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PRESS RELEASES
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February 2010
Equipment installation has begun at Greenstar Atlas, London’s newest and largest materials recycling facility (MRF), which will bring critically-needed capacity for processing domestic and commercial dry recyclables to the capital.
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February 2010
The capital grant award by WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) follows a competition launched last June to increase the amount of non-bottle household plastic packaging that can be recycled in the UK.
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December 2009
Verdant has helped South Oxfordshire District Council win a highly-rated Green Award for its well-executed communications campaign to support a new recycling and refuse collection service.
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November 2009
Verdant has won its third local authority contract in Wales, following Conwy County Borough Council’s appointment of the company to manage its green waste collection service.
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November 2009
Innovative plastics recycling company Greenstar WES scooped yet another top title at a prestigious industry awards ceremony held in London last night.
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October 2009
Greenstar, Ireland’s largest waste management company, has today announced the acquisition of the commercial waste and recycling operations of Veolia Environmental Services in Ireland.
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October 2009
On Friday 30th October many bin men from Verdant, Gosport Borough Council’s recycling and refuse contractor, will be taking that message to heart on the national appeal day organised by the Breast Cancer Campaign.
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October 2009
Municipal services provider Verdant on its Isle of Anglesey County Council recycling, refuse and cleansing contract got a ‘brilliant performance’ that has helped achieve the second best recycling rate in Wales.
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October 2009
Recycling-led waste management specialist Greenstar UK, and its Verdant municipal services subsidiary, are conducting several ‘green’ vehicle trials that should help reduce their carbon impact.
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October 2009
Greenstar UK has started work on four new contracts to process at least 70,000 tonnes of recyclables annually, a figure that could rise to nearly 120,000 tonnes a year
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October 2009
Yet more honour has been heaped on plastics recycling firm Greenstar WES. The company walked away with the Best Use of PRN Funds category of the Valpak Awards 2009, one of the waste and recycling industry’s major competitions.
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October 2009
Specialist plastics processor Greenstar WES was today formally presented with its Queen’s Award for Enterprise by Lord Crathorne, The Queen’s Lord Lieutenant for North Yorkshire.
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News Archive:
| JOIN THE GREEN WASTE CLUB Sep 09 |
The great news for those gardeners who might be dreading autumnal chores is that the popular East Northamptonshire Green Waste Club (GWC) has dramatically pruned its own prices.
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| RECYCLING AWARDS Sep 09 |
Greenstar UK is one of six companies shortlisted in the Recycling and Waste Management Business of the Year category of the 2009 National Recycling Awards (NRAs)
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| SOUTH OXON 70% RATE Sep 09 |
Residents of South Oxfordshire District Council (SODC) have produced a ‘stunning’ performance following the early June launch of the district’s new, completely redesigned recycling and refuse collection service.
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| STRATFORD RATE UP Aug 09 |
One year on from the introduction of Stratford-on-Avon District Councils new refuse and recycling scheme operated by Verdant and recycling figures are increasing thanks to residents.
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| WASTE CLUB SUCCESS Aug 09 |
More than 3,000 households have now signed up to a waste club run by East Northamptonshire Council. The Green Waste Club has now become one of the most successful schemes in the region.
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| COMMINGLING PROVES ITSELF Aug 09 |
Commingled recycling has proved ‘yet again’ that it can significantly lift the performance of municipal collections, says waste management specialist Greenstar UK, a long-time advocate for the much-debated system.
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| BUCKS PAPER SORT WIN Jul 09 |
Municipal services contractor Verdant has increased its presence in Buckinghamshire after being awarded a multi-council paper sorting contract.
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| VERDANT DELIVERY Jun 09 |
‘Verdant delivers value-for-money’ – that’s the unanimous verdict of its local authority clients in an independent client audit commissioned earlier this year.
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| MELTON CONTRACT EXTENSION May 09 |
Verdant Group Plc has secured a seven year extension to its contract with Melton Borough Council, consistently a top English recycling authority which is now achieving a recycling rate of well over 50%.
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| BLUE PETER Apr 09 |
Blue Peter presenter Andy Akinwolere joined a Verdant recycling collection crew on its Stratford upon Avon District Council contract before following his collected recyclables to Greenstar's super MRF at Aldridge.
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| SWALE'S CLEANEST STREETS Mar 09 |
The ‘commitment and professionalism’ of street cleansing crews deployed by municipal services specialist Verdant have helped Swale Borough Council become one of the country’s top performing councils for its clean streets.
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| SOUTH BEDS INVESTMENT Mar 09 |
Municipal services specialist Verdant has won Investors In People (IIP) accreditation for the operations that deliverrecycling, refuse and street cleansing services for South Bedfordshire District Council.
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| CLEANEST WELSH STREETS Feb 09 |
Street cleansing crews deployed by municipal services specialist Verdant have helped The Isle of Anglesey top the chart for the cleanest streets in Wales.
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| NEW PORTFOLIO MANAGER Feb 09 |
Continuing business expansion has led municipal recycling, refuse and cleansing specialist Verdant to appoint Dave Kenney as the company’s third contract portfolio manager.
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| DOUBLE OXON WIN Jan 09 |
Verdant has secured its first joint council contract. It will provide an integrated recycling, refuse and street cleansing service for South Oxfordshire District Council and its neighbour, Vale of White Horse District Council.
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| BREAST CANCER SUPPORT Oct 08 |
| Cakes, raffles and pink hair all feature in plans by staff at municipal services contractor Verdant to support Breast Cancer Awareness Day on Friday 31st October |
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| BEST IN BUCKS Oct 08 |
| Greenstar UK has been voted Buckinghamshire’s company of the year at the prestigious Royal Bank of Scotland-sponsored title at the Buckinghamshire Ambassadors Business Awards 2008 held last week in Marlow. |
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| 4 STAR WALTHAM SUCCESS Oct 08 |
| Verdant has been complimented by the London Borough of Waltham Forest for its part in helping the council secure a top rating in the Audit Commission’s Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) for 2007. |
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| NEW OPERATIONS DIRECTOR Sep 08 |
| Verdant Group today announced that David Maidman has been promoted to operations director, joining the company’s management board with effect from 1st October. |
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| ARUN QUALIFICATIONS Sep 08 |
| Over 100 cleansing and collection staff working for municipal services specialist Verdant on its Arun District Council contract have become the first in the company to be awarded a NVQ Level 2 qualification in Waste Management Operations. |
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| SUCCESSFUL STRATFORD ROLLOUT Aug 08 |
| The roll-out of Stratford-on-Avon District Council’s new recycling and waste collection service went very smoothly, according to municipal services specialist Verdant, the council’s partner. |
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| SWALE SCHOOL VISIT July 08 |
| Civic-minded bin men from Verdant, Swale Borough Council’s recycling and refuse contractor, delighted pupils from Meadowfield Special School when they drove up in three gleaming vehicles. |
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| ANGLESEY PRAISE July 08 |
| A new team assembled by municipal services and recycling firm Verdant has been praised by the Isle of Anglesey County Council for ‘making a real difference’ to public areas on the island. |
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| MID BEDS KITCHEN SCHEME June 08 |
| Verdant Group Plc has started the district-wide expansion of a kitchen waste collection scheme to nearly 56,000 households in the Mid Beds District Council area. |
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| SKILLS TRAINING Apr 08 |
| Verdant Group Plc has launched its biggest skills and competency training programme to date. |
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| NEW PORTFOLIO MANAGER Mar 08 |
| Municipal services specialist Verdant Group Plc, has appointed its third contract portfolio manager following continuing business expansion. |
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| VERDANT TAKES OVER GREENSTAR CONTRACTS Feb 08 |
| Verdant Group Plc, is expanding its local authority customer portfolio. It is taking over the operational management and service delivery of four recycling collection contracts that had been run by Greenstar UK |
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| NEW ANGLESEY SCHEME Feb 08 |
| Municipal services specialist Verdant Group Plc is rolling out an extension of an alternate week waste collection service, plus fortnightly green waste collection... |
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| NEW MANAGING DIRECTOR Jan 08 |
| Roger Edwards, former development director of municipal services specialist Verdant Group Plc, has been promoted to managing director with effect from 1st January. |
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| VERDANT IN CIWM May 2007 |
| Verdant looks like a waste services company, much like any other, but its approach sets it apart |
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