06 September 2011
The sale is being held by Sheffield City Council and Veolia Environmental Services in partnership with local community group Action for Stannington (AfS). Compost bins will be available for the bargain price of £12 (RRP £39) and water butts (including a starter kit) for an amazing £21 (RRP £69)! 45 litre bags of locally produced compost will be on offer at £3 or 4 bags for £10.
Local community group, AfS carries out public awareness campaigns, inviting people to take positive action about issues such as recycling and littering. Organising local clean-up events and managing a Reuse Centre are just some of the ways in which AfS encourages residents to look after their local community. AfS will receive a contribution from every bin or butt sold to help them carry on their good work.
The one day sale will be held at Stannington Park Pavilion, Uppergate Road, 10am - 3pm. The sale items will be offered on a first come, first served basis.
Veolia’s composting experts will also be on hand to ‘dish the dirt’ on how easy it is to recycle garden and kitchen waste into nutritious compost which has endless benefits for plants and soil.
For more information on the one day compost bin sale or home composting in Sheffield, please visit: www.veolia.co.uk/sheffield or call: 0114 273 4567. If you are a Twitter user and wish to follow us then you can find the ‘Recycle4Sheffield’ profile page at: www.twitter.com/recycle4shef
For more information on AfS, please visit: http://www.actionforstannington.org.uk
Contacts
Lynne White
Communications Manager
Veolia Environmental Services (UK) Plc.
Lumley Street Service Centre
Lumley Street
Sheffield
S4 7ZJ
Tel: +44(0) 203 567 3663
Fax: +44(0)203 567 3551
Mob: +44(0)7799 561 401
E: lynne.white@veolia.co.uk
Notes to the editor
Veolia Environmental Services, part of the Veolia Environnement Group, is the UK’s leading waste management company. With a sizeable presence throughout the UK, mainland Europe and the world, Veolia Environmental Services employs over 77,000 people in 33 countries and serves more than 800,000 business clients worldwide. Veolia Environmental Services is the only global provider of a full range of services for handling hazardous and non-hazardous solid and liquid waste. It provides waste management and logistics services as well as materials recovery and recycling. Veolia Environmental Services generated revenue of €9.08 billion in 2012.
We are committed to protecting the environment and improving the lives of the communities in which we operate and have been awarded Platinum Rating in Business in the Community’s Corporate Responsibility Index for 2013.
Veolia Environnement (Paris Euronext: VIE and NYSE: VE) is the worldwide reference in environmental services. The company has operations all around the world and provides tailored solutions to meet the needs of municipal and industrial customers in three complementary segments: water management, waste management and energy management. Veolia Environnement recorded revenue of €29.4 billion in 2012.
Further information can be obtained by visiting the websites: www.veolia.co.uk
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