PBS supports the environment!

posted 18 May 2009

PBS are committed to being environmentally conscious and have therefore partnered with the UK's leading recycling led waste management company, Greenstar, to deliver industry leading recycling results for themselves and their customers.  By utilising Greenstar's supply chain and facilities PBS will be able to deliver high levels of recycling across all their projects, through further innovation and support from Greenstar PBS will develop a strategy that will show measurable increases in the amount of waste directed away from landfill.

Who is Greenstar?

At present, environmentally conscious waste management is more important than ever. The UK is facing increasing pressure to meet aggressive recycling targets. Greenstar is playing a real and significant role in helping organisations in both the public and private sectors to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill. Initially formed in 2001 [as Materials Recovery Ltd], Greenstar is part of the NTR group, and is today the largest recycling-led waste management service provider in the UK and Ireland, with a growing presence in the US. Greenstar aims to set a new industry standard by offering a complete range of cost-effective waste management and compliance services.

Greenstar is Britain's premier recycling-led waste management company, offering a total waste management and recycling solution to large single site and multi-site clients. Greenstar's recycling and waste management solutions are designed to minimise costs while maximising levels of recycling (and, therefore, minimising waste to landfill). Greenstar has a UK Collection fleet size approaching 600 vehicles, provides collection services to 24 Local Authorities and 1.1 million homes, as well as 40 facilities with 1450 employees.

The partnership in action - Asbestos Case Study

Due to the nature of the work carried out by PBS it was necessary to implement a strategy for the testing and training for the safe removal of asbestos on MOD sites across the country, through working with Greenstar a solution was developed and implemented successfully.

Greenstar has a large supply chain in which it can offer services to PBS such as asbestos testing and training with minimum disruption and it helps to ensure complete compliance for the PBS Group.