Health and safety,
always!!
FCC Environment celebrated European
Week for Safety and Health at Work (H&S
Week) by showing the film ‘It Changed
Everything’ that demonstrates the impact
of fatalities and emphasises the importance
of health and safety at work.
FCC Employees played a role in the film
and shared their experiences with the rest
of the staff.
FCC Environment is in the middle of a
three-year plan to improve the health and
safety of its workers and, therefore, H&S
week provided an opportunity to reflect on
the progress achieved to date.
Among the initiatives, the daily updates
on the Intranet’s SharePoint were particu-
larly relevant, providing information on the
It is essential
for all personnel to
become involved each day
and to perform their work
in a safe manner
achievements, including examples of near-
misses. Posters on health and safety were
also distributed at all work sites and the
“Don’t gamble with your health and safety”
was also distributed. We believe that all of
these actions generated useful discussions
and encouraged a positive safety culture at
all levels.
Health and Safety Best Practices
Award
This work was recognised by the Charte-
red Institute of Waste Management (CIWM)
with the Award for Environmental Excellen-
ce.
FCC starts recycling
for Staffordshire
FCC Environment won the contract for ma-
naging 14 household waste recycling centres
(HWRCs) on behalf of Staffordshire Coun-
ty Council. This reinforces the Company’s
position as one of the leading operators of
HWRCs in the United Kingdom since it ma-
nagers over one hundred sites on behalf of
22 local authorities.
Up to five million pounds sterling will be spent
on upgrading the urban waste recycling cen-
tres in Biddulph, Bilbrook, Burntwood, Bur-
ton, Cannock, Cheadle, Leek, Lichfield, New-
castle-under-Lyme, Rugeley, Stafford, Stone,
Uttoxeter and Wombourne.
Charity work
Following the success of the re-use shops
in other areas, members of the community
will be able to donate unwanted household
goods which will then be sold at the re-use
shops to raise money for Katharine House,
a local hospice that provides fee care for
people with incurable diseases.
The objective is to save the Council about
240,000 pounds per year and to improve
services by opening some of the recycling
sites for longer hours and expand the range
of materials and goods that can be recycled
at these sites in order to make it as easy as
possible for the people of Staffordshire to
recycle a greater amount of waste.
In the photo, from left to right: Gill health, mem-
ber of the Staffordshire County Council Environ-
ment Cabinet, and Nick Blake Regional Opera-
tions Manager of FCC Environment.
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