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Sort & Save begins Rhondda Cynon Taf Schools project
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| Date: 23/03/2011 |
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| Innovative new recycling scheme Sort & Save, operated by well-established recycling firm Siteserv Ltd, has launched a new joint initiative with Rhondda Cynon Taf council that is set to turn costly waste management bills into financial windfalls for schools in the area. |
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| The initiative is incredibly simple for the schools to adopt, with Sort & Save recycling bins distributed to the school into which they deposit bags of their sorted and cleaned recyclable material. The bins are emptied regularly and weighed at the Sort & Save head depot before rebates are applied to the school’s account. |
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| Under the school’s previous waste management service they would have incurred bills to remove the waste. However, with Sort & Save’s initiative the school are now rewarded for their recycling, and have started to accumulate funds which they can then reinvest into sports equipment, computers, text books or whatever else they may need to help continue their excellent work in producing tomorrows talent. |
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| Nigel Wheeler Service Director for Streetcare in Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC stated 'This scheme is part of our drive to get the school to a Zero Waste School whilst reducing the waste disposal cost for the school and gaining them valuable income. It is an innovative scheme and one we are looking to promote to all schools if successful' |
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| Work is now two weeks into a pilot scheme at Pontypridd High School where already the children, teachers and office staff at the school have contributed fantastically by recycling over a tonne of recyclable material. |
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Sort & Save Development Manager Mark Rollings hailed the early work at the school; “Even though we are only a couple of weeks into the initiative we have seen the benefits from working with such a pro-active and environmentally responsible school. We now hope to work with Rhondda Cynon Taf council to roll out this scheme to schools throughout the borough.”
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SORT&SAVE starts work with local charities
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Just three weeks since opening SORT&SAVE are already partnering with a number of charitable organisations;
presenting the opportunity for our customers to donate their points gained recycling towards the schemes.
Among these early partnerships is Y Bont, a purpose built family centre situated on Ewenny Rd in Bridgend.
Y BONT is a unique service that aims to provide care & support to children with a disability and SORT&SAVE are
delighted that we can work with our customers to help such a fantastic charity continue their excellent work. |
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Other charities have also signed up to partner our recycling scheme, such as Age Concern, a well-established organisation providing crucial care and aid for older generations. With discussions continuing with many other
charities we are delighted that our customers will be able to choose to support a wide range of such organisations. |
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Remember all you have to do to start helping out fantastic charitable organisations like the Y Bont and Age Concern
is start depositing your sorted recycling in-store today! If you haven?t done so already you can sign-up for a FREE
account either in-store at your nearest depot or online at www.sortandsave.com |
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Hawthorn High school comes on board
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| Hawthorn High school have become the first school in the Rhondda Cynon Taf region to sign up for our scheme. SORT&SAVE are delighted to welcome the school on board and encourage all customers in the region to start supporting their cause by doing there bit recycling. |
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Remember all you have to do to start helping out fantastic causes like Hawthorn school benefit from our scheme
is start recycling with SORT&SAVE, bringing your material into your nearest depot which you can locate on our
website "here". |
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| Project manager of SORT&SAVE, Mark Rollings, spoke to welcome the newest community partner to the scheme. |
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"We are delighted that our customers can now support the fantastic work of the school and welcome them on board.
We have high aspirations that the public and commerce of the local area will get behind the schools cause." |
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SORT&SAVE announce Cowbridge School partnership
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| SORT&SAVE are delighted to announce that it has adopted Cowbridge Comprehensive school as one of its nominated "good causes". Under the scheme our customers can now choose to donate their points accumulated through recycling towards the schools account, helping them continue their fantastic work in grooming the talent of tomorrow. |
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| Speaking about the partnership project manager Mark Rollings stated: |
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| "We are delighted to be able to support the great work of the school and hope that they can benefit significantly from our scheme. If all the parents, teachers and kids contribute together then the school should see some significant rewards back which would obviously be fantastic." |
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Contributing towards helping the school is simple. If you haven't already done so sign up FREE in-store or online at
by clicking here and register for a personal account with SORT&SAVE. When you have then accumulated some recycling bring this into your closest depot (details found in the "find us" section of the website). We will then award you points based on the type and weight of your recycling, which you can then donate towards the school. |
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| Rhondda Cynon Taf partnership ramps up |
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| In anticipation of our launch this Monday 8th November Rhondda Cynon Taf council have issued a press release on their website detailing their hopes and aspirations for the scheme. SORT&SAVE are delighted and proud to stand side-by-side with Rhondda Cynon Taf's ambition to turn Glyncoch into Wales' first zero waste town, and share the long term objectives of demonstrating what can be achieved through the staregic partnership. |
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| A council spokesperson stated; |
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| "The Council?s Streetcare Team with its partner SORT&SAVE want all residents and traders to support the initiative which will enhance the local community and work towards a more sustainable future." |
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The full release can be found here
(http://www.rhondda-cynon-taff.gov.uk/en/news/archive/2010/11/greenglyncochspioneeringnewstrategy.aspx) |
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| SORT&SAVE creates buzz at launch |
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| SORT&SAVE officially launched its service to the public today, via an open presentation session at Cowbridge Food & Drink festival champagne tent. With local council, trade and community groups present the event was a superb success and feedback for the scheme was overwhelmingly positive. |
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| Speaking at the launch project manager Mark Rollings was quoted; |
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| "The scheme address relevant problems with relevant solutions for today, tomorrow and the long term future. We are delighted and proud to be in a position to launch such an innovative and dynamic service which provides all our customers to make recycling work for them. We are also delighted to formally announce our partnership with Rhondda Cynon Taf council, who are fully behind activating the scheme in their ward." |
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| Nigel Wheeler, Director for Streetcare, Rhondda Cynon Taf followed with; |
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| "With the pressures on councils working towards the future waste targets schemes such as this are essential and we are delighted to be working with Sort & Save to pioneer this fantastic concept." |
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| Please click here to view a selection of pictures from the offical launch of SORT&SAVE |
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| Warren Gatland to open SORT&SAVE depots |
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| We are delighted to announce that Wales rugby head coach Warren Gatland will be officially opening our two pilot sites, in Glyncoch (Rhondda-Cynon-Taf), and Llandow (Vale of Glamorgan) on Monday 8th November. As of this date we will be fully operational and welcome all-comers to attend and celebrate the arrival of our new service. |
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| SORT&SAVE launch set for Sunday 31st October weekend |
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| SORT&SAVE will officially launch its services at 10AM, Sunday 31st October at Cowbridge Food & Drink festival. As official sponsors of the champagne tent we will be holding a champagne reception on location, during which we will conduct a small presentation, followed by informal Q&A session with interested public, commercial and council stakeholders. If you are interested in attending the event please register your interest by emailing your details through to info@sortandsave.com. |
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