Newport, Shropshire, April 2010 – Newport Paper, a specialist purchaser and recycler of recovered materials (www.newportpaper.com) today announced that it has signed a 4-year contract with Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council (www.rotherham.gov.uk) for the acquisition of their newspapers and magazines.

Rotherham Council's kerbside scheme collects paper from 111,000 households and it's residents are provided with a 'Blue Bag' to recycle Newspapers, Magazines, Leaflets, Telephone directories, Catalogues, White paper, Junk mail and Shredded Paper.

In total the scheme generates 6,000 tonnes of recyclable paper per year.

The 4-year contract is due to start from 24th May 2010 and Newport Paper won the contract through a combination of competitive pricing and partnering with a local company, KCM Skips of Rotherham, for the bulking facilities.

The paper will be supplied directly to the second largest recycled paper producer in the world, StoraEnso (www.storaenso.com). Their mill produces paper based on 100% recycled fibre which is then sold to publishers and printers of newspapers and magazines.

Rotherham's Recycling Manager, Mr Dale Otter, comments 'The nature of Waste Management is changing and we need to restrict the amount of waste that is sent to landfill. Newport Paper are helping us by ensuring that our paper is recycled in the most effective manner possible'

Newport Paper Managing Director Matthew Hoare adds “With such a competitive market for recovered material we are delighted to have been awarded this contract. Key to our success was our relationships with one of the world's largest paper re-processors, StoraEnso, which means we can offer Council's long term stability irrespective of the volatility witnessed in the market over the past few years.

Newport, Shropshire, 30th September 2009 – Newport Paper, a specialist purchaser and recycler of recovered materials (www.newportpaper.com) today announced that Jennie Payne has been promoted to Development Director, joining the company’s management board with effect from 1st October.

This new and strategic position within the company has been created to help Newport Paper better secure new markets for the company's ever increasing recycled material tonnage . In addition Jennie will aid in the procurement of material to satisfy the new outlets.

Jennie was ideally suited for this position with over 14 years experience in:

• securing tonnage from Local Authorities and Waste Management Companies
• securing new outlets for mixed papers and office grade papers into European mills
• sales to the Far East including China
• working with shipping routes and documentation required for deep sea exports

In 2006 Jennie joined Newport Paper as Commercial Manager where she was was part of the team that helped Newport Paper increase recycled tonnage by 300%. Previously Jennie worked for MM Recycling and SITA.

Managing Director Matthew Hoare said Payne's promotion reflected Newport Paper's continuing growth. “Since joining us in 2006, we’ve taken on 20 more recovered material suppliers as well as selling material across the world. Combined with our own Material Recovery Facility we need to make sure our whole supply chain is thought out strategically – and that's Jennie's job.”

“As we expand I need to ensure our management structure continues to deliver high quality recycling services, and Jennie was the natural choice to become Development Director.”

Payne added: “I’m delighted with this promotion, I'm proud to have helped Newport Paper grow so quickly and I'm looking forward to the challenge that this new position provides”

Newport, Shropshire – 18th December 2008: Newport Paper, a specialist purchaser and recycler of recovered materials (www.newportpaper.com) today announced that it has signed a 4-year contract with the Hertfordshire Waste Partnership for the acquisition and reprocessing of their newspapers and magazines. It makes this contract one of the largest single contracts in the UK with up to 50,000 tonnes of recovered paper to be managed per year.

The Hertfordshire Waste Partnership is made up of the County Council and 10 waste collection authorities, which between them recycled over 200,000 tonnes of waste in 2007/08 resulting in a recycling rate of 38.5%. The Partnership is working together to improve waste management and recycling throughout the county (www.wasteaware.org.uk).

Welwyn Hatfield Council is acting as the lead authority on behalf of the collection authorities involved and the county council. The contract starts on 1st December 2008 with North Hertfordshire and Broxbourne Councils being the first to commence the supply of recovered newspapers and magazines. Other authorities will join the scheme on a staggered basis when their existing contractual arrangements come to an end.

Newport Paper’s success in this highly competitive tender was largely based on meeting the financial requirements necessary, especially in terms of a providing a market leading purchase price over the term of the contract. The company is able to provide this guarantee through the strong working and contractual relationship it has with Stora Enso Langerbrugge, one of Europe’s largest paper mills.

This countywide scheme places Hertfordshire at the forefront of newspaper and magazine recycling because this contract includes all source segregated paper from kerbside collections and recycling banks, as well as any tonnages from the County’s 19 Household Waste Recycling Centres.
Cllr Derrick Ashley from the Hertfordshire Waste Partnership said: “Through the Hertfordshire Waste Partnership, authorities are working hard to deliver the objectives of our Joint Municipal Waste Management Strategy in the most environmentally acceptable and cost effective way. Newport Paper really impressed us with their tender and the additional income generated will help to support and develop the waste services we offer”.

Newport Paper Company’s Managing Director Matthew Hoare added: “We’re delighted to have won this new contract, especially given its size. I’m sure this type of contract will increase in popularity because of the economies of scale that can be achieved with one supplier being used across a county. By recycling over 250,000 tonnes of recovered material, Newport Paper is now one of the biggest reprocessors of recyclate in the UK market.”
In addition to Hertfordshire County Council the 10 collection authorities that make up the Hertfordshire Waste Partnership are:

• Broxbourne Borough Council
• Dacorum Borough Council
• East Herts District Council
• Hertsmere Borough Council
• North Hertfordshire District Council
• St. Albans City and District Council
• Stevenage Borough Council
• Three Rivers District Council
• Watford Council
• Welwyn Hatfield Council

Personnel in image (left to right): Andrew Harper (Head of Procurement - Welwyn Hatfield Council), Councillor Clare Berry (Welwyn Hatfield Council - Executive Member for the Environment), Matthew Hoare (Managing Director - Newport Paper), Durk Reyner (Head of Client Services - Welwyn Hatfield Council), Councillor Derrick Ashley (Hertfordshire County Council)

Newport, September 2008 – Newport Paper, a specialist purchaser and recycler of recovered materials (www.newportpaper.com) today announced that it has signed a 4-year contract with Castle Point Borough Council (www.castlepoint.gov.uk) for the acquisition and processing of their comingled material.

Newport Paper won the contract by offering the full range of services requested by Castle Point Borough Council at the most competitive price, while ensuring that the service provided is carbon neutral.  The proposal submitted by Newport Paper scored maximum points in the tender process.

Households in Castle Point can now recycle more of their domestic waste, thanks to the introduction of plastic and can recycling; the comingled material will then be reprocessed at Newport Paper’s new generation processing facility in Thetford.  With a projected recovery rate of over 97% the MRF can take almost any mix of recyclables and produce the correct quality recyclate demanded by the reprocessing industry.

Castle Point Borough Council’s Director of Environment, Ian Burchill, said: “We were really impressed with the tender submitted by Newport Paper.  The aims of the service are to provide a high standard of recycling service, both regular and punctual with low unit costs when compared with others and within the upper 25 percentile of best performing authorities and striving to achieve continuous improvement.  Newport Paper could provide exactly what Castle Point Borough Council wanted at the most competitive price, while providing a service that is also least damaging to the environment.”

Newport Paper’s regional manager Esther Kirby added: “We’re delighted by the news of this new contract. In addition to the contracts we have with Basildon and Brentwood, we are able to provide a highly efficient service to councils in that region.”

* Photograph: Esther Kirby, Newport Paper and Tim Read, Castle Point Borough Council

Newport, June 2008 - Newport Paper, a specialist purchaser and reprocessor of recycled materials, is delighted to announce that Steve Thorne has joined the company as its latest regional manager.

With significant growth over the last 5 years, Newport Paper now requires over 300,000 tonnes of recovered material in 2009 and the new position will help meet this ambitious objective by securing post-consumer material from Local Authorities and Waste Management Companies.

Steve will be the regional manager responsible for the West of England and Wales. With over 15 years operational experience in recycling, most recently as General Manager for ECT Recycling, Steve understands how to run multi-site recycling services and the requirements of providing a high quality service to clients and public alike.

Matthew Hoare, Managing Director of Newport Paper comments, “With material buying and material processing services, Newport Paper is becoming a more vertically integrated company and so we’re delighted to have someone of Steve’s calibre and experience to help meet our ambitious plans.”

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Newport, March 2008 - Newport Paper, a specialist purchaser and reprocessor of recycled materials, is delighted to announce that Lydia Broome has joined the company as its 4th regional manager.

Having doubled in size between 2006 and 2007, Newport Paper now requires over 250,000 tonnes of recovered material in 2008 and the new position will help meet this ambitious objective by securing post-consumer material from Local Authorities and Waste Management Companies.

Lydia will be the regional manager responsible for the East of England. Her previous role as Waste Awareness Officer for one of London’s leading authorities, Richmond upon Thames, gained her vital operational experience dealing with contractors, implementing recycling schemes and a departmental communications and marketing strategy; as well as coordinating the London Recycling Officers Group (LROG).

Matthew Hoare, Managing Director of Newport Paper comments, “We’re really pleased to have recruited someone of Lydia’s calibre and are looking forward to securing more contracts to supply our new MRF based in Norfolk.”

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Newport, November 2007 – Newport Paper, a specialist purchaser and recycler of recovered materials, today announced that its new MRF (Materials Recovery Facility) is now fully operational.

Located in Hockwold, Norfolk, the plant started operations on Friday 16th November, following 2 weeks extensive commissioning, and is already taking material from Local Authorities including Basildon District Council and Brentwood Borough Council.

The MRF is the first in the UK to be 100% powered by eco-friendly bio-fuel which means it can operate around the clock without the use of fossil fuels.  The generator, supplied and operated by Living Fuels, uses recycled cooking oils from Local Authorities, caterers and restaurant chains to produce its power and any surplus electricity is fed back to the national grid.

The plant is 100% owned by Newport Paper and will help to meet the increasing demand for recycling facilities from Local Authorities.  The new £2m facility was built by Nicholls Jovisa Ltd., the largest commissioned by them in the UK, and is operated exclusively by Freedom Recycling.

Designed to take in around 50,000 tonnes of mixed recyclables each year, and with a projected recovery rate of over 97%, this new generation MRF can take almost any mix of recyclables and produce the correct quality recyclate demanded by the stringent requirements of the reprocessing industry.

The new MRF facility is designed to be as efficient as possible and uses less manpower per tonne than older style MRFs.  Together with a state of the art baler the equipment includes a bag splitter, 2 sorting platforms, trommel and overband magnet which are designed to separate co-mingled materials such as newspapers, magazines, cardboard, Yellow Pages, junk mail, grey board, all plastics, aluminium and steel cans.

Matthew Hoare, Managing director of Newport Paper comments "I am delighted that our first MRF is now operational which gives us better control over the quality of recyclate given to reprocessors.  It is also a great first step towards our ambitious plans to operate 5 MRFs by the end of 2010."

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Newport, November 2007 - Newport Paper, a specialist purchaser and reprocessor of recycled materials, is delighted to announce that Michael Yannakoyorgos and Esther Kirby have joined the company as regional managers.

Having doubled in size between 2006 and 2007, Newport Paper now requires over 250,000 tonnes of recovered material in 2008.  To obtain more post-consumer material from the UK and meet the ambitious target these new positions will secure tonnage from Local Authorities and Waste Management Companies.

Michael will be the regional manager responsible for Scotland and the North East and has previously worked for BTCV Scotland Action Recycle as their Business Creation Manager. His experience includes dealing with Local Authorities, community groups and private sector waste management companies in Scotland.

Esther will be the regional manager responsible for London and the South East and, as the Recycling Manager with The London Borough of Richmond, gained vital experience dealing with contracts and contractors, running a small MRF and negotiating material sales with reprocessors.

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Newport, October 2007 – Newport Paper, a specialist purchaser and recycler of recovered materials (www.newportpaper.com) today announced that it has signed a 4 year partnership with Brentwood Borough Council (www.brentwood-council.gov.uk) for the acquisition and processing of their co-mingled material.

The new partnership supports the council’s new Orange Sack Recycling Scheme, which began in April, and sees Brentwood’s residents provided with an additional recycling service, at no extra cost.

Households can now recycle more from the domestic waste stream because their paper, cardboard, cans and plastics can now go into orange sacks that are collected as part of Brentwood’s existing service.

The co-mingled material will then be reprocessed at Newport Paper’s new generation processing facility in Thetford.  With a projected recovery rate of over 97% the MRF can take almost any mix of recyclables and produce the correct quality recyclate demanded by the reprocessing industry.

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Newport, July 2007 – Newport Paper, a specialist purchaser and recycler of recovered materials, today announced that it is building a new MRF (Materials Recycling Facility) in Thetford, Norfolk. 

Responding to increasing demand for recycling facilities the new MRF will enable Newport Paper to meet the requirements of its Local Authority customers, such as Basildon District Council, Brentwood Borough Council and The London Borough of Enfield, as well as seeking new sources of supply.

With a projected recovery rate of over 97% the advantage of this new generation MRF is that it can take almost any mix of recyclables and produce the correct quality recyclate demanded by the reprocessing industry.

The MRF is being built by Nicholls Jovisa and it will become operational on 1st September 2007. Newport Paper has enlisted Freedom Recycling to operate it on their behalf.

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Newport, Nov 2006 - Newport Paper, a specialist purchaser of recovered materials, is delighted to announce that Jennie Payne has joined the company in the role of Commercial Manager.

With contracts to supply both newsprint and board mills across the UK and Europe, the company plans to significantly increase the purchase of all post consumer materials from the UK in 2007.

Jennie will be responsible for securing tonnage from Local Authorities and Waste Management Companies.  Jennie has previously worked for MM Recycling and SITA, and her 12 years recycling industry experience will help Newport Paper’s drive to meet its ambitious growth plans.

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Newport, June 2006 - Newport Paper, a specialist purchaser of recycled materials, has won a new 3-year contract to collect co-mingled recyclate from Basildon District Council.

It was awarded on the competitiveness of Newport Paper’s tender and the promise of building a new recycling facility at Basildon’s Barleylands depot that will significantly reduce the Council's transport & sorting costs.

Karen Bomford, Environmental Strategy Manager at Basildon District Council, comments: “We found Newport Paper’s proposal the most appropriate to help us meet our recycling targets.  They were able to guarantee the most cost effective price whilst still providing an exceptional level of service to the Council."

Joanne Milne, Area Manager for Newport Paper, who was responsible for putting together the contract, said: “We are delighted to have won the contract and are pleased that we can help Basildon District Council meet their recycling targets efficiently”.

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