Theo Walcott Opens RFSF
RSFS Recycling Limited (R F Salvidge Farms Limited) and Waltet Materials Ltd, two of Hampshire’s most successful waste recycling companies, never do anything by halves. The eighty-acre recycling and landfill site boasts some of the latest waste recycling equipment machinery to recycle builders’ skip waste and dramatically reduce rubbish unnecessarily going into landfill.
The three directors Mark Howard, Dan Newbold and Nicky Salvidge have worked tirelessly to obtain all necessary planning permissions to set up a facility that will assist Hampshire achieving its government targets for waste recycling. Over one hundred local politicians and guests attended the formal opening when Arsenal and England’s promising young footballers Theo Walcott, accompanied by his girlfriend Melanie Slade, did the honours and declared the centre open when the two of them cut a ribbon stretched across the weighbridge at the centre entrance.
“ I am delighted to be here today to formally open this centre,” stated Theo when he and Melanie declared the site formally open. “Recycling is very essential and we must have more of these establishments so that we can recycle more of our waste as the earth’s resources are finite. I was impressed with the large amount of concrete that would normally go into landfill is now being recycled for use as a green alternative for construction use instead of Somerset limestone.”
“In reply Mark Howard thanked Theo and Melanie for attending the event. “This site provides a one-stop shop for construction and demolition waste together with household skip waste. Our advantage here is the scale on which we are working combining recycling and landfill on one site.
Seventy five percent of the construction waste coming through our gates will be recycled and the remaining residue, which is only inert material, will then go harmlessly into landfill. Every builder’s skip will have only a fraction going into landfill now. All paper, wood, metals, plastics – both hard and soft, soil, concrete and brick rubble are now all removed and recycled. Not only are we helping Hampshire to meet its recycling targets, but also our investment will extend the life of the current landfill sites available by a factor of four as we are now recycling three quarters of waste material. Already our management team is looking as to how this figure can be increased. This is the model which all responsible waste companies need to adopt to help to conserve the country’s resources. The more we can recycle materials locally the less greenhouse gases we are creating when lorries transport building materials like stone from the Mendips into the county.
“We see recycling as a major growth industry as governments strive to cut CO2 emissions not just in the UK but across the world as we see the pressures are increasing to conserve resources and reduce global warming. We made a substantial investment in equipment and site profiling to make this site one of the most ecologically, environmentally and user-friendly facilities in the country.”
August 2007
