Ethos Public Relations Manchester

Everything - including the kitchen sink!

by Ethos public relations

462 toilets and baths, 1,267 doors and approximately 8,000 old radiators have been taken out of Peak Valley Housing Association homes in the Hattersley & Mottram area and recycled by The Casey Group.

Peak Valley Housing Association is half way through a five year £40 million pound investment programme of its housing stock in the area and The Casey Group has been charged with removing the old appliances and replacing them with new ones.

Phil Corris Managing Director of Peak Valley Housing Association said: "One of the reasons why we selected The Casey Group as our main contractor on this major investment programme was its commitment to recycling. The company has a dedicated recycling area on site and it?s certainly been very busy during the last couple of years."

Peak Valley is working to bring 1,300 properties up to the Government's Decent Homes standard. To date it has spent around £21 million and though each property is evaluated individually as a general rule they will have brand new kitchens and bathrooms, a new heating system, new windows and doors as well as external work such as fascias and soffits.

Fred Myles from The Casey Group said: "As we remove all the old fixtures and fittings we take it to our recycling centre on site to be divided into separate re-cycling skips which are then sent to dedicated recycling centres - where somebody's old bath can be turned into new products."

UK households produced over 30.5 million tonnes of waste and our recycling figure is still quite low compared to some of our neighbouring EU countries. Peak Valley Housing Association and The Casey Group will continue to re-cycle what they can, where they can and do their bit for the environment.

Posted at 21^st September 2009