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Impact Environmental Group (IEG) has acquired Capital Compactors Limited (CCL).  CCL is the leading service provider of waste compactors and recycling balers in the UK.  CCL becomes the fourth major UK waste products and services business to join IEG alongside Taylor, DuraFlex and UKCM. CCL was founded in 2000 by Alistair and Jo Lindsay, both of whom […]

We’re thrilled to announce the exciting launch of our new company website! Impact Environmental Group, a leading provider of products, services, and engineered solutions dedicated to building a more sustainable world, is delighted to introduce our revamped online presence.

UKCM’s Cheshire site, which is now owned by US firm Impact Environmental Group UKCM, the UK’s longstanding container repair and refurbishment specialists, has been acquired by Impact Environmental Group (IEG) in a move that sees the Cheshire-based business become the third major UK waste products and services business to join IEG alongside Taylor and DuraFlex. […]

Taylor, the Worcester steel bin manufacturer, has become the first of its kind to offer customers the opportunity to configure and purchase as little as one custom-made bin directly from this website.

Pets In Need Hertfordshire, an animal food bank based in St Albans, has avoided steep storage costs after appealing to Taylor, the Worcester bin manufacturer, for help with securing pet food donations received from the local community. After facing pet food storage costs amounting to £400 a month from one Hertfordshire landlord, Pets in Need […]

Kirsty Barnes, the latest member to join Taylor, is proving that there is a clear link between cars and bins following her appointment to the role of Customer Service & Sales Office Manager. Since leaving college in 2007, Kirsty has worked in the car industry, having started her career with BCA, the UK’s largest used […]

Impact Environmental Group (IEG), which now owns the Taylor and Duraflex brands, has expanded the remit of Container Components’ Sales Manager Bruce Ashton following the decision to promote him to the role of Area Business Manager for the entire group. Bruce joins the wider IEG stable of brands after three years at Container Components where […]

Green Rewards, a sustainability initiative launched by Taylor, is helping Wigan Council’s residents achieve a mindset change when it comes to nappy changes after the container manufacturer awarded the council £1,136 to promote reusable nappies and reduce the council’s level of nappy-related contamination. Green Rewards enables local authorities throughout the UK to accrue points for […]

Taylor has won the Best Waste & Recycling Containers Manufacturer Award as part of the SME News-hosted British Made Awards 2022. The awards programme, which aims to reward a vastly diverse range of creative manufacturers from across the UK, includes a panel of judges that evaluate entrants solely on merit.  All entrants are assessed based […]

I generally start my day at 8.15am, when I report into the Finance Director – who also happens to be my Mom, it really is a joy to work at Egbert Taylor. Everyone’s friendly here, and everybody gets on well.  Prior to my current role, I was managing invoices in. Now, as credit controller, I […]

South Ayrshire Council has cut waste contamination in four problem areas, all of which were suffering from severe fly tipping, by giving its waste strategy an overhaul with the help of Droitwich bin manufacturer Egbert Taylor. Up until this spring, the council had relied on four 240L wheeled bins per flat to manage the general […]

Impact Environmental Group (IEG) has acquired Duraflex, the brand behind Chesterfield-based Container Components Europe.  It is the US firm’s second acquisition in the UK since acquiring Egbert H. Taylor & Co Ltd in November 2021. The decision to purchase Duraflex is part of IEG’s global strategy to build a comprehensive waste solutions organisation that caters […]

As far as longstanding members of the team go, I’m somewhere towards the top of the Egbert Taylor family tree. I joined the business on 16 June 1997, back when I had a full head of hair (it was curly, too). Egbert Taylor – or Taylor, as it was then – was still a family […]

I joined the Egbert Taylor family in November 1994 – so quite a while ago. I began working on the shop floor and then spent six years as a welder. When the job for Test and Prototype Engineer came up around the mid 2000s, I couldn’t resist applying. I was heavily into cars and motorbikes […]

Over the last two years I’ve turned into somewhat of an evangelist. Not about a particular TV show, trend or latest fad. No, my chosen topic is, sadly, waste. Actually, I’m not sorry. In fact, those who’ve read my recent day in the life piece, which revealed how even on my honeymoon I was taking pictures of […]