Eco lands eight-year contract with Dorset County Council (posted 01/08/2008)Staff at organics recycling firm Eco Sustainable Solutions (Eco) are celebrating after landing a prestigious eight-year contract with Dorset County Council.
Eco won the deal to handle the county’s food, wood and green waste in the face of stiff competition.
The deal takes effect from September 1 and is subject to annual review from 2016 onwards.
Eco will handle up to 60,000 tonnes of material annually with the figure expected to increase by 15,000 to 20,000 tonnes per annum during the course of the contract.
The material will be processed into a variety of products including compost, mulch, soil and turf.
Trelawney Dampney, Managing Director, said: “This is a tremendous result for Eco and we’re absolutely delighted.
“We were up against some very big players in the industry and I congratulate my team for their hard work in securing this prestigious contract.”
Hilary Cox, Dorset County Council’s Cabinet member for Environment, said: "Dorset County Council awarded the contract to get the best value for money for local residents. Dealing with organic waste is going to become increasingly important as we strive to send less and less to landfill in order to meet strict European legislation.
"We have had a long term contractual arrangment with Eco and we are very happy to be continuing this relationship which has diverted many thousands of tonnes away from landfill."
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Picture caption: Tremendous result: Trelawney Dampney, Managing Director, (front right), joins fellow staff in celebrating the Dorset County Council contract landed by Eco Sustainable Solutions.
Editor’s Note: Founded in 1994, Eco Sustainable Solutions is one of the UK’s leading organics recycling firms, annually processing 140,000 tonnes of material on its 14-acre site at Parley, Dorset. End products include turf, enriched topsoil, compost and woodchip.
For more information please contact: Andy Hill, Sales and Marketing Director, Eco Sustainable Solutions, on 01202 593601 or Andrew Diprose, PR Account Director, Deep South Media on 01202 534487.
