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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 plc has donated £10,000 to the Greenfingers Appeal marking the third year of its support for the charity and making a total contribution to date by Straight of £30,000.
Straight plc's home composting programme is proving to be a great success with 20% of English districts now already signed up or in the late stages of negotiation for the new campaigns.
The home composting initiative begins on 1st October 2009 and takes over from the successful WRAP programme. A key difference is the price for the goods, which are significantly improved from the latest WRAP offering. As the manufacturer of the core compost bins and accessories, Straight is able to offer the most efficient logistics and hence the best price.
Straight Chief Executive Jonathan Straight commented, "It is important that councils maintain a home composting capability through the autumn. Leaves will be falling off the trees leading to demand. Residents will naturally expect their local council to have an offer running."
"There is a lot of talk about a national framework campaign. We are supportive of this initiative but it will not start until 2010 at least. For this reason we are offering a seamless transition from WRAP for the remainder of 2009. Any council, who signs up for 2010 as well, will have prices fixed for the duration of the campaign. For those who want to wait and see, we can maintain a capability through the autumn."
Along with prices which are 20-30% lower than WRAP prices, Straight offers a "buy one get one half price" deal and a range of discounted accessories. water butts are offered too which helps councils with their broader conservation initiatives.
"In terms of processing large volumes of orders we are ready," added Straight. "We dealt with more than 1.5m orders for WRAP and we can handle every council in the UK if we need to."
"Furthermore, we have invested heavily in our logistical capability over the past few years. Compost bins and water butts cannot be delivered either economically or in volume through traditional parcel couriers. We have developed a national network of specialist carriers controlled by intelligent routing software. This gives us the ability to tightly control all deliveries. Goods are always delivered within the stated timescale as anything not confirmed as delivered three days before its due date is rerouted out of our warehouse at our expense."
All customer addresses are collated and are presented to WRAP for ongoing support from the RecycleNow programme in the future.
For further information please contact Jenny Brayshaw or Val Newbould on 0113 245 2244.
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.
Babergh District Council has expanded its office recycling system with the purchase of over a hundred of Straight's 60 litre Slim Jim containers and colour coded lids in a bid to boost the Council's recycling rate.
2008 marks a new beginning for Straight as we move into our new state-of-the-art riverside premises. The new office building designed by Carey Jones Architects offers 127,000 sq ft of quality waterside space and sits directly on the banks of the River Aire in Leeds city centre.
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 plc, the recycling products and services group, has strengthened its position in the garden products sector through the acquisition of the assets and trade of Harcostar ® Garden Products.
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.
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.
The new BagFlag™ is an innovative way for collection crews to correctly identify which properties require replacement liners for their kitchen caddies. BagFlag™ has been developed by Straight in conjunction with Neath Port Talbot Council for its new food waste scheme.
Neath will roll out Straight's 23 litre Kerbside Caddy and 5 litre Solid Kitchen Caddy this autumn to more than 10,000 homes on a trial scheme. The Council has chosen to use compostable liners with their Kitchen Caddies and approached Straight about developing a product that residents could use to indicate when they require more liners.
The Council's design brief was quite specific and strict deadlines were also set to ensure that the scheme was rolled out on time. The Council wanted to ensure that the system was extremely efficient and easy for both residents and collection crews to use. A small indicator attached to the Kerbside Caddy was considered the best option for this purpose to meet all of the Council's requirements.
The unique BagFlag™ fits onto the back handle of the 23 litre Kerbside Caddy providing a permanent and effective way for residents to request liners. BagFlag™ can either be fitted during the production of the Kerbside Caddy or fitted retrospectively and as the flag remains attached to the caddy at all times, it cannot be lost.
Manufactured from tough, flexible, bright yellow rubber, the durable BagFlag™ is fully waterproof making it ideal for outdoor use. Its bright colour means that the flag is also highly visible, even in dark conditions. When attached to the Kerbside Caddy, the BagFlag™ rotates 270 degrees, which enables the flag to be easily flipped up when new liners are needed and discreetly folded away under the handle and out of view when not in use.
Jack Baber, New Product Development Manager at Straight said, "Straight continues to heavily invest in new product development to bring innovative products to market. We work closely with many local authorities to identify their requirements, develop their ideas and make their product suggestions a reality."
Wayne Curtis, Waste Operations Officer for Neath Port Talbot Council said, "We listen to what matters to the residents of Neath Port Talbot and through our successful partnership with Straight, we believe that we have designed a simple, but very effective method of receiving replacement bags. It is important that the collection systems are, whilst effective, easy to use. After reviewing the first phase, the trial will expand over the forthcoming months."
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