020 7001 600016th December 2011:
On 16th December Sir Steve Bullock, Mayor of Lewisham celebrated the start of Lewisham's new household recycling contract with a visit to Bywaters Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) at Lea Riverside. Lewisham's new household recycling contract marks the start of a valuable relationship with more materials, than ever before, now being accepted for recycling.
On 5th December 2011 Bywaters began handling all of Lewisham's household recycling in a contract that will run until at least 2014 and will see Bywaters processing circa 17,500 tonnes of Lewisham's household recycling per annum. Increased recycling reduces waste and therefore emissions, as well as being more cost effective.
Bywaters is a local operator with a proven track record in increasing recycling rates in London Boroughs. Their state-of-the-art MRF, located in nearby Bow E3, processes a wide range of materials and produces high quality outputs for re-processing. Bywaters supplies a complete recycling solution which includes community awareness support and training of their staff.
By increasing the range of recyclables Lewisham residents can now reduce their non-recycling volume as Tetra Pak, mixed plastics and aerosols, shredded paper, bubble wrap, perfume bottles and CDs are now accepted.
Councillor Susan Wise, Cabinet Member for Customer Services at Lewisham Council says: "The Council wants to raise the profile of recycling to reach more and more of its residents, schools and voluntary groups and is pleased that Bywaters is able to meet this challenge".
John S. Glover, Bywaters' Managing Director continues: "It is a pleasure to have delivered a best in class proposal and qualified through a competitive process. Bywaters delivers tailored solutions to London Boroughs and will work in partnership with Lewisham to increase overall recycling rates".
Where possible, Bywaters applies the proximity principle, which leads to materials predominantly being reprocessed in the UK. This not only helps the British economy and reduces transport miles and therefore carbon emissions.
