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 75,000 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, April 2007 – Newport Paper, a specialist purchaser and reprocessor of recycled materials, today announced that it has won a new 5-year contract with Rugby Borough Council to recycle all the mixed paper collected within the borough.

From 1st March, Newport Paper (www.newportpaper.com) has been collecting over 100 tonnes per week of kerbside recyclate, adding to its existing contracts which include the London Borough of Enfield, Lewes District Council and Basildon District council.

It was Newport Paper’s ability to recycle a wider range of papers from kerbside collection, including Yellow Pages, brown and grey board and junk mail, which helped to secure the contract.  The benefits to Rugby Borough Council are that this increases the amount of material recycled without increasing the collection costs. 

Around 41,000 tonnes of household rubbish was collected in Rugby borough during 2006 of which 4,700 tonnes was recycled.  This new scheme, which extends to over 95% of households, will help increase this to 5,500 tonnes per year and help the council exceed the 20% recycling target set by the Government.

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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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