General News Archive

While our customers in the UK may not be familiar with the Tidy Towns competition, it is a major event for many of our customers in Ireland. Now in its 58th year, the annual competition is a popular community based...

It’s the time of year when our grit bins come into their own and so we were interested to read about Oldham Council’s recent initiative to name its gritter vehicle in an annual public vote. The competition has seen previous...

As a family run company with a long history, we believe in developing a relationship with our customers and listening to their opinions so we can ensure that our products and services offer both quality and value for money.

An estimated £850 million pounds’ worth of council tax is spent annually gathering around 30 million tonnes of litter from the streets of Britain. As a result, many local authorities are looking to find ways of reducing expenditure but without...

Littering is a major concern for councils across the UK - and a significant drain on resources. For example, in the county of Herefordshire the council spends around £1 million every year on clearing litter. The introduction of a new...

Recycling plastic packaging has huge benefits for the environment. It is now a responsibility of local authorities to recycle more packaging and reduce the amount of material sent to landfill. We have put together some interesting facts about how recycling...