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Vertas Group’s waste management consultant arm, Vertas Environmental, has launched a new environmentally friendly food waste recycling service, available to businesses across the UK.
The food waste collected will be treated sustainably and used to generate green energy through anaerobic digestion – a biological process in which food waste is broken down by micro-organisms in the absence of light and oxygen.
To deliver this service, Vertas Environmental has partnered with Solebay Waste and Recycling Services, and Keenan Recycling, the UK’s largest food waste collection company. The food waste recycling collection service will help businesses reduce CO2 emissions and help move towards zero waste to landfill.
Mark Horner, Director of Vertas Environmental, said: “For over six years, we’ve been passionate about supporting businesses and schools to achieve their goals to protect the environment. We’re proud to be launching this new service and partnering with both Solebay Waste and Recycling Services and Keenan Recycling, who will deliver food waste recycling to the highest quality standard.”
David Burrows, Managing Director at Solebay Waste and Recycling Services commented: “We have been delighted to launch the new food waste service in our local area. The service has been implemented in local restaurants, cafes, pubs, hotels and households who previously had no other option but to dispose of food waste with their general waste. We are driven to improve our relationship with the natural environment and are excited at the prospect of branching out further into Suffolk through this new partnership with Vertas.”
Gary Mills, Sales Manager at Keenan Recycling added: “Keenan Recycling began as a garden waste composting business near Aberdeen in 2001. Since then, we have progressed to become the largest national food waste collections and recycling company in the UK, operating out of fourteen regional bases and with further expansion planned. We’re proud to be teaming up with Vertas and to offer our expertise in delivering our first-class services to their broad client base.”
FMJ in conjunction with Grundon Waste Management have launched the 2022 survey into how FMs approach their waste management and recycling responsibilities.
It’s the fifth year for the annual appraisal, and as we return to normal, there is a real opportunity for FMs to reappraise their waste and recycling operations and look at new, smarter waste management strategies.
In order to understand how FMs have navigated their way through the last year and their plans for meeting stringent waste and recycling targets we’ve posed a series of questions which include insights into FMs’ waste management strategy and targets, such as zero waste and landfill, the types of waste organisations produce and what helps FMs promote waste management in their organisations?
Please share your experiences and opinions on waste management. The survey will take just five minutes to complete, and as a thank you for taking part, respondents will be entered into a prize draw to win a £150 Amazon gift card.
To take part click here.
