Glass recycling firm goes into administration
Was it a good party in Oban or a breakdown in glass recycling? Sadly, the latter was to blame for the overflowing empties at Tesco’s recycling bins last week.
Alexandria recycling firm Greenlight Environment Ltd, which carries out recycling contracts for Argyll and Bute, Inverclyde and West Dunbartonshire Councils, went into administration last month, making all its 109 workers redundant.
Greenlight was contracted by the council to collect glass from commercial premises on mainland Argyll, as well as collect domestic glass and ‘co-mingled recycled material’ from the council’s depots in Helensburgh and Lomond.
Passers-by were staggered to see the bottles piling high at the recycling point outside the Oban supermarket, before they were cleared away and Tesco posted a notice: ‘We have been informed by the company that uplift the glass recycling has gone into administration and will not be able to collect the recycling.
‘Argyll and Bute Council are currently working on a solution to the problem. In the meantime, we respectfully ask that customers refrain from recycling glass at this recycling point, until Argyll and Bute have resolved the issue.
‘There is a glass recycling area at the recycling centre at Moleigh which might be an alternative for some customers. We apologise for any inconvenience.’