Bryson Recycling has announced its plans to trial a new kerbside recycling model in Northern Ireland. The company hopes that the system will enable the local authorities it serves to ‘achieve excellent recycling results at a low cost’.
Under the trial of the scheme, set to take place in late spring to early summer of this year, residents of two council areas (yet to be confirmed) will be supplied with a new recycling container called the ‘3BoxStack’.
The design of the new container, manufactured by Straight, was based on feedback from kerbside box users. It is made up of three colour-coded boxes stacked on a trolley, can be wheeled to the kerbside and provides extra capacity to allow householders to recycle 11 different materials. Bryson’s Romaquip Kerb-Sort vehicles will carry out the collections.
Bryson Recycling hopes that the scheme, which will allow local residents to recycle eleven different types of materials including cartons and household plastic packaging, will improve local recycling rates and maintain the quality of materials collected.
Commenting on the new service, Andy Bond, the new Development Director GB for Bryson Recycling, said: “At Bryson Recycling we believe that kerbside sort recycling is the key component for effective collection systems. We have been delivering kerbside recycling services in Northern Ireland for over ten years and have used the expertise developed during that time to help bring the new 3BoxStack container and next generation Kerb-Sort vehicles to the market. We are delighted to announce that Bryson have opened a new office in London and we are keen to speak to Councils about how we can help them deliver high performing services which will help them reduce waste under management and get the recycling results they need, at a price they can afford.”
Bryson Recycling is part of the Bryson Charitable Group, a social enterprise in Northern Ireland. It currently collects recyclable materials from 170,000 households in six council areas in Northern Ireland.
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