26 September 2011

Outstanding Success for Ringwood Food Recycling Business
A Ringwood based food waste collection service which only began trading last year has delivered its one millionth kilogramme of food waste for composting.

Eco Food Recycling collects the food waste from schools, colleges, universities, hospitals, restaurants, pubs, canteens, leisure and theme parks across the South using its own fleet of vehicles.

Eco Food Recycling Ltd was launched by former international sportsmen Simon Heaps and Andy Jones in May 2010 and is now going from strength to strength.

The company, based in St Leonards, Ringwood, counts some of the biggest names in retailing among its clients including 18 Waitrose stores in the southern area and Bournemouth's Castlepoint Shopping Park.

Amounts collected have risen from 30 tonnes a month last December to the current 260 tonnes each month, a rise of 800 per cent.

The food is taken to another local successful eco company - Eco Sustainable Solutions Ltd in Parley, Dorset. The companies are not connected.

Mr Heaps, a former England international table tennis player is delighted with the success of the business, commenting: "Previously the food waste would have gone to landfill but, instead, it is now being converted into compost, satisfying moral and environmental issues and enabling our clients to significantly reduce their carbon footprint."

He added: "It's a huge achievement for us but even better news for the planet.

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