The companies worked together last year under a similar scheme, which was also funded by the Waste Resources Action Programme. The new arrangement will enable the 1.44 million contract WRAP awarded to Straight last month to provide home composters across England and Scotland (see letsrecycle.com story).
 Exel general manager Scott Carruthers and Straight chief executive Jonathan Straight with a batch of the 2006 composters |
By encouraging residents to use a home composter in order to minimise the amount of organic waste going to landfill, WRAP hopes that up to 500,000 households will respond to the campaign in 2006.
The contract also includes for the provision of up to 100 one day sales, where residents can collect composters on a given day.
Straight and Exel will process orders direct from householders and deliver composters to the door within 14 days. According to Leeds-based Straight, which acquired local rivals Blackwell last year, the contract was awarded to the contract because Exel and Straight have the ability to process large volumes of orders rapidly.
Pleased
Scott Caruthers, general manager at Exel runs the contract and was pleased that his partnership was chosen to continue working with WRAP.
He said: “Having won the contract for phase two with straight plc we are delighted that we are now able to continue the progress made in order to deliver phase three of the WRAP campaign.
“Straight plc's customer contact and order fulfilment experience from working on similar campaigns across the UK, gives them edge over other fulfilment houses. We are pleased to be able to continue this partnership,” he added.
As part of a reorganisation at the organisation, WRAP has said that it intends to aim at organics more than it previously has.
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