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Palm Recycling has won the contract to manage the bring bank recycling facilities for five local authorities across the North East.
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Palm Recycling has won the contract to manage the bring bank recycling facilities for five local authorities across the North East.
The five-year contract, with options to extend, sees Palm Recycling providing, servicing, maintaining and streamlining the entire bring bank recycling facilities for Gateshead Council, Newcastle City Council, Sunderland City Council, North Tyneside Council and South Tyneside Council.
Over 180 bring bank sites will be managed by Palm Recycling through a 'dual stream' collection system which not only reduces the number of different container types required but makes the recycling of paper, mixed glass, plastic bottles, mixed cans and tetra pak far easier for the public. Additionally, the reduced number of containers saves space and with fewer vehicles required to service the site, there are significant CO2 and fuel savings too.
Gateshead Borough Council acted as lead authority as part of the North East Purchasing Organisation (NEPO), an organisation which seeks to secure economies of scale through greater buying power, whilst also simplifying the tendering process for suppliers.
Ross Johnstone, Business Manager, Palm Recycling, said: "With all sites across the five councils now managed by Palm Recycling, the contract delivers considerable savings and logistical advantages through economies of scale as well as through a reduction in the number of servicing contractors. We have worked with these local authorities over a number of years and look forward to a continued working partnership."
In addition to introducing a level of uniformity and more aesthetically pleasing container types throughout the 180+ sites within the North East, Palm Recycling expects to see an improvement in recycling rates based on the mixed-stream container bank system which allows for the recycling of a large range of materials in just the one location. Palm will provide the Authorities with a monthly reporting of statistics in order to monitor the levels collected.
Councillor Martin Gannon, Gateshead's Cabinet spokesman for customer services, said: "These new recycling banks promise to make people's household recycling simpler and a whole lot easier.
"The more we can encourage people to recycle, the less Landfill Tax we will have to pay and the more we will have to spend on essential services. It's simple, it's logical and now it's much easier to do."
For further information on Palm Recycling, contact the company on Tel: 0151 550 4684,
About Palm Recycling Limited
Palm Recycling Limited was formed on 12th February 2010 and is responsible for the procurement of recovered paper feedstock for Palm Paper Ltd based in King's Lynn, Norfolk. It comprises an experienced team of resource management experts, who operate and manage a range of collection and purchase contracts serving local authorities and commercial customers throughout the UK. Based in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, Palm Recycling develops schemes that deliver quality material that maximise recycling opportunities across a broad range of materials.
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