RENOLIT Cramlington Limited has celebrated reducing its waste to landfill by 1,200 tonnes annually with the help of Total Recycling Services.

Renolit is part of a German-based international plastics manufacturer with sites across Europe, Asia and the US. As a manufacturer of films for interior decorations Renolit produces plastics wastes such as PVC, Polymers, Acrylic Film and plastic packaging.

According to WRAP the amount of plastic waste generated in the UK is estimated to be nearly five million tonnes every year with Defra stating 1.2 million tonnes of plastic ending up in landfills.

Since working with Total Recycling Services, Renolit has also seen an increase in savings on recycling costs and has more than doubled its recycling rebates.

Caroline Brown, safety environmental coordinator at Renolit, who oversees environmental and waste procedures on site, said: “As a company, Renolit tries to reuse as much materials as possible across our many international sites. Each of which specialise in the production of different plastics.

“Where Renolit can’t reuse a material, we trust in Total Recycling Services to handle it. By working with Total, we can now proudly say we are a Zero to Landfill company.

“Although the saving is very welcome, the biggest advantage for us was the different philosophy about waste, which got us thinking differently.

“This has turned out to be good preparation for the roll-out of the Group’s ‘Renolit Goes Circular’ waste reduction initiative, something with which Total are supporting us in Cramlington.”

Renolit and Total Recycling Services have been working together since 2013 after being invited to tender by the plastics manufacturer.