The agreement will see about 20,000 tonnes of paper from four London boroughs –Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Newham and Redbridge – going to the Aylesford mill in Kent.
Andrew Perkins, Aylesford’s recycling operations manager commented, “Having worked with some of these boroughs individually, it is great to be working with all four together. The paper bank and kerbside collection schemes have already proved to be successful and we look forward to further developing the recycling efforts of the boroughs’ combined population of 850,000.”
The new paper recycling contract comes almost a year after Shanks finalised its Private Finance Initiative-backed 25-year waste disposal contract with the East London Waste Authority.
Commenting on the Aylesford deal, Stephen Ray, operations manager for Shanks East London, said “The contract will greatly increase the recycling of paper in East London. We are looking forward to continuing our relationship over the next 5 years with Aylesford.”
Shanks is to introduce a “survival bag” initiative to boost kerbside recycling in the four boroughs, which will support existing kerbside collection schemes underway in parts of the ELWA area. The new paper recycling contract will help the company meet its targets of recycling 25% of the annual 535,000 tonnes of municipal waste produced by the boroughs by 2005 and 40% by 2007.
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