Spirit Pub Company has selected Specialist Waste Recycling (SWR) as its waste management partner to develop its industry leading and forward thinking approach to recycling, waste management and waste minimisation.
The multi-million pound deal builds on other projects that the companies have been working on together in recent years and will see SWR manage the waste collections, including residual general waste and glass, from all Spirit managed pubs. SWR’s operations team is migrating all 789 pubs across to its service in an intensive five-week project – a core capability that was an important factor in Spirit’s partner selection.
Working with Spirit’s supply chain
The partnership involves other companies in Spirit’s supply chain working together to help Spirit achieve its operational and environmental goals. The majority of recyclable material produced in pubs is backhauled by Kuehne + Nagel (K+N), Spirit’s food logistics provider, to central hubs where it is bulked up by K+N and then managed to best effect by SWR.
Detailed reporting and analysis
This unique arrangement is both operationally efficient and provides SWR with a complete view of Spirit’s waste, enabling highly detailed reporting and analysis. This view will provide the ability to identify further improvement opportunities as the partnership evolves.
Glass crushing machines
Spirit has also installed SWR’s Smash & Grab glass crushing machines into the majority of its London pubs where space is at a premium. Having the volume of glass bottles reduced has facilitated the backhaul of glass from these pubs by K+N providing significant savings and freeing up valuable floor space back of house.
Vance Fairman-Smith, Spirit’s Head of Supply Chain, said: “Having already achieved a great deal in the area of waste and recycling we needed a partner that was genuinely innovative and flexible in approach in order that we can continue to develop and improve our sustainable practices. We have found SWR unique in its willingness and ability to help Spirit drive this agenda and work right across our supply chain, and now we are live, SWR’s service delivery has really impressed us. The roll out has been very efficient and highly professional.”
About SWR
Listed by the CIWM as the UK’s fastest growing waste management company for the second successive year, SWR focuses on delivering sustainable waste management solutions to market sectors identified as having needs that are often not met by the majority of the waste industry.
Excellent customer service and investment in information technology underpin everything SWR does.
SWR works with businesses to:
- Increase sustainable waste disposal
- Reduce the internal cost and hassle of managing waste
- Provide reporting to demonstrate environmental credentials to stakeholders
- Educate and promote environmentally sustainable behaviour and processes
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