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Re:allies Awards First Contract For Waste Management Framework

Re:allies has announced the first contract between Stockport Homes and GPT Waste Management Ltd to its £14m Waste Management Framework which supports Registered Providers in meeting legislative and management challenges.

GPT Waste Management Ltd (GPT), a national independent provider of waste management solutions, has now begun an initial 12-month £110,000 contract with Stockport Homes which will see the housing provider move from a more reactive service of collecting waste when needed, to a strategic scheme that is intelligently designed for greater efficiency and recycling. The contract will cover office, estate and construction waste.

Alongside a more efficient scheme, the waste specialists will work closely with Stockport Homes’ neighbourhood teams to support residents on estate clearance days, create waste ambassadors across its communities and help generate employment opportunities within the local area. Through these additional services, GPT and Stockport Homes aim to encourage greater volumes of recycling, a better waste collection scheme for vulnerable and elderly residents and decrease fly tipping occurrences within the local area.

Joe Keating, environmental and energy manager at Stockport Homes, said: “Our previous approach to waste collection was quite ad-hoc – simply collecting and disposing of waste as needed. This new contract goes beyond the basics of collection and disposal, providing Stockport Homes with a much more efficient and effective service. Not only that, by working closely with a partner, we can also work to change behaviours around waste, drive out inefficient practices and at the same time, create long term employment opportunities for local residents.”

Judy Ashcroft, on behalf of national social housing procurement consortium, Re:allies, added: “After identifying the need for a new approach to waste services , it’s great to have a committed company partnering with us and Stockport Homes who believe that greater value can be derived from day to day service delivery .”

The Re:allies Waste Framework can be accessed by contractors, suppliers and manufacturers across seven regional lots, including Cumbria, Yorkshire and Humberside, Greater Manchester and Shropshire.

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