WASTE & RECYCLING
of exceedingly high Prison will receive from the SIMPLICITY
quality and which has Trust advice, support The process is simple, being easy to
surpassed with ease and mentoring to its operate and non time consuming. By
the all important staff and the following a few simple procedures in the
industry benchmark opportunity to kitchen, the processing of waste through
British Standards network with staff the macerator and dewaterer takes a few
Institute Publicly from other prisons minutes only and daily feeding of the
Available Specification working in similar composter is a very quick exercise.
100 test for compost. areas. Upon installation and commissioning
Indeed even Imperial of the composter, full training is given on-
College has been CATCH-FREE site by Susteco in order to ensure the
surprised at the scale HMP Morton Hall has calculated operator’s understanding of the role he or
and quality of nutrient that it is saving £12,000 per year in direct she needs to perform.
properties of the resultant and associated waste disposal costs. With
compost. the price of the IMC equipment at under SUMMARY
£7,000 and larger capacity Big Hanna In- IMC recognises that this is a land-
SOLUTION - AWARD WINNING Vessel Composters at around £20,000 the mark solution in reducing volumes of food
In recognition of this pioneering return on investment is little more than 2 waste being disposed of to landfill. It will
initiative HMP Morton Hall has won the years. play its part in helping limit climate
highly coveted Butler Trust ‘Greening & Clearly, not all establishments will change by reducing carbon footprint,
Development Award’. Presented in March have the grounds on which they can use whilst improving bottom line performance
at Buckingham Palace by the Patron of the the compost that they produce, thereby by reducing costs.
Trust, HRH The Princess Royal, Butler Trust exempting themselves from otherwise
awards recognise excellence and requiring the necessary permit from the For further information on this
innovation amongst people working with State Veterinary Service (SVS) to move the pioneering development in waste
offenders in the UK and encourage the compost off site. management and recycling, please
development of best practice within the UK IMC can provide the services of a contact Paul Tittle at IMC on 01978
Correctional Services. specialist consultant to give expert advice 661155, or email pault@imco.co.uk.
The prestige associated with winning a on individual site installations and Alternatively please visit
Butler Trust Award is considerable. The compliance with relevant legislation. www.imco.co.uk.
‘SMILE’
range of products tailor-made to this
sector’s needs.
“‘Green procurement is a major
focus and the Government is keen that its
own services lead by example, becoming
A
pioneering environmental initiative the nearest suitable waste collection renowned for sustainable procurement.
by Lotus Professional is set to help agency to make at least the same volume ‘Procuring the Future’, the sustainable
local authorities improve their of products. Waste will always be procurement national action plan has
green credentials by creating a zero recovered to the nearest Lotus identified paper as one of ten priority
‘paper-footprint’ from their selection of Professional mill in the UK, meaning that areas that should be a major focus for
washroom paper products. The first it will never travel unnecessary miles to be responsible procurement over the coming
initiative of its kind in the industry in the recycled. years, with a desire to move towards a
UK, ‘Smile’ will enable the public sector Lotus Professional is also reinforcing zero waste public sector.
to be even more proactive on recycling the message that its ‘Smile’ range of “With this in mind, the ‘Smile’ range
and the environment. away-from-home paper products is of products has been developed to
With increasing pressure on the manufactured in the UK using 100% UK ensure that our environmental objectives
public sector to procure responsibly and and Ireland recovered fibre. This means and commitments are clearly defined. We
the Government’s pledge to be the that no virgin pulp is used in the are proud that the key products sold into
leader on sustainable procurement by production of ‘Smile’ hand towels and the public sector are made from 100%
2009, Lotus Professional is undertaking toilet roll and all raw material is sourced UK and Ireland recovered fibre. This
to create a zero ‘paper-footprint’ by in the UK and Ireland. means that we are not transporting
eliminating any net contribution of paper With the initiative ready to be rolled paper over unnecessary long distances
to landfill in key products sold to the out across the UK in the Spring, Lotus whilst ultimately supplementing the UK’s
public sector. Professional says that ‘Smile’ will help waste with that from abroad. With ‘Smile’
This will be achieved by sourcing and public sector services to meet their we are buying waste paper in the local
recycling the same tonnage of waste fibre sustainable procurement responsibilities. area that our products are supplied,
that it sells to public sector services in John Phillips, Public Sector Manager at ensuring that each individual area is
washroom paper products. For example, Lotus Professional comments: “Lotus benefiting from our zero paper footprint
if Lotus Professional provides 1,000 cases Professional has been a market leader in policy”.
of hand towels to a college, school or supplying paper disposable products to For further information please
council it will aim, wherever possible to central and local government for the past contact Lotus Professional on 0114 285
buy enough recovered paper fibre from 25 years and has continually produced a 6666 or e-mail smile@gapac.com
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