Packaging recycling
Sustain manages many waste streams, in fact around 57 in total! As well as managing waste for The Senator Group, Sustain offers a waste packaging recycling service to our clients that we call our White Bag Scheme. The scheme is designed to help reduce waste disposal costs; guarantee packaging is recycled responsibly and ensure compliance with waste legislation.
Each bag holds one cubic metre of waste, meaning significant savings compared to traditional skip hire. Clients simply segregate their packaging, and we take care of the rest. When collecting packaging, we backhaul our trucks, reducing greenhouse gas emissions associated with the transport.
We take plastics, cardboard, strapping, netlon, polystyrene and office paper. In fact, a recent change to legislation means that packaging must be separated from general waste.
What happens to it?
Much of The Senator Group’s own packaging is returned to use again, and last year we directly reused over 50,000 packaging items. Each time one is reused, we mark it with a dot and every so often, our team members find corners that have been reused up to seven times.
Materials that can't be reused are recycled and re-enter the supply chain in new forms:
• LDPE (plastic bags, wrap, bubble wrap): Recycled into new bags and wrapping
• Cardboard: Baled and recycled into cardboard boxes
• Office paper: Baled and recycled into new paper products
• HDPE (rigid plastics like buckets): Recycled into detergent bottles, milk cartons
• EPS/Polystyrene: Recycled into garden furniture and decking
• PET & plastic strapping: Baled and recycled into drink bottles and tote bags
