Recycling recognition

The winning submission in the national campaign to find Britain’s greenest companies, councils and communities focused on the polystyrene produced (100kg a day) and how that can effectively and efficiently be processed.

The Styropress machine used by the company compacts the waste into dense bricks resulting in the polystyrene being 100% recyclable. Konica Minolta were one the first companies in England to have this type of fully automatic compaction system. As a result, it has eradicated storage problems; high transport costs and provided an environmentally friendly solution to a common problem with polystyrene waste.

Warehouse manager Dave Dartnell said: "We are very happy with the labour savings achieved with the Styropress, the fully comprehensive service contract and collection service all provided by Compact and Bale."