You may already be familiar with our relationship to Recycling Lives; as a leading waste management firm, it\u2019s the parent company of Scrap Car Network. We\u2019re very proud of this association, especially in light of Recycling Lives\u2019 incredible growth throughout 2017. Recently, it\u2019s acquired its ninth site nationally \u2013 its fifth in just twelve months! This means that under the Recycling Lives umbrella, at Scrap Car Network we\u2019re now able to bring our acclaimed car scrapping services to a whole new region of the country. And it doesn\u2019t stop there\u2026<\/p>\n
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Recycling Lives\u2019 latest facility is in Erith, Kent, and was formerly known as Pick-a-Part. The RL team was determined not to let Erith\u2019s existing local talent go to waste, leading them to secure the jobs of 12 staff in the takeover, with plans to create even more jobs within the business. It\u2019s the latest addition to Recycling Lives\u2019 network of sites across the UK; having started last year with four locations in Lancashire, over the space of just twelve months our parent company has opened five more premises in Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Midlands, and now the South East, allowing Scrap Car Network to depollute and recycle greater numbers of scrap cars than ever. (It\u2019s worth noting that these are just the premises directly managed by Recycling Lives. We\u2019ve not even touched upon the areas we already service<\/a> using our massive network of scrap car dealer partners!)<\/p>\n It\u2019s all perhaps best summed up in the words of the Managing Director, William Fletcher: \u201cThe move tops off our biggest year to date. We\u2019ve tripled our turnover and more than doubled our national footprint.\u201d<\/p>\n This is especially impressive given Recycling Lives\u2019 humble beginnings. It started as a family-owned scrap metal business over 40 years ago. Now, more than four decades in operation has resulted in its evolution into our parent company as we know it today: a multi-award winning organisation with uniquely social business model, and a national reach. With the benefit of Recycling Lives\u2019 resources, Scrap Car Network processes all end-of-life vehicles with state-of-the-art machinery, including Europe\u2019s only fully digitised fragmentiser.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Recycling Lives regard itself first and foremost as a social business. All of our parent company\u2019s commercial operations (including the vehicle recycling services we run as Scrap Car Network) go towards supporting a variety of social initiatives. First there\u2019s the environmental aspect: ultimately, the aim is to succeed in diverting 100% of waste from landfill, and create a truly circular economy. Plus, the proceeds from these operations also go towards managing Recycling Lives\u2019 own residential facilities, which provide a safety net for homeless, marginalised men.<\/p>\n Besides these, Recycling Lives runs an offender rehabilitation programme in nine prisons throughout the North West, which have been proven to be effective in reducing reoffending. As well as this, its staff operates a widespread food distribution programme in partnership with FareShare, aiming to reduce food waste and tackle poverty.<\/p>\n We\u2019re happy to say that these initiatives are seeing excellent results: in 2015\/16, Recycling Lives generated \u00a34.1 million of social value through its activities, and 37 out of 38 participants in its rehabilitation programme did not reoffend. In addition to car scrapping, Recycling Lives is now looking to introduce these initiatives to more locations throughout the South East \u2013 a process which will be vastly helped by the addition of its newest premises.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re proud to have secured the jobs of a great team in Erith,\u201d said William. \u201cAnd we\u2019re excited to introduce our unique business offering to the South East!\u201d<\/p>\n Don\u2019t forget, we couldn\u2019t do all this alone. When you choose us to scrap your car, you\u2019re helping too! To start with, you\u2019re ensuring that your car gets scrapped in the most environmentally friendly way possible, and you can be happy in the knowledge that the proceeds are going to an excellent cause. Just head on over to our homepage to enter in your car reg and postcode, and in no time at all you\u2019ll be looking at your very own instant online quote!<\/p>\nSo What\u2019s Next For Recycling Lives?<\/h3>\n