Recresco has started 2024 with three contracts for the reprocessing of collected glass bottles and containers. The contracts are with Bedford Borough Council, Pembrokeshire County Council and Severn Waste Services.
Recresco is one of the leading material recycling companies in the UK. The company was the first recycling company to sort glass by colour, and the first to take glass sourced from materials recycling facilities (MRFs). Founded in Norfolk in 1978, this family business has large reprocessing facilities at Ellesmere Port and Cwmbran with its head office located in Nottingham. Recresco was acquired by BA Glass at the end of 2023.
Recresco’s Cwmbran facility will receive approximately 100 tonnes and 25 tonnes of residential and commercial container glass per week from Pembrokeshire and Severn Waste Services respectively, and a further 100 tonnes from Bedford and 480 tonnes from Severn Waste Services will be reprocessed at its state of the art Ellesmere Port location.
Fraser Macintyre, Recresco business development manager, said, “We are proud to have retained contracts with both Bedford Borough Council and Severn Waste Services and look forward to working closely with Pembrokeshire County Council for the duration of this new contract.
“These local contracts are not only crucial to our growth, but help us to continue our work with local communities to minimise waste and drive more glass into positive environmental outcomes.”