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Recycled bales stretching from London to Casablanca and back…

30 Oct 2007

With the latest stage of the EU Landfill Directive having come into effect on 30th October 2007, UK businesses are facing new challenges when it comes to dealing with their waste. To meet these challenges many organisations are turning to the proven support and market experience offered by Orwak, the UK’s leading supplier of compactors and balers.

For the first time, the Landfill Directive places a legal obligation on all organisations to "pre-treat" any waste prior to being sent to landfill, which in most cases will mean segregating and recycling as much waste as possible, first.

In addition to these legal obligations, companies also face increasing financial pressure to tackle the amount of waste they produce.  With the recent announcement that the Landfill Tax will rise by £8 per annum, businesses can expect their waste disposal costs to increase significantly over the next ten years and recycling is one good way to minimise this increase.

Recycling waste is by no means a new phenomenon however, and Orwak has been helping customers in the UK recycle their waste for nearly 35 years.  In fact, every year Orwak machines help businesses recycle over 300,000 tonnes of waste.  This is the equivalent of nearly 4 million bales of waste that are diverted from landfill every year.  If these bales were laid end to end, they would stretch 4,000 km, or the equivalent of travelling from London to Casablanca and back!

With over 35 years experience in the market, Orwak’s commitment to developing and maintaining reliable, high quality compactors and balers has helped UK businesses significantly reduce their environmental impact.  As a trusted partner to many of the UK’s largest organisations, Orwak is relied upon to help businesses realise the true economic and environmental potential of their waste.

To find out more about Orwak’s services or your obligations under the Landfill Directive, please visit www.orwak.co.uk or call 029 2080 9090.  To download Orwak's free guide to the Landfill Directive, please click here


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