Emerge Recycling
Units E1-E5, New Smithfield Market
City / Suburb: Manchester
Website URL: https://www.emergerecycling.co.uk/
Postal Code: M11 2WJ
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Description of SE/Org:

Sited on New Smithfield Market in Openshaw, we are a leading social enterprise pioneer in recycling in Greater Manchester. EMERGE has been at the front line of sustainability practice for over two decades; all its operations having at their core carbon emission reduction, resource efficiency and social benevolence.

Products or services sold:

EMERGE provides a range of unique, customised and flexible options to meet your business needs. As well as enabling your company to be fully compliant with environmental and data-protection legislation, by using EMERGE you can rest assured that we recycle to the max whilst helping you reduce waste and attendant disposal costs. Additionally, we can assist your CSR goals by adding value through our charitable works.

We specialise in confidential waste disposal, having the British Standard for confidential data handling. We're also members of the BSIA so you can rest assured your data will be handled correctly.

We collect pretty much everything you might want to dispose of; we can even empty the bins in your office so that you don’t have to! Alternatively we will collect your waste materials from a central location; please talk to us to help you identify the options which best suit your company’s needs.

Materials we collect for recycling (or reuse where possible):
- Paper
- Cardboard
- Confidential waste for secure shredding
- Metal
- Plastic bottles (and some other plastics, like film)
- Fluorescent light bulbs
- Redundant IT & Electrical Equipment – we can also offer secure destruction for computer waste
- Batteries
- CDs and Mobile phones
- Glass
- Printer toner cartridges (excluding photocopier and Xerox cartridges)
- Wood waste from construction sites

We also provide services for:
- Residual waste
- Food waste
Social mission:
Conservation of the natural environment, Employment, training and education

Mission Statement:
The organisation places great importance on playing a positive role in its local community; providing employment, work experience and volunteering opportunities for people from a diverse range of backgrounds and personal circumstances.

A proportion of the proceeds of EMERGE Recycling are channelled back into the charity, where they are put to work to further support the wider community and our shared environment. In Manchester, the FareShare Greater Manchester operations are managed by EMERGE 3Rs, the parent charity of EMERGE Recycling. FareShare’s aims are completely in line with EMERGE’s core mission of reducing waste and carbon emissions and working for social good. The Manchester operation supports around 250 initiatives, and every 1kg of food saved from Anaerobic Digestion is equivalent to a 3.7kg CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) saving.

FareShare Greater Manchester operates with the generous support of many partners, including major supermarkets and fresh produce retailers, who donate surplus food to the charity on a regular basis. Due to a rising demand for its services, the Manchester operation is now planning to expand. Until relatively recently, in-date fresh food, with a short shelf life that was over-stocked by shops and supermarkets was destined for landfill sites, anaerobic digesters or incinerators, resulting in perfectly good in-date food being wasted and contributing to the planet’s carbon emissions. FareShare’s model is simple: instead of sending the surplus food to be disposed of, food retailers and suppliers donate the fresh goods to FareShare and the charity, will, in turn redistribute them to people in need.
We can enable social enterprises (and all businesses) to save on their waste costs.