Devon Contract Waste (www.dcw.co.uk) has won a £2.5 million contract from a luxury yacht maker. The Exeter-based waste-management company will manage the collection of commercial waste from six of Princess Yachts’ (www.princessyachts.com) Plymouth sites for the next three years.

Most of the waste will be processed through the Zero to Landfill service, using the sorting equipment at Devon
Contract Waste’s Envirohub. This facility — said to be the only one of its kind in the South West — sorts all mixed non-food, non-glass waste. What cannot be recycled is sent to energy-from-waste plants, ensuring that nothing goes to landfill.

Simon Almond, managing director of Devon Contract Waste, said: “We are delighted to be working with Princess Yachts over the next three years to help it achieve its environmental goals.

“As an expanding family business, winning significant contracts like this is integral to our growth plans and our mission to make a more environmentally responsible South West.”

Grant Hooper, director of purchasing and logistics at Princess Yachts, said: “Working with Devon Contract Waste means that we can keep our ‘carbon footprint’ as small as possible, even as we work towards our ambitious expansion plans.

“I firmly believe that, as a major Plymouth employer, we should lead by example in managing our waste in the ‘greenest’ and most-efficient way possible.”