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Straight plc, the UK's largest supplier of home composters and water butts, has seen continued success since the re-launch of its home composting programme in February. Subsequent to WRAP's decision to remove subsidies for composting bins, several local authorities have returned to Straight and signed up to its new composting scheme.
Straight has successfully worked in partnership with Southern water for the past 6 years and have run a number of different water conservation promotions with them over that time. Water Companies are set targets by OFWAT to encourage their customers to conserve water. Straight assists Water Companies to meet this goal by promoting a range of water saving products.
Kent County Council has worked in partnership with Straight for the past 5 years under the Blackwall brand name.
Greener gardens and less waste for Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council with the Straight Kitchen composter
Hillingdon Council has chosen to make free composters available to further divert waste away from landfill. Straight's 220 litre Compost Converter, made from recycled plastic bottles, will be available to all residents in the borough completely free of charge.
New pre-treatment regulations for the disposal of waste under the EU Landfill Directive means there will be an increase in recyclable materials being source separated before collection. Many organisations have had to adapt the way that they dispose of their waste by introducing recycling amenities or expanding their current facilities to ensure that an element of their waste is pre-sorted.
Straight recently supplied Newcastle University with more than 200 Recycling Modules and Colour Coded Bins for use around the campus. Although the University's paper and card recycling rate is already good at 27%, the University realised that they could further reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill if they recycled more and composted their food waste. Newcastle University is currently developing its own Sustainability Strategy and wanted to encourage both employees of the University and its 18,000 students to use the recycling facilities on offer.
To help staff to support their Sustainability Strategy, the University placed the Recycling Modules in staff kitchen areas. These areas have limited space, so the Recycling Modules offered the perfect solution by providing a vertical recycling system with a small footprint. The modules take up little more space than a household bin, yet allow colour-coded source separation of materials. The University is collecting plastic bottles, food and drink cans, mixed glass and food waste in the modules which offer proven health and safety benefits and are easy to empty and clean. Newcastle University is currently in the process of purchasing an in-vessel composter which will enable all food waste to be composted on site.
The University has placed its 60 litre Colour Coded Bins in the communal areas of the site allowing both staff and students to deposit paper, card, newspapers, bottles and cans. Following the installation of the Recycling Modules and Colour Coded Bins, recycling participation rates have increased and they now have very few contamination issues as all collected recyclables are source separated meaning the quality of collected materials has dramatically improved.
Sarah Boulger, Waste Manager for Newcastle University said "We are extremely pleased with our Recycling Modules and Colour Coded Bins and have already placed a further order. Sustainability at the University has increased in importance and recycling is one way of showing our commitment. We hope that by raising awareness of these issues and making a conscious effort to reduce the amount of waste that we send to landfill, a more environmentally friendly thinking will ensue."
In a move that brings together two of the largest suppliers of specialist containers to the waste management and recycling sector, AIM listed Straight plc has conditionally agreed to acquire Blackwall Limited for a mixture of cash and shares and intends to merge the two businesses. The purchase was approved at a meeting of shareholders on 17 January 2005.
Straight, the Leeds-based supplier of recycling containers and environmental container solutions which is listed on AIM, today announces the acquisition of the assets and trade of Cloudburst garden products.
Straight provided Pembrokeshire County Council with 30,000 home compost bins through a previous tender and has now been awarded the contract for the door to door home delivery to residents across the County.
Exel, the world leader in supply chain management and Straight plc, the recycling solutions specialists have been successful in winning a major distribution and order fulfilment contract for the second year running on behalf of WRAP's National Home Composting Programme.
Following extensive trials in East Sussex, Straight plc is launching the Blackwall Kitchen composter, which allows householders to compost virtually 100 percent of their organic waste arisings at home.
Straight plc, the AIM quoted supplier of waste and recycling containers, announces the award of a new contract worth £1.44 million to supply home composters and accessories to WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme).
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