Straight signs £8m framework agreement

ENVIRONMENTAL products and services group Straight has secured a three year refuse and recycling framework agreement worth in excess of £8m with two local government purchasing and distribution consortia.

The Leeds-based firm has been appointed by the Eastern Shires Purchasing Organisation (ESPO) and the Central Buying Consortium (CBC).

It will supply a range of products including 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.

ESPO and CBC have a potential geographical spread from North Nottinghamshire through to Hampshire, including Bristol in the West and Norfolk in the East.

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 and chief executive Jonathan Straight believes that the company is now ideally placed to provide local authorities in England with a competitive compost bin programme

Mr 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.”