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J&B Recycling creates new jobs with latest contract win

Hartlepool-based J&B Recycling has landed a three-year deal with Sunderland City Council, creating three new jobs.

The recycling firm won the contract, and work started on April 1 with an estimated 20,000 tonnes of recyclable materials being processed each year.

Mark Penny, Commercial Manager at J&B Recycling, said: “We put the tender in when we knew the previous contract was drawing to a close, and we were delighted that Sunderland City Council opted to work with us.

“Over the next three years, we expect to collect 20,000 tonnes each year.

“The council will deliver the materials it collects from its blue bins to a drop-off point at a site in Washington.

“All of the paper material goes straight from there to a paper mill, but everything else is taken by us to our plant in Hartlepool where it is processed and then sent out from there to be recycled.

“It is always encouraging to secure new business, it shows the reputation we have built within J&B Recycling is a very good one, and it is an added bonus that this contract has enabled us to create three new positions.”

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