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Successful Win for Green Recycling
Onyx
is celebrating after scooping the prestigious Composting Association Award
under the category of ‘The Partnership Award’ for its involvement in the
green waste recycling partnership, Apex. The
Partnership Award recognizes the best partnership between (two or more)
composters, local authorities, community composting groups and industry groups
which have shown to be among the most successful in terms of material
diversion, product sales and local impact. This new award recognises the most
successful relationship between different commercial, public and
not-for-profit partners. Onyx has been producing the
award winning peat-free soil conditioner, Pro-Grow, from grass cuttings, hedge
clippings and other green garden waste from across Hampshire for the last six
years. In 2002, the company
formed a partnership, Apex, with two other major waste management companies
and specialist growing medium company, Freeland Horticulture, to expand the
market for quality green waste compost. Since
its launch, Apex has delivered over 200,000m3 of peat-free organic
compost to the retail and landscaping industries. The Apex product range
includes compost sold through WyeVale Garden Centres, B&Q and Homebase. It
has also featured in high profile projects such as the Millennium Village in
Greenwich, Bluewater Shopping Centre and the Eden Project. Peter Mills, composting
manager for Onyx Hampshire, said: “This is a real achievement for Onyx and
the Apex team. We are delighted that green recycling has once again been
recognised as a best practice initiative. We would urge all Hampshire residents to continue supporting
this green scheme by using the network of 26 Household Waste Recycling Centres
where they can deposit their green garden waste for recycling.” The
composting awards were set up in 2001 to celebrate and showcase composting
best practice, innovation and technological advances by compost producers in
the UK. The
awards are an important contribution to the industry and they push the
boundaries of composting technology, innovation, marketing and product
development. This year the numbers of awards categories were increased to
five, enabling them to be more targeted. For further information, please contact Jo Garland - Onyx Communications Manager on 01962 764000 |
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