FCC Environment
continues
its charity work at its recycling facilities
FCC Environment, in collaboration with
South Bucks Hospice has rescued 45,000
household objects for recycling.
FCC manages 10 household waste re-
cycling centres (HWRCs) on behalf of Buc-
kinghamshire County Council has reached
the milestone after only 10 months after
recovering household items in good con-
dition.
The items are sent from the recycling cen-
tres to shops at High Wycombe and Aston
Clinton HWRCs run by the hospice where
they are sold to help fund the running costs
of current services, which total over one mi-
llion pounds per year.
Bikes left at the recycling centres are re-
trieved as part of a scheme where those
suitable for refurbishment are sent to HMP
The Mount, near Bovingdon, and restored
by prisoners as part of their studies to gain
a qualification.
Steve Bell, development manager for reuse
at FCC Environment said: “The bike reuse
scheme is a great project benefiting people
from all walks of society. The project also
helps prisoners who are getting the oppor-
tunity to learn and develop new skills which
will help them to gain employment when
they leave prison.”
The scheme is also working towards a
500,000 pounds needed for a new, larger
hospice planned for 2014.
FCC intends to extend the program to other
plants that it manages throughout the Uni-
ted Kingdom.
