Straight secures three-year recycling agreement

The Leeds-based firm has been appointed by the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO) and the Central Buying Consortium (CBC) to supply steel wheeled bins, kerbside boxes and food waste caddies.

Straight has also been awarded sole supplier status for the provision of compost bins to ESPO and CBC's members and end customers.

The agreement has resulted from the early termination in September 2009 of the government funded Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) scheme to supply home compost bins to councils in England.

Straight supplied more than half of the compost bins used by WRAP during its six year campaign.

Chief executive Jonathan Straight said: "We are absolutely delighted to have such a prominent position on this framework agreement. Building on a relationship established in 2006, we are now able to offer almost our entire range through ESPO.

"Steel wheeled bins are now included for the first time and the range includes kerbside boxes, foodwaste caddies for indoor and outdoor use, woven kerbside bags, compostable liners made of paper and bioplastics and compost bins for bulk supply.

"In terms of the home composting campaigns we can now offer to all councils, we are looking forward to returning to the forefront of a market that we led for many years prior to WRAP's intervention."