Zero waste to landfill

The Valpak certification recognises years of hard work by the business, which is said to be the UK's largest producer of refuse sacks and the largest polythene recycler in Europe.

BPI Recycled Products’ manufacturing sites gained ISO 14001:2004 accreditation for environmental management and each site put controls in place to reduce the amount of waste they were generating. This was done via three methods: staff training, raising the profile of waste management on site, and increasing the segregation of waste.

BPI Recycled Products has also put in place annual waste reduction targets, and the whole process has culminated in sites at Heanor, Rhymney and Stroud achieving the Valpak certification recently following an independent assessment and audit.

A company can be awarded Zero Waste to Landfill certification when it complies with the following: Sending zero waste to landfill (including production, hazardous and packaging waste); Sending limited amount of waste to energy from waste (EfW); Commitment to continual improvement – waste reduction and diversion.

Daryl Winder, IMS compliance manager of BPI Recycled Products, said: “We have worked hard to get full buy-in from staff at our sites and developed the culture within the business to ensure that staff members always think about waste on site.”

“We are delighted to have now achieved Zero Waste to Landfill certification from Valpak at three of our manufacturing sites and this achievement recognises our ongoing commitment to waste management whilst demonstrating our environmental credentials to our customers.”

“We believe that we can now claim to be one of a very small few, if not the only company in the UK that produces a finished product from recycled material with zero waste to landfill from the process.”

BPI Recycled Products receives 50,000 tonnes of scrap polythene per year and recycles it into finished goods.