction of landfill disposal is important in our efforts to minimise our environmental impact and also in the development of the circular economy.
Sending these resources to landfill is both wasteful and expensive and
we are proud to recognise the efforts made by Eyre & Elliston to ensure this doesn’t happen.
(L-R) Zak Ollerenshaw and David Monteith from Eyre & Elliston with Max Kanda and Katie Lawson from UKWSL
Huge drive results in zero waste to landfill at Solheim Cup
EUROPE’S sensational win in the recent Solheim Cup at Gleneagles was matched by an equally impressive recycling effort by Enva, which resulted in none of the waste produced on site being sent to landfill.
Having spent months planning the event’s recycling and resource management plan with its organisers, Enva provided over 300 containers to the iconic Perthshire venue. These clearly labelled bins enabled the 90,000 spectators, players, caddies and support teams to recycle paper, plastic, tin cans, cardboard, food and glass.
This material was then taken to one of Enva’s recycling facilities where it was sorted and graded ready for further reprocessing. Any waste collected that could not be recycled was manufactured into a refuse derived fuel and used to offset fossil fuels in the production of sustainable energy.
Providing recycling for 90,000 people was no mean feat, with Enva employees
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on site for six days over the course of the event and its build up. The first collections would often be made before 6am with work sometimes continuing until well after 11pm.
“The Solheim cup is regarded by many as the pinnacle of women’s golf so it is only right that it has now become one of the most sustainable sporting events in the world,” said Enva’s managing director,
Barry Coughlan. “The hard work of our Enva team and the organisers resulted in none of the waste generated over the course of the event being sent to landfill.
“This, in turn, helps to minimise the event’s environmental impact and also ensures these valuable secondary resources are given a new life in recycled products or used in the production of sustainable energy.”
“A large proportion of our customer base has achieved zero waste to landfill and we look forward to presenting them with their awards and celebrating their success over the coming weeks and months.”
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