{"id":46844,"date":"2024-05-17T17:40:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T07:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=46844"},"modified":"2024-05-17T17:40:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T07:40:22","slug":"northern-recycles-over-10000kg-of-old-uniforms-in-first-year-of-environmental-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=46844","title":{"rendered":"Northern recycles over 10,000kg of old uniforms in first year of environmental scheme"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

Northern<\/a> has recycled over 10,000kg (10,390kg) of old uniforms in the last 12 months.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n

In 2023, the train operator\u00a0announced it had signed a deal with recycling specialist Avena\u00a0so that its \u2018end of life\u2019 uniforms could be shredded and turned into \u2018further life products\u2019.<\/p>\n

The arrangement has saved over 4,000kg (4,364kg CO2e) of carbon emissions in the last twelve months (May 2023 \u2013 April 2024) than if the same volume of material had been sent to landfill.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the equivalent of over 11,159 miles driven by an average petrol car or over 2,000kg (2,181kg) of coal being burned. It\u2019s also the same carbon emissions generated from charging 288,031 smart phones.<\/p>\n

Northern has tens of thousands of pieces of uniform and workwear in use by colleagues across the business at any one time.<\/p>\n

Many of the items feature the Northern logo and therefore have to be disposed of safely for security reasons \u2013 to avoid the possibility of items being used by those looking to impersonate rail workers and gain access to restricted areas of depots and stations.<\/p>\n

As part of the new recycling drive, \u2018end of life\u2019 uniforms have been collected from 25 depots and train crew centres across the Northern network on a regular basis over the last year.<\/p>\n

They are taken away and shredded by\u00a0Avena<\/strong><\/a>, a specialist in brand security through processes including textile shredding, clothing destruction and textile recycling.<\/p>\n

To mark the first anniversary of their partnership with Avena,\u00a0Northern has taken part in a video case study<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to encourage other organisations with high quantities of \u2018end of life\u2019 uniforms to recycle more.<\/p>\n

Mike Roe, safety and environment director at Northern, said: \u201cUniforms are something we have in abundance and through natural wear and tear and turnover of staff we regularly have to order-in fresh supplies.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowing that we\u2019ve sent over ten tonnes of material for recycling through this initiative \u2013 which would otherwise have been incinerated or sent to landfill \u2013 is something Northern can be proud of.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elliott Garner, a spokesperson for Avena, said: \u201cWe are delighted to have strengthened and expanded on our relationship with Northern over the past 12 months.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe recent release of our joint video project underscores Northern\u2019s commitment to advancing sustainability goals, directly supported by the SecureBrand Uniform Recycling solution.<\/p>\n

\u201cAvena takes pride in securely processing\u00a0all Northern uniform in the most effective way possible, guaranteeing the processing\u00a0of all items collected resulting in complete avoidance from landfill.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe implementation of SecureBrand across 25 Northern sites ensures branded uniform is captured, heavily reducing the risk of uniform breaches and impersonation attempts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to continuing securing the future of Northern for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Northern is the second largest train operator in the UK, with 2,500 services a day to more than 500 stations across the North of England.<\/p>\n

\n

More Like This<\/strong><\/p>\n

DI Manager at TPE shortlisted for Women in Rail Award<\/a><\/h3>\n

Rail bolt manufacturer lands King\u2019s Award for international trade<\/a><\/h3>\n

South Western Railway hosts the rail industry\u2019s first national safeguarding conference<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Northern has recycled over 10,000kg (10,390kg) of old uniforms in the last 12 months. In 2023, the train operator\u00a0announced it had signed a deal with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":46845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,47,488],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-opinion","category-rail-news","category-railway-stations"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/46845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}