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PROGRAMME 4: REDUCING COSTS
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PROGRAMME 4: REDUCING COSTS

WASTE AND RECYCLING – Update from 1 April 2024

Let’s Do FitZero – Member Benefits

The Fitzrovia Partnership is committed to helping businesses work towards the goal of Carbon Net Zero. From 1 April 2024, The Fitzrovia Partnership will incentivise recycling-only. BID members and full-paying voluntary members can take advantage of the following waste and recycling member benefits:

1. Free recycling allocations

Members using First Mile are provided with an annual allocation of free recycling bags (including all single-stream bags). The allocation varies per member and is dependent on the rateable value of the member businesses.  The free allocations do not include general waste bags.

2. Preferential rates with preferred suppliers

All our preferred suppliers offer preferential rates to our member businesses:

  • Veolia offers up to 20% off waste and recycling.
  • First Mile offer up to 53% off recycling bags, including single-stream bags.
  • Biffa offers preferred supplier contract rates.

Fitzrovia’s Preferred Suppliers for Waste and Recycling

The Fitzrovia Partnership conducted a preferred supplier tender in 2022 for waste and recycling. The three preferred suppliers operating in Fitzrovia meeting the following standards:

  1. Vehicle types with consideration to engine type and emissions of current fleet vehicles. Specific details of vehicles can be provided. 
  2. Details and timescales of plans to migrate to an emission free at tail pipe fleet in Fitzrovia.
  3. Approach to recycling and the range of materials that could be recycled
  4. Level of support for businesses to increase levels of recycling e.g. workplace behavioural change initiatives
  5. How non-recyclable waste is treated and what proportion goes to landfill.

PREFERRED SUPPLIERS FOR WASTE AND RECYCLING OFFERING

Each preferred supplier can offer a waste and recycling provision and they each have some key benefits depending on your business needs.

BIFFA

“Large electric fleet with an award-winning recycling operation”

FIRST MILE​

“Reduce costs and meet sustainabiliity goals through single-stream recycling.” 

First Mile provide a full waste and recycling service for The Fitzrovia Partnership with savings of up to 53%. There are streamlined solutions for every type of waste produced, and free expert guidance on how businesses can recycle more.

Order single stream coffee cup recycling for £1.21 per sack to support our ‘Wassup?! Recycle that cup’ campaign.

VEOLIA

“Reliable and efficient – always in the area collecting from residents, businesses and street cleansing.”

Veolia Camden and Veolia Westminster are Camden Council and City of Westminster’s preferred waste and recycling supplier for residents and they have a responsibility for keeping Fitzrovia’s streets clean and clear. The Fitzrovia Partnership work closely with Veolia to manage rubbish and fly-tipping hotspots in the area.

The Fitzrovia Partnership plays an important role in enabling business continuity and resilience for businesses in the area. Thanks to its savings and procurement programme – the most successful of any BID in the country – we have seen significant bottom-line savings.

David Byrne, Board Director
Chief Executive, The Doctors Laboratory

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