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  • STREET SMART UPGRADE FOR EAST ENGLAND COUNCIL

    STREET SMART UPGRADE FOR EAST ENGLAND COUNCIL

    Huntingdonshire District Council has taken steps to make its waste collection budget work harder after converting 360 of its traditional 110 litre litter bins into smart bins using the latest fill sensor technology. The decision will see almost a third of the council’s 1,200 public litterbins fitted with fill level sensors, which have been supplied […]

  • Bin Brief – Spring 2021

    Bin Brief – Spring 2021

    As spring begins to make its presence felt and the shadow of Covid starts to subside, we thought this would be a perfect time to share with you some of our customers’ recycling successes and the positive steps that many local authorities are currently taking to reduce contamination.

  • Why firms must help the public sector create social value

    Why firms must help the public sector create social value

    It wasn’t too long ago that local authorities and private sector companies operated in isolation. In the case of Taylor bins, a local authority would choose an appropriate product and we would manufacture it. It was very much a transactional, client-supplier relationship, and one that began in 1961 when Taylor first opened its doors. At […]

  • Sustainable coating refurb revnue boost

    Sustainable coating refurb revnue boost

    The decision to swap paint for powder has changed the fortunes of Worcester-based container manufacturer Egbert Taylor, as the firm reports a revenue increase of 36 per cent across its refurbishment division over the last 12 months. In December 2019, Egbert Taylor announced that it would replace wet paint processes with carbon-free powder coating across […]

  • Waste not, want not

    Waste not, want not

    By Adam Ramsay, Area Business Manager for Scotland at Egbert Taylor Imagine this scenario. You’re a waste manager at a local authority who, over the years, has seen the council partner with a number of contractors, all of which have had different livery and put their bins through different degrees of usage. The contractors have […]

  • Cost effective bin procurement in a post-Covid world

    Cost effective bin procurement in a post-Covid world

    By Mark Jenkins, Sales Director at Egbert Taylor By now, there can’t be many people under the illusion that things are going to be easy over the coming weeks, months and even years. The government has implemented a number of commendable measures since March, with the furlough scheme being particularly notable. However, what goes up […]

  • The Contamination Challenge

    The Contamination Challenge

    Back in 2010, when I first joined Egbert Taylor, the waste and recycling industry was completely new to me – I’d been in the fireplace sector for 14 years up until that point! Within a couple of years I was fully up to speed. However, I was amazed at the rate at which the sector […]

  • EGBERT TAYLOR LAUNCHES ‘GREEN REWARDS’ SCHEME FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES

    EGBERT TAYLOR LAUNCHES ‘GREEN REWARDS’ SCHEME FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES

    Egbert Taylor is to introduce a new ‘Green Rewards’ scheme to promote the sustainable benefits of buying metal bins Made in Britain.   Many of Taylor’s competitors only assemble bins in the UK after importing materials from countries such as China, which creates high levels of carbon emissions, or refurbish bins using wet paint, which […]

  • EGBERT TAYLOR NAMED NATIONAL RECYCLING AWARDS FINALIST

    EGBERT TAYLOR NAMED NATIONAL RECYCLING AWARDS FINALIST

    Egbert Taylor and South Ayrshire Council will join illustrious businesses and organisations at the National Recycling Awards 2020, which takes place on 15 December, after both organisations were today announced as joint finalists for the Partnership Excellence – Public/Private Sector Award. Both organisations were shortlisted following a successful partnership initiative that delivered huge recycling gains […]

  • WASTE FIRM BACKS BRITISH AS PART OF GROWTH PLAN

    WASTE FIRM BACKS BRITISH AS PART OF GROWTH PLAN

    Total waste management company, Axil Integrated Services, has chosen UK manufacturer Egbert Taylor to build its latest order of HazPodTM products – a bespoke Taylor 1100L container equipped to collect and transport hazardous waste. The 40-unit order, which signals success for Axil despite the pandemic, follows the Corby-based firm’s commitment to growing its UK operation […]

  • Win while you’re binning: the case for smart waste collection

    Win while you’re binning: the case for smart waste collection

    by Emmett Reidy, Business Development Director at Egbert Taylor I’ve been working in the disruptive waste technology market for over a decade now, and during that time the bin and market has changed – considerably, I am glad to say. With the advancement in cellular and battery technology, as well as Local Authorities’ openness to […]

  • EGBERT TAYLOR REPORTS GROWTH

    EGBERT TAYLOR REPORTS GROWTH

    24th March 2020 Worcester-based container manufacturer, Egbert Taylor, has revealed business growth of 4.4 per cent after the firm boosted revenue from £12.8m in 2018 to £13.4m in 2019 and reported an EBITDA of £753,000. These positive results were achieved by focusing on ‘growing turnover, sustained gross margins and tight controls over operating costs and […]

  • EGBERT TAYLOR APPOINTS CHAIRMAN

    EGBERT TAYLOR APPOINTS CHAIRMAN

    Worcester container manufacturer, Egbert Taylor, has appointed longstanding waste industry specialist and former Dennis Eagle CEO, Mike Molesworth, as Chairman. The move supports the firm’s ambitious growth plans and is expected to help reaffirm Egbert Taylor’s position as the UK’s primary producer of premium steel containers. Mike, a prominent figure within the waste sector, led […]

  • Bin Brief – 2019

    Bin Brief – 2019

    Our UK customers are responsible for so much positive waste and recycling activity that we thought we would share their successes (and ours) with a waste and recycling briefing. And don’t worry, we will keep it brief.

  • Scottish success prompts team expansion

    Scottish success prompts team expansion

    Worcester-based container manufacturer and waste solutions provider, Egbert Taylor, has announced plans to grow its presence in Scotland following the appointment of Adam Ramsay, who joins the team this month as Area Business Manager. The move follows a string of successes in Fife and South Ayrshire, which has seen the large-scale rollout of many of […]