Straight’s £550,000 caddy deal

The Leeds-based group, the UK’s leading supplier of recycling containers, will supply the new food waste inner caddy, a product developed by Straight to add to its range of containers.

This container is designed to sit inside the top of a 140-litre wheeled bin creating two separate streams for collection and recycling within the one container.

The contract includes the supply of the straight kitchen caddy for indoor use, a number of the 23-litre kerbside caddies for larger households as well as a supply of Compost-a-Bag compostable liners.

The product was launched to the wider market yesterday at the RWM Exhibition in Birmingham.

With a 12-litre capacity, the new food waste inner caddy will hold up to 9kg of food waste including larger food waste items.

Bournemouth expects to receive 1.25kg of food waste per person per week on average.

Georgina Lamb, waste & resource projects manager at Bournemouth Borough Council, said: “As the market leader in the industry, and with its expertise in the manufacture of inner caddy products, Straight was a natural partner for the development of this product.

“Use of the new inner caddy containers should demonstrate value for money, increase recycling performance and deliver significant environmental benefits through waste reduction.”

Jonathan Straight, chief executive of Straight, said: “We are delighted to have been invited to fulfil this contract.”