Waste Management & Recycling
We have partnered with a leading waste management company ACM for a number of years on their Greener Path Programme - a unique, holistic and totally sustainable waste management strategy. We have achieved Zero Waste to Landfill every year, meaning a diversion of up to 100% of waste from landfill via efficient recycling and energy recovery.
By diverting waste to landfill and recycling any cardboard and plastic waste we have saved over 70 tonnes of carbon over the last 5 years.
Making every delivery green.
In 2022 we successfully launched our plastic free direct packaging initiative, which was aimed at removing all single use non recyclable plastic from our Bryson packaging. The initiative includes our new Bryson brown boxes (printed with 70% less ink), paper and cardboard packing instead or plastic bubble wrap, paper packaging tape instead of plastic, and sugar cane eco mailing bags instead of polythene.
It started in 2019 when we replaced bubble wrap with shredded cardboard where possible. The cardboard predominantly comes from goods received from our manufacturers and suppliers that would otherwise go to recycling. As a result we have reduced the amount of bubble wrap plastic used by 80%. That’s the equivalent of 22 football field lengths of plastic removed every year!
Since then we have changed our direct packaging to be fully plastic free:
- We have eliminated our plastic packaging tape and replaced it with paper tape.
- Reduced the amount of ink printed on our delivery boxes by 70% which means our boxes are 100% recyclable.
- Plastic document wallets & jiffy bags have been replaced with recyclable paper options.
- Recyclable cardboard bookwraps in different sizes are used for packaging smaller orders and our signage range, instead of plastic and correx wrapping.
- Printed PPE & Workwear items are packaged in recyclable and carbon neutral sugar cane eco mailer bags.
Working on indirect packagingPartnering with more sustainable suppliers has provided us with new packaging ideas and solutions. We are actively working with all our key suppliers to find alternative packaging solutions which are plastic free, recyclable and more sustainable.
View Our Sustainable Product Range
Bryson are one of the only companies in the construction industry to offer proper recycling of PPE. We have partnered with a leading specialist in the destruction and recycling of all PPE used on construction sites to provide a circular economy where everything is re-used, recycled and responsibly destroyed - and the best part is NOTHING goes to landfill!
Plus your brand identity is safely destroyed for your own intellectual property protection.
We offer a simple solution that suits all sites great or small. We can recycle all your textile PPE (such as hi vis clothing, workwear, face masks and gloves) as well as plastic, polymer and metal PPE (such as helmets, safety specs, safety boots and ear defenders).
No contract needed - simply contact us when you need PPE recycling.
An average PPE recycling breakdown: 20% goes into Tier 1, 60% goes into Tier 2, and 20% into Tier 3.
That means 80% of PPE is recycled and formed into other products!
Waste Management working with Social Enterprises
We have partnered with well established social enterprise schemes to help eliminate waste, re-use and recycle, whilst helping communities across the UK.
The Community Wood Recycling project is one such scheme.
