Straight’s place on new YPO framework worth up to £12m

Leeds-based Straight, which features on three other key YPO framework agreements, said this latest four-year contract is worth between £8m and £12m across the six suppliers who have been appointed.

Each supplier will be awarded by a mini-competition process.

Wakefield-based YPO’s customers include public sector authorities, schools, colleges, universities and major local Government departments.

Straight said the framework agreement allows customers to buy goods without going through the full EU procurement process.

Straight said its liners are manufactured from natural starches and are 100 per cent biodegradable and compostable.

They break down into water, carbon dioxide and biomass and are compatible with the Straight kitchen caddy range and most other caddies.

Different sizes, colours and print details are available.

Helen Wardman, YPO’s category manager for waste management, said: “We are extremely pleased to see Straight on another key YPO framework agreement and are delighted to offer Straight compostable liners to our customers.”

Straight’s chief executive Jonathan Straight added: ”Being one of only a handful to make it onto this key framework is testimony to our dual commitments of quality and value.”