The company began packaging and selling green waste compost with the name 'Green Grow' last week. The product is made from garden waste collected from household recycling centres in York and North Yorkshire and it is being sold for 2 per 50 litre bag from the same centres.
John Miller, Yorwaste recycling manager, said: “Green Grow will be particularly beneficial when used as a soil conditioner. The quality of the product is very good and we are currently working towards a nationally recognised accreditation for the product.”
Head of waste strategy at the city of York council Kristy Walton said: “It is great to see the final product being redistributed to residents who brought their garden waste for composting. This is an ideal way for residents to compost their waste without having to have a compost heap or bin in their back garden.”
Paper
Yorwaste has also been awarded a contract to service all the paper recycling banks in the city of York.
The contract includes providing 70 new bring banks designed to enhance the image of York's recycling sites. The company aims to collect up to 2,500 tonnes of paper a year. For every tonne collected, it will pay income to York council.
Yorwaste waste strategy and contacts manager Tony Sharkey said: “It is an environmentally friendly scheme because when the recycled newsprint is delivered to local newspapers, the same vehicles making that delivery will also stop to pick up more baled newspaper from Hessay, thereby reducing the number of vehicles on our roads.”
The paper will be bulked up at Yorwaste's Materials Recycling Facility at nearby Hessay and then sold as part of a partnership with UPM Kymmene, which operates the Shotton paper mill in North Wales.
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