Bin manufacturer Straight has won a 900,000 contract with May Gurney to supply more than 268,000 waste and recycling containers to Bristol residents.
The containers will be rolled out under May Gurneys multi-million pound waste collection contract with Bristol city council, which was signed in July 2011 (see letsrecycle.com story) and began on November 1 2011.
Under the deal, over 200,000 55 litre green boxes will be provided by Straight for the collection of cardboard, aerosols, cans, foil and mixed plastics. 68,000 kitchen caddies for food waste will also be provided.
All of the containers will be manufactured from recycled plastic at Straights factory in Hull. Both types of container have received a Carbon Reduction Label (CRL), which recognises efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of products.
The roll-out of the new bins started yesterday (November 28) and is expected to be complete by July 2012.
Jonathon Straight, chief executive of Straight, said: We are delighted to be working with May Gurney again on yet another major implementation. The fact that this is the 21st contract they have won speaks for itself. It is also great that we are continuing our work in Bristol, which commenced around 20 years ago.
Collection
Under the waste collection service being introduced by May Gurney in Bristol, all households will continue to have weekly collections of dry recyclables in the boxes provided by Straight, with mixed plastic and drinks cartons accepted for the first time.
By July 2012 all Bristol households will have a kerbside mixed plastic and Tetrapak collection which will be collected in a 55 litre green box, provided by Straight. Cardboards, aerosols, cans and foils will also be collected in this box. The existing 44 litre black box will maintained for other dry recyclables including glass, paper and textiles.
Recyclables will continue to be collected weekly along with garden and food waste while residual waste will be collected fortnightly. As part of its plan to reduce residual waste, May Gurney will be replacing the existing black wheeled bins with a smaller 180 litre bin.
May Gurney began the implementation of its new service, including reorganisation of routes and plastic collections, yesterday (November 28). It is hoped that all changes to the service will be complete by July 2012.
Neal Willis, regional operations manager for May Gurneys environmental service arm, said: We are confident the people of Bristol will find the new service useful and that it will help them do even more to protect the planet and reduce their impact on the environment.
Performance
In 2010 Leeds-based Straight purchased injection-moulding firm Dyro Holdings for 2.9 million (see letrecycle.com story) allowing the company to manufacture its own containers rather than relying on third-party manufacturers.
In March 2010 Straight also purchased the UK manufacturing operations of Greek bin manufacturer Helesi (see letsrecycle.com story).
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