Printwaste Recycling Gains ISO 14001 Accreditation

U.K. company says accreditation demonstrates its commitment to environmental improvements.

Printwaste Recycling & Shredding, based in Gloucestershire, U.K., has been awarded ISO 14001 accreditation across all of its secure shredding and recycling operations. According to Printwaste, the accreditation underlines the company’s commitment to delivering the highest standards of customer service while striving for continuous environmental improvement.

Don Robins, Printwaste’s managing director, says, “Achieving ISO 14001 is an important step for us as it formally recognizes what we were doing already; that is operating to the best environmental practices and industry standards. Improving on our already stringently controlled and efficient services is going to be a challenge."

Printwaste is accredited to ISO 9001:2008, a business management standard incorporating BS EN 15713:2009, the standard for information destruction in the United Kingdom. The company is a principal member of the British Security Industry Association and national service operator of The Shredding Alliance, as well as an Environment Agency-registered waste carrier.

Printwaste provides a wide range of recycling and secure shredding management solutions to more than 2,000 customers across all business sectors in the United Kingdom.