“they call me the King of Can Back”
A simple and effective way to recycle and reuse.
“Our NIMTECH teams are based at our manufacturing sites in both Hull and Darwen. From here we process all of the waste from our UK operations, although we don’t see it as waste; we see it as a resource that simply needs to be recovered, repurposed or recycled. Every scrap of material that can be reused is: from office paper to tinting colourant, electrical items, plastic, manufacturing waste, paint damaged in transit - everything! One of my favourite examples of recycling is our Can Back scheme. Launched in 2011, it’s a brilliantly simple idea that encourages our account-card customers to return their empty paint cans (from any brand) to one of our Crown Decorating Centres, rather than chucking them out.
Our lorries pick them up each time they drop off new supplies - so there’s no additional transportation - and bring them back to our plants for processing. The NIMTECH team then clean out each can, making sure any residual paint is also recycled, and then bale the packaging, be it plastic or metal, to be recycled. In the last 24 months, we’ve prevented over 480 tonnes of paint cans going to landfill. And in 2022 alone, we recycled over 1 million cans, targeting 1.3 million in 2023. Sure, it can be a messy job, but the result makes for a cleaner planet, and we couldn’t be more proud of the scheme’s success.”
David Bowker Managing Director of NIMTECH
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