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FCC
supports charities in
Suffolk County (United
Kingdom)
by recycling second-hand items
FCC Environment, the Group’s subsidiary
in the United Kingdom, joined the “Advan-
tage Suffolk” campaign launched by Suffo-
lk County Council, in Eastern England, and
the Benjamin Foundation. The goal is to
encourage people to donate the items that
they don’t need so that other people can
use them.
Since 2009, FCC Environment manages
household waste recycling centres
(HWRC) where citizens are able to leave
the items that they don’t need and which
are subsequently transported by FCC to
the re-use shop in Foxhall, also managed
by the Company.
Thanks to this innovative initiative, it was
possible to reduce the volume of waste in
the county by 400 tons, an amount expec-
ted to increase in the coming years to 550 or
600 tons.
Steve Bell, reuse manager at FCC Environ-
ment said: “Our reuse shops have proven
incredibly popular across the country. We
are providing residents with bargains, pre-
venting items which are reusable from being
discarded, helping to meet government re-
cycling targets and raising funds for local
charities. Everyone really does win.”
Matthew Hicks, Suffolk County Council’s ca-
binet member for environment and public
protection, said: “It’s great that preloved
items are now finding their way through our
recycling centres to the Reuse Shop. Thanks
to the residents of Suffolk, we are reducing
waste and raising money for our charity part-
ner, the Benjamin Foundation.”
Reuse shops are becoming very popular
throughout the United Kingdom, raising
Money for charity and, most importantly,
preventing unnecessary waste from being
created.
The range of materials being sold includes
electrical items from vacuum cleaners to
blenders, furniture from chairs to dressers,
children’s toys along with prams and high-
chairs, sports equipment including golf clubs
and bags, weights and even skates, CDs
and DVDs, books, bicycles and DIY and gar-
den tools..
Thanks to this innovative
initiative, it was possible to
reduce the volume of waste
generated in the county by
400 tons a year