Bus operator’s engineering team sets recycling record 14 August 2012

Bus giant First Aberdeen has set a new recycling record, with 86% of its entire waste now being recycled.

The engineering team at the city's biggest bus operator recycles batteries, mixed alloys, glass, steel, plastics, fluorescent light tubes and cardboard, as well as waste oils and fluids.

Elsewhere, the bus presentation team recycles waste that's left behind by customers—such as papers, magazines, cans and plastic bottles.

"There is a real focus at First Aberdeen to improve our recycling arrangements," says Jon Eardley, First Aberdeen's engineering director.

"As part of our ongoing depot transformation programme, we implemented a new strategy last November [2011], enabling our engineering and bus presentation teams to recycle waste," he continues.

"We are now looking at how we can improve on our 86% recycling rate, with further waste segregation. We are also looking at how far our materials have to travel to get to us and how far our waste travels when it leaves First Aberdeen, with a view to further reducing our overall carbon footprint."

Author
John Challen

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