Container repair and refurbishment specialist UK Container Maintenance (UKCM), has enabled waste and resource management company FCC Environment to achieve significant cost-savings and bolster health and safety for its local authority partner.
UKCM refurbished a trio of otherwise redundant metal waste containers, creating a bespoke solution for dry mixed recycling disposal in recycling centres across Wigan Borough. Designed with health, safety and convenience in mind, two previously open-top containers have now been converted into enclosed skips. The large metal containers have disposal slots specifically designed to ensure that they are only big enough to fit mixed household recycling, and specialist rubber flaps have been utilised to keep users’ hands protected during use.
The newly renovated containers have also been carefully designed to mirror the local authority’s kerbside service. Members of the public have the opportunity to recycle at their convenience at the recycling centres; If a bin collection is missed or a household has more recycling than their bin allows for, they can take the mixed box to the recycle hub and dispose of it together, rather than separating into glass, metals, cardboard etc.
Emma Elston MBE, UKCM’s CEO commented: “We are exceptionally proud to have converted redundant containers for FCC Environment, transforming them into dry mixed recycling containers for use in the Wigan Borough’s recycling centres. In the current economic climate, it is now more important than ever that we continue to support waste management companies and local authorities to protect their investments and maximise their budgets, enabling them to reuse old resources for new material streams.
“At UKCM we are incredibly passionate about helping our customers to make the most of these valuable assets, ensuring that they are maintained to the highest of standards so that they are not only fully operational and effective for use, but they are safe too. Through container repair and refurbishment, we can also fulfil an ever-increasing obligation to reuse and recycle, therefore benefitting the circular economy.”
Barry Elder of FCC Environment added: “We are very pleased with the bespoke solution for mixed household recycling created by UKCM, making great use of previously unused metal waste containers. In addition to making both savings and safety improvements, we are able to capitalise on these assets and contribute to our mission to minimise the amount of waste that ends up in landfill.”
Established in 1998, UKCM, the UK’s largest family-owned container repair and refurbishment company is dedicated to the refurbishment of all types of waste and recycling containers. UKCM works across the country offering waste companies and local authorities’ mobile repairs, as well as factory-based services at its head office located in Winsford, Cheshire.
The process brings old, and often unwanted, waste containers back to life instead of them going to scrap. The business model – refurbishment over replacement – is simple and for a third of the price of replacing a container, UKCM can restore the unit to full working order.
For more information on UKCM, visit www.ukcontainers.co.uk