Social enterprise group Bryson House Recycling has won three new local authority contracts to provide kerbside collections, increasing its service provision to about 25% of the 680,000 households in Northern Ireland.
The organisation, which was set up in July 2003 as joint venture between Northern Ireland charity Bryson House and social enterprise ECT, will now operate a service for seven of the 26 councils in the province.
New contracts have been awarded to Bryson House by Ballymena borough council, Newtownabbey brough council, Belfast city council and Banbridge & Armagh council. This will see Bryson House Recycling collecting glass, cans and textiles from 170,000 of Northern Ireland's households. Previously the group's service covered 65,000 homes in the province.
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Eric Randall, director of Bryson House Recycling said: “We are delighted we can now help even more homes in Northern Ireland make a positive impact on the environment.”
Starting in January, the new recycling contracts are worth a total of 4.2 million. Collections will be borough-wide in Ballymena and Newtownabbey areas, while in Belfast the scheme will be introduced initially to 25,000 in the city centre.
Commenting on the Belfast contract, Jim Clarke, chairman of the health and environmental service committee at Belfast city council, said: “By making sure they recycle their household waste, residents in Belfast really can make a difference to the environment.
“Initially this service will only be available to 25,000 homes in the city centre but we are hoping to roll it out to 50,000 if the initial phase is successful,” he added.
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