Casepak renews Rutland council recycling contract

Casepak, which is based in Leicester, won the contract to process the East Midlands county’s dry mixed recyclables, which the council put out for tender earlier this year. The contract is believed to be worth in the region of £1 million.

The contract, which started at the beginning of this month (May), will continue for a period of three years.

The company started its partnership with Rutland council in 2011, and the latest deal will see it continue through to 2020.

Dave Brown, director for places (Environment, Planning and Transport) at Rutland county council, said: “We are pleased to be working with Casepak on what is an important service area for the council.

“Rutland is consistently ranked among the top performing local authorities in the country when it comes to recycling and we’re confident our partnership with Casepak will allow us to carry on this good performance.”

Materials

Casepak said as part of the contract the company will process a variety of waste materials including glass bottles and jars, paper, cardboard, metal packaging, aluminium foil, plastic packaging (excluding black plastics), plastic bottles and cartons, and household batteries. Recyclable materials will be collected through a commingled kerbside collection from nearly 17,000 homes in Rutland.

Georgina Cullen, business development director at Casepak, commented: “We are delighted to continue our long-standing and valued relationship with Rutland county council. Over the past six years, Casepak has helped the council to exceed its recycling targets and it is very encouraging to see Rutland consistently among the top performing local authorities for recycling.”

Casepak said collected recyclables will be taken to the company’s £21 million MRF located on the Braunstone Frith Industrial Estate where it will be sorted and processed.

According to Casepak, the MRF has the capacity to process up to 150,000 tonnes of material each year, recovering 95% of the material processed. And, the company said the MRF has “exceeded standards set by the Code of Practice” and produces technically, environmentally and economically practicable compliant outputs.