One of the UK’s leading waste management companies has pledged to help one of the UK’s largest universities to divert 100 percent of its waste away from landfill sites.
B&M Waste Services, a carbon neutral waste management company working alongside businesses in Preston and across the UK, has won a new contract with the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) to help further improve recycling levels across the University’s Preston Campus.
The new 3 year partnership commenced on 9th May 2016 and although the Guardian last year named UCLan as joint 5th in a list of the best ‘green’ national higher education providers, Mick Ashall, Director at B&M Waste Services, said the company had plenty of ideas to improve the University’s environmental performance even further.
“We’re absolutely thrilled to win this contact,” he said. “Since B&M was established in 1954, we have expanded our services offering in to the waste management field, we plan to use our experience and knowledge to make a real impact with this new account.
In the coming months B&M Waste Services plan to implement new recycling and segregation policies specific to UCLan. The company will also introduce new technologies such as a bin tagging system, enabling bins to be collected when full and ready to be emptied; saving the University money and reducing carbon emissions.
B&M will support UCLan’s ‘Waste Amnesty’ and ‘Green Days’, which encourage re-use of items which may have previously been thrown away. Any residual items not re-used are passed on to Shelter, the housing and homelessness charity.
Andrew Coverdale, UCLan’s Facilities Management Business Services Manager said: “We’re delighted to be working alongside B&M Waste Services. We’re confident that by combining B&M’s industry expertise with the knowledge of our own recycling and waste team we can reduce the environmental impact of our waste even further and meet the continual improvement element of our internationally certified environmental management system.”
For more information please contact Jayne Kennedy or Sarah Broughton at B&M Waste Services on 0808 100 2434 or email marketing@bagnallandmorris.com
