Waste management firm Viridor has been awarded a two-year contract to process and sell dry recyclate materials for Kent County Council (KCC).
Running until June 2016 (with the option of a further two-year extension, at the discretion of KCC), the contract will see dry recyclables (such as paper, card, plastic bottles, cans, foil and glass) collected from householders in Ashford, Dartford, Gravesham, Maidstone, Sevenoaks, Swale and Tunbridge Wells taken to Viridor’s Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) in Crayford.
It is thought the contract will see Viridor process more than 61,000 tonnes of dry recyclables from these seven boroughs and districts over the course of a year.
Speaking of the contrat, June Barlow, Bid Manager for Viridor, said: “I’m delighted that the great team work shown in this bid process has produced this result for Viridor. We’ve successfully shown Kent County Council how we’re stronger in partnership with our customers and will relentlessly pursue quality to bring them the best service.”
Adding to this, Graham Warren, Regional Managing Director at Viridor said: “Everyone involved in this process has pulled together to produce a great bid and a great result. By embracing change and the opportunity presented they’ve given us more opportunities to continue on in our quest to give the world’s resources new life.”
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