Based in the heart of the city, recycling advisers Hara Xirou, Peter Crome and Elena Rivilla make up the new London Remade Recycle at Work team. The team will provide free of charge one-to-one support to SMEs to help them recycle more materials by finding appropriate local recycling services, assessing what can be recycled, developing in-house recycling schemes and providing training to encourage staff to use them.

Covering all 33 London boroughs, the London Remade Recycle at Work team will also liaise with local recycling service providers to help get additional services into new areas and materials, making it easier and more convenient for SMEs in London to recycle their waste.

Since 2001, London Remade has successfully helped to divert 1.23 million tonnes of waste from landfill and advised over 400 businesses on how to recycle more and reduce their impact on the environment. Between them, the London Remade Recycle at Work team also has a wealth of recycling experience and expertise to draw upon. Team leader, Hara Xirou, spent four years studying biology, environment and sustainability and has three years experience in the waste and recycling industry. Her experience includes researching, developing and delivering recycling projects and creating and managing office waste minimisation and recycling schemes.

Hara will be supported by Peter Crome, who studied environmental management and sustainable development in his native Australia, and Elena Rivilla, an environmental sciences graduate.

Hara Xirou, Team Leader, London Remade Recycle at Work Team, says: “Our aim is to be a one-stop shop for SMEs who want to start recycling at work or recycle more things.  We will be providing support to SMEs free of charge to help them through the process, advising what can be recycled and how best to store and segregate materials for recycling. WRAP is also in the process of developing an on-line searchable database of recycling service providers.

“In addition we can provide on-site training tailored to the individual business. We are particularly keen to hear from SMEs who want to recycle their office and packaging waste, and from pubs, clubs and hotels.”

The London Remade Recycle at Work Team is funded by WRAP’s English Regions Programme as part of a programme of activity funded by the BREW (Business Resource Efficiency and Waste) programme to increase SME recycling.

Sarah Downes, WRAP’s Manager English Regions, says: “Many SMEs want to recycle their waste but find it difficult to access appropriate recycling services, because they think it is more costly and time consuming and they lack information and internal human resource to get started, this means good recyclable materials are going to landfill.

“The London Remade Recycle at Work Team can offer practical support to SMEs to increase and improve recycling in their business as well as raising awareness of the environmental and cost benefits.”

For further information on recycling at work, contact the London Recycle at Work team on tel: 020 7061 6337 or email: recycleatwork@londonremade.com.

London Remade

London Remade is in the business of recycling, creating environmental solutions for a sustainable capital.  This is achieved through developing markets for recycled content products, providing tailored support to help grow green enterprises and introducing green practices to existing businesses.

London Remade acts as a leading advisor and consultant to London boroughs to improve recycling waste management.  The ultimate aim is to transform London’s waste into a reusable resource, to create viable everyday products and reduce the impact on landfill.

As the capital’s ideas factory, London Remade is bringing practical and strategic solutions to London’s sustainable future and facilitating new business opportunities through influential and expanding networks.

A not for profit business, London Remade is funded by the London Development Agency. Additional sponsors are Brother, Bywaters Recycling and Waste Management, M-Real and Office Depot.

www.londonremade.com

WRAP

1. WRAP works in partnership to encourage and enable businesses and consumers to be more efficient in their use of materials and recycle more things more often.  This helps to minimise landfill, reduce carbon emissions and improve our environment.

2. Established as a not-for-profit company in 2000, WRAP is backed by government funding from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

3. Working in seven key areas (Construction, Retail, Manufacturing, Organics, Business Growth, Behavioural Change, and Local Authority Support), WRAP’s work focuses on market development and support to drive forward recycling and materials resource efficiency within these sectors, as well as wider communications and awareness activities including the multi-media national Recycle Now campaign for England.

4. More information on all of WRAP’s programmes can be found at www.wrap.org.uk