STE Waste - Recycling Redefined

Reduce your costs and environmental impact with tailor made waste collection solutions

Recycling your waste will benefit your business in several ways. It helps you meet
waste legislation requirements and environmental targets. You’ll reduce operating
costs by using your resources more efficiently. And by showing your commitment
to sustainable development, you'll impress your customers too.  

Take the right steps with Real Recycling

"Real Recycling is about maximising the economic, environmental and social benefits
of recycling for everyone, from local council tax payers to the national and global reprocessing industries."
Source: www.realrecycling.org.uk

The Campaign for Real Recycling is concerned that collection systems that gather a range of different materials in one bag or bin and then compact them could permanently undermine the environmental and economic benefits of recycling. We agree, co-mingled collections, operated by many of our competitors, leads to contamination in the waste stream and this reduces the purity and quality of the traded commodity and thereby the value of the recycling loops. Currently there is very little protection from misleading marketing claims regarding recycling percentages which is a huge problem in the waste industry 

The Environment and the Economy will thank us 

The lowest common denominator approach of co-mingled waste is not for us, that is why we encourage all our customers to sort at source and provide a wide range of colour co-ordinated bins which makes real recycling very easy. Join the campaign, let’s redefine recycling together and enjoy the benefits of highly separated collections – the environment and the economy will thank us.

Real Recycling – The results are clear 

•    The purity of waste streams are improved, which reduces the cost of collection
•    The method used is in line with Defra best practice within the waste hierarchy
•    Working together we’ll be helping to meet society’s and STE’s ultimate targets of zero landfill and maximum protection of the environment  

Materials we recycle

•    Paper
•    Cardboard
•    Cans
•    Glass
•    WEEE Directive items (e.g. computers, printers, televisions)

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