A decade-long partnership with Welcome Break

Impact Environmental Group, marked its fruitful ten-year partnership with Welcome Break, the leading motorway services group, by undergoing a major installation at a new site in Rotherham.

IEG’s contract with Welcome Break has seen a considerable expansion over the last decade. The waste and recycling compactor and baler manufacturer started its relationship with the group with the remit of a fully comprehensive, third-party service and maintenance offering, and has further enhanced its support to include the design and installation of new, custom-built equipment since.

Throughout the long-standing partnership, IEG has mobilised replacement equipment to 29 of Welcome Break’s sites across the length and breadth of the nation, supporting the group in its operations by minimising the volume of waste with portable compactors and reducing costs with balers for cardboard recycling, all while heightening its environmental credentials.

The most recent installation in Yorkshire, marking 10 collaborative years, saw the installation of a baler for cardboard and a portable CP30i waste compactor fitted with GPS location, online monitoring of usage and real-time notifications on compactor fill levels. Part of Capital’s i-Series, the next-generation machine incorporates state-of-the-art technology for vastly enhanced operational and environmental benefits, including a 25% improvement on energy performance compared to standard compaction machinery. Notably, critical information from each asset can be shared via a bespoke monitoring platform with IEG’s service engineers, allowing for faster diagnostics and adjustments if required.

Paul Sweet from Welcome Break commented: “IEG has been a partner and supplier of waste compactors and cardboard baling equipment to Welcome Break for the last decade and has been amazing from the start; the team always go the extra mile be it an emergency, replacement machinery or a repair on the existing fleet. The quality and build of their equipment is far superior to offerings from others. We admire the drive on innovation, and next-generation machinery with a pioneering Internet of Things (IoT) platform that Capital is constantly improving.”

Managing Director Daniel Parsons said: “It is a privilege to celebrate our well-established collaboration with Welcome Break, and to mark the many successes we have achieved together over the last ten years. The partnership has grown considerably during that time and we look forward to building on this further as we continue to support the group, providing a best-in-class service and industry-leading offering to heighten Welcome Break’s waste management operations.”

IEG are the UK’s leading manufacturer of waste and recycling compactors and balers. Founded in 2000, the company provides and services waste compactors and recycling balers that waste operators and end-users acquire through rental contracts, as well as upfront equipment purchases.

Custom-made in its purpose-built factory in Barnsley, the compactors and balers are constructed using high-grade materials, boosting longevity and helping reduce downtime.

Impact Environmental Group (IEG), a global environmental products and services business, providing a comprehensive suite of new and replacement products for waste and recycling containers, collection and compaction equipment, and waste transportation equipment.