All waste collected was then sorted at Fresh Start Waste’s facility and resulted in a total weight of 52 tonnes of waste being processed, which generated 42 tonnes which was processed at a North West energy from waste plant – diverting this nonrecyclable waste from landfill. The addition 10 tonnes of mixed recyclable materials (card, paper, metal and plastic) was separated from the general event waste collection and went on to be recycled, again this was all in the North West, further minimising the carbon footprint of the waste from the event.
Using Fresh Start Waste for the event’s waste meant that in terms of sustainability, the event organisers can rest assured that the vehicle emissions were 100% balanced through Fresh Start’s carbon offsetting programme, which sees trees planted in the UK via Forest Carbon.