Edinburgh pushes green message to residents as new deal signed with waste management giant
The £8 million three-year contract extension with the city council will see Biffa use its “knowledge and expertise in recycling” to support the target of a 78 per cent recycling rate.
This will include reducing contamination in kerbside recycling bins throughout the capital. While dry recycling bins should contain waste plastic bottles and containers, cans and glass, they can sometimes become contaminated with other waste, which affects the recyclability of the whole load, the firm noted.
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Gavin Money, Biffa’s regional general manager for Scotland and Northern Ireland, said: “Working with valued customers, like the City of Edinburgh, to help them achieve their sustainability goals is fundamental to our business at Biffa.
“It’s our goal to change the way people think about waste and we can do this by helping them to understand how they can recycle more. We’re very much looking forward to continuing to support the City of Edinburgh.”
Environment convener Lesley Macinnes of the City of Edinburgh Council added: “Promoting recycling is so important to help lower the carbon impact created by waste in the city. We’re looking forward to working with Biffa to help people separate their waste correctly to cut down on any contamination occurring leading to waste not being recycled.”
Biffa said it would also use its “extensive experience” to identify opportunities across the city for more effective and efficient recycling.
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