01772 654321 PORTAL LOGIN GET IN TOUCH HOME SERVICES SECTORS SOCIAL VALUE VIDEOS LOCATIONS CAREERS MEDIA ABOUT RECENT NEWS - RECYCLING LIVES SPONSORS VETERANS' POPPY GARDEN ARTWORK TO MARK REMEMBRANCE DAY RECENT NEWS - LANDFILL REDUCED AS RECYCLING LIVES CONVERTS SCRAP VEHICLE WASTE INTO RENEWABLE ENERGY RECENT NEWS - RECYCLING LIVES APPOINTS NEW HEAD OF PROCUREMENT SEE HOW WE'RE CHANGING LIVES Download our latest Social Value Report for 2018/19 here: DOWNLOAD SEE HOW WE'RE CHANGING LIVES Download our latest Social Value Report for 2018/19 here: DOWNLOAD SEE HOW WE'RE CHANGING LIVES Download our latest Social Value Report for 2018/19 here: DOWNLOAD SEE HOW WE'RE CHANGING LIVES Download our latest Social Value Report for 2018/19 here: DOWNLOAD SEE HOW WE'RE CHANGING LIVES Download our latest Social Value Report for 2018/19 here: DOWNLOAD SEE HOW WE'RE CHANGING LIVES Download our latest Social Value Report for 2018/19 here: DOWNLOAD METAL RECYCLING Our recycling solutions for scrap metal and end-of-life vehicles use industry-leading technology to achieve best in class metal recycling rates. We guarantee highly competitive prices and unique social value from your contracts. VIEW MORE SOCIAL VALUE Our unique social programmes are game-changing in offender rehabilitation, and ending food poverty and homelessness. We create social value from our work that is equal to or greater than 10% of our annual sales and then credit this to your contracts. VIEW MORE TOTAL WASTE MANAGEMENT Our services allow you to manage all your waste streams through one provider to achieve 100% recycling rates. We use unique reporting software to ensure full transparency and allow you to meet all compliance and generate rebates from waste streams. VIEW MORE CHANGING THE WAY BUSINESS IS DONE We are unique, providing additional value to the contracts we are awarded. Our clients enjoy more than just environmental and financial benefits from our scrap metal recycling and waste management services. We help our partners to comply with Social Value Act 2012 requirements or simply support their good business ethics, by delivering reportable social value, that is both qualitative and quantitative. WHAT’S TOTAL WASTE MANAGEMENT? Recycling Lives can collect, process and recycle all of your waste streams. Including scrap metal, scrap cars, general waste, WEEE, plastics, paper and cardboard. We also offer waste management consultancy, compliance services, vehicle fleet disposal and even specialised recruitment services. MORE ABOUT RECYCLING LIVES START YOUR FREE CONSULTATION WHAT’S SOCIAL VALUE? We define our Social Value as the audited financial savings created for society and for taxpayers. Whether for local or national government, or for community groups or individuals. Our work creates measurable social value through three primary social activities: Reducing reoffending - savings to the taxpayer on costs associated to the police, the Crown Prosecution Service, the courts, the National Offender Management Service and the Youth Justice Board Supporting homeless men - more savings to taxpayers, reducing costs for welfare dependency Redistributing food to support charities and community groups - reducing their running costs and improving their sustainability WHO WE WORK WITH ALL-IN-ONE SOLUTIONS We’re increasing recycle rates, reducing CO2 emissions and diverting waste from landfill by continually investing in machinery and infrastructure to refine our recycling processes. We can manage all your waste streams, separating materials ready for reuse or remanufacture, generating rebates for commodities and meeting your ambitious environmental targets. LEARN MORE TOTAL WASTE MANAGEMENT TOTAL WASTE MANAGEMENT We offer total waste management solutions for commercial waste disposal, to deal with varied or complex waste streams, including general waste and dry mixed recycling; cardboard and packaging; and hazardous and confidential waste. Tailoring waste management plans for all commercial waste Implementing cost-saving measures Generating revenue from commodities Increasing recycling rates and reducing landfill Reporting on correct waste disposal to meet regulations Our tailored services for waste management, removal and recycling include: assessing your waste streams; implementing operational efficiencies to reduce waste creation and segregate waste streams; increasing revenues from commodities; and achieving high recycle rates. LEARN MORE METAL RECYCLING METAL RECYCLING We are an award-winning scrap metal processor. We recycle metals at our industry-leading 15-acre Recycling Park and export straight from site - preventing around 120,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions each year by returning recycled metals to market. Recycling all ferrous and non-ferrous metals Collecting metals and materials nationwide Guaranteeing the best scrap metal value We buy metal at each of our 11 nationwide sites. For complete transparency we have visible weights on all our weighbridges and scales and record all our processes in high-definition, from weighing in to fragmentisation, so we can provide you with footage of your recycling to ensure total compliance. We also manage scrap metal collection nationwide, with skips and containers of all sizes and a large fleet of skip wagons, ROROs and artics. LEARN MORE GENERAL WASTE GENERAL WASTE Our dedicated waste management teams are industry experts, delivering solutions to maximise the effectiveness and efficiencies of our clients' waste management processes. Track the entire journey of your waste Fully registered compliance scheme High-definition recording of the entire destruction process Live-feed remote streaming Containers for all waste types Our investment in infrastructure and nationwide network of sites ensure we can manage your waste no matter your location. LEARN MORE PACKAGING RECYCLING PACKAGING RECYCLING We offer bespoke services for packaging waste recycling. We ensure packaging is reused or fully recycled - collecting and recycling thousands of tonnes of packaging every year for major retailers. Guaranteeing closed-loop recycling to return recycled packaging to market Securing rebates to generate revenues from commodities Our tailored services for packaging collection and recycling include assessing your waste streams, installing equipment for improved operational efficiencies, increasing revenues from commodities and achieving high recycle rates. LEARN MORE ELECTRONIC WASTE (WEEE) ELECTRONIC WASTE (WEEE) We understand the importance of confidentiality and the integrity of your product; offering safe and secure destruction of your sensitive waste. Track the entire journey of your waste Fully registered compliance scheme High-definition recording of the entire destruction process Live-feed remote streaming Download recordings We’ve invested in a fully on-line, CCTV monitored metal and WEEE fragmentiser. This processes WEEE, general scrap metal and End-of-Life Vehicles in minutes, while recording the whole process in high definition. LEARN MORE WASTE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY WASTE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY We are experts in waste and recycling compliance, managing compliance for high or low volume waste for businesses across every sector and industry. Our end-to-end waste management solutions allow you to see exactly what waste you’re creating, how it’s being processed, and where you can save money. We supply all the legal paperwork on each job and report on exactly where the waste went. Compliance experts Save money on your waste Real-time reporting All types of waste LEARN MORE HAZARDOUS WASTE HAZARDOUS WASTE We make disposing of your hazardous waste compliant, efficient and cost-effective. We utilise one of the largest collection partnership networks in the UK meaning we can collect your hazardous waste, regardless of type, quantity or location. Aerosols & Solvents Hazardous Chemicals & Oils Pesticides WEEE Products & Components Hazardous Waste Containers Flat Panel Display TVs Cathode Ray Tube TVs LEARN MORE SOCIAL VALUE We’re reducing reoffending by rehabilitating offenders through training and employment; supporting homeless men through stable accommodation and opportunities for training and employment; and supporting community groups by redistributing surplus food to ensure they can feed vulnerable groups. LEARN MORE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMME HMP ACADEMIES FOOD REDISTRIBUTION THE IMPACT OF OUR PARTNERSHIPS Our work is doing more than just changing lives for individuals, families and communities - between 2015 and 2019 it has created huge savings for society by reducing costs to the taxpayer and creating social value worth millions of pounds. IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS 27 individuals supported into independent living + 228 ex-offenders rehabilitated and supported into work + 3.2M meals delivered across Lancashire & Cumbria = £28.3M reported Social Value - created through savings to society SECTORS WE OPERATE IN We work across all sectors - recycling from construction sites, managing manufacturing and industry waste, servicing public sectors contracts, and many more. Our teams have vast experience across these sectors, to manage all waste types and meet sector-specific needs. LEARN MORE CONSTRUCTION LOGISTICS FACILITIES MANAGEMENT PUBLIC SECTOR MANUFACTURING & PRODUCTION RETAIL HOSPITALITY & EVENTS UTILITIES WHY WORK WITH US Jeremy Hartley Managing Director Eric Wright Group The Eric Wright Group has always recognised the importance of supporting the local community and using our business activities to improve people’s lives. Working with Recycling Lives gives us an opportunity to continue to make a real difference and achieve more through working together. Previous Next CONTACT US Change the way you do business - talk to us today about managing your waste, supporting our charitable programmes or joining our team. Full name Phone Number E-mail Address Confirm E-mail Address Company Enquiry SUBMIT RECRUITMENT Our recruitment business, Recycling Lives People, offers expert recruitment services to specialist sectors, placing high calibre candidates while creating social value from each contract. VIEW MORE TRAINING Recycling Lives' award-winning training team offers specialist training to individuals and businesses. Our courses range from Manual Handling certificates to Fork Lift Truck qualifications. VIEW MORE CAREERS Are you looking for an exciting new career? Recycling Lives is a multi-award winning organisation that believes in offering the best opportunities to people of all abilities from all backgrounds. VIEW MORE OUR LOCATIONS ACROSS THE UK We manage a nationwide network of recycling sites, with facilities across England and Scotland. All our sites are licensed by the Environment Agency and meet the highest safety standards. Preston (Head Office) Preston (Recycling Park) Preston (Red Scar) Leyland Bury Birkenhead Workington Walsall Falkirk Durham Northampton Hockley DISCOVER THE BENEFITS OF THE RECYCLING LIVES PORTAL Our bespoke customer portal can be tailored to your business needs. After we’ve assessed your waste streams, we’ll ensure the portal is responsive to making collection requests, viewing the recycling process and tracking recycle rates. 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