RWM Preview; Smurfit Kappa Recycling Invites Councils to Follow Paper Trail to Mill

Smurfit Kappa Recycling will be offering RWM’s local authority visitors the chance to visit the Smurfit Kappa paper mill in Nechells, Birmingham to see exactly what happens to the material collected through the fully traceable mixed paper grade service it provides for 18 councils across the UK. A limited number of places will be available on the mill tours taking place in the morning and afternoon of 15 and 16 September, with complimentary transfers from the NEC. To register your interest please call 01827 891008 or e-mail recycling.uk@smurfitkappa.co.uk

[UKPRwire, Wed Jul 29 2009] Smurfit Kappa Recycling will be offering RWM’s local authority visitors the chance to visit the Smurfit Kappa paper mill in Nechells, Birmingham to see exactly what happens to the material collected through the fully traceable mixed paper grade service it provides for 18 councils across the UK.

“When the materials markets collapsed late last year, it became even more important for councils to find reliable contractors who could guarantee collections and offer transparency of final destination. Smurfit Kappa Recycling can do this because our paper mills in Birmingham and Kent provide a reliable market for 500,000 tonnes of material annually. For the first time we are inviting any council waste managers or recycling officers visiting RWM the chance to see for themselves how we turn their paper and card into new packaging materials, ” said Smurfit Kappa Recycling’s managing director, Simon Weston.

Smurfit Kappa Recycling provides bring banks at hundreds of local authority sites where residents can recycle their “mixed papers.” Mixed Paper can include newspapers, magazines, cardboard, directories, Yellow Pages, envelopes and all fibrous-based packaging materials from cereal boxes to ready-meal sleeves, and is not just limited to newsprint, which can help to drive up recycling rates. It also offers councils the option to deliver direct to its mills or any of its eight depots located across the country (all now certified to BS EN ISO14001, the internationally-recognised Environmental Management System Standard, and OHSAS18001, the Occupational Health and Safety Management System Standard).

“Increasingly councils are finding that Smurfit Kappa Recycling can meet their requirements for a sustainable UK solution which maintains material quality and minimises carbon footprints, with a cast iron guarantee that all of their paper and card will be used in our mills,” says Mr Weston.

A limited number of places will be available on the mill tours taking place in the morning and afternoon of 15 and 16 September, with complimentary transfers from the NEC. To register your interest please call 01827 891008 or e-mail recycling.uk@smurfitkappa.co.uk

www.smurfitkappa-recycling.co.uk

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Images:
A high resolution Jpeg image of a Smurfit Kappa Recycling “igloo” bring bank is available to download from http://www.ionaftp.com/skr/photo/SKR%20Igloo%2001.JPG
High resolution Jpeg photographs of a Smurfit Kappa Recycling collection vehicle emptying a paper bank can downloaded from http://www.ionaftp.com/skr/photo/Vehicles/DSC05562.JPG

Press information and further images from:
Anna Dunbar or Doug Bentall at Iona Communications Ltd, Tel: 01892 512481
anna@ionacommunications.com Mobile: 07917 222810
doug@ionacommunications.com Mobile: 07799 615319

Mike Challans, Business Development & Marketing Manager, Smurfit Kappa Recycling
Tel: 01827 892100 or 07771 834622
E-mail: mike.challans@smurfitkappa.co.uk

About Smurfit Kappa Recycling
Smurfit Kappa Recycling is part of the Smurfit Kappa Group, the world’s largest fibre-based packaging group. Bringing together the resources and experience of two well known and respected recycling and packaging companies, Jefferson Smurfit and Kappa Packaging, the company unites increased coverage and improved technologies to provide high quality paper collection and recycling services. In the UK, Smurfit Kappa Recycling provides sustainable solutions for businesses and organisations of all sizes, including recovery of cardboard, office papers and plastics, security shredding and waste disposal.