LKM Winter 19 Newsletter

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With the spirit of recycling this xmas, LKM recycling has decided to send out electronic LKM Recycling has had a busy couple of years expanding into different sectors including the
waste sector, however the decision has been made to refocus on our core business of metal
Johnny eppstJroitehltneirementtitlexmas cards again this year. All our customers will receive an ecard reducing the amount of recycling. With this comes the news that LKM Recycling has decided to sell the waste arm
of the business to Quick Waste Ltd. Quick Waste are a local company with experience of the
paper that will be used. waste sector and will be the right people to drive the waste yard forward.

codnNistoecwnatrdweedkantothweietnwdoonf’tDemcaekmebaerd. Benutt in the estimated 1 billion xmas cards that will be They will start to take over the waste customers from December and LKM will continue to
every little helps right? Small changes from all of us support our customers make the transition over to the new setup. Moving forward, this sale
will allow LKM to shift focus to ferrous and non-ferrous recycling and scrap car collection.
can add up to make a huge difference.
For any queries regarding the sale please call our commercial team on 01795 439393

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NEWSLETTER EDITION WInter 19 FOCUS ON - Daniel longstaff Tyre Shop - now open

TOTAL LKM Recycling are now offering a new service in the Sittingbourne area for the general public.
WASTE We have opened a new facility to supply Used and part worn tyres. With an experienced tyre
MANAGEMENT fitting team and a drive for quality customer service, LKM Used tyres can fit quality part worn
SOLUTIONS tyres at a fraction of the cost of new tyres.

WWW.LKM.ORG.UK We offer only quality part worn tyres that are all reused from our End of Life vehicle service.
This makes our service environmentally friendly, as it stops these tyres being recycled. We
stock hundreds of tyres across the most popular sizes and will offer a free tyre check and
inflation for customers.

We also offer a limited amount of alloy wheels for cars. These can be found on our facebook
page or just give the tyre shop a call on 01795 507970

LKM Recycling
Brooker House, Symmonds Drive

Eurolink Industrial Estate
Sittingbourne, Kent ME10 3SY

01795 439393
www.lkm.org.uk

Check out our website - www.lkm.org.uk
Email : [email protected]

FESTIVE WASTE 2019 NEW SKIP LORRY macmillan coffee morning

Xmas comes just once a year!!! But waste is for life! Christmas time produces some serious Following on from the sale of some of our older vehicles that were no longer required to In September LKM Recycling participated in the macmillan coffee morning. We had many
waste, over 30% more waste than usual. Over 1 billion christmas cards are sold in the UK support the core business, LKM have just taken delivery of a new 26 tonne volvo skip lorry to mbers of staff baking cakes, brownies and cupcakes for the good cause. We sold cakes
alone each year, and 227,000 miles of wrapping paper is binned which is nearly enough boost our flexibility for collecting skips for customers. and premium coffees to our staff and customers and ran a few competitions within the
to stretch to the moon. Then we have the food waste, an estimated 17.2 million brussel business.
sprouts go uneaten and a shocking 2 million turkeys. More surprisingly over 6 million xmas As we focus more on the metal recycling sector this new skip lorry will give us greater
trees are discarded each year with 15% of people binning their artificial trees rather than capapcity to collect and deliver skips to our customers in a more timely manner. This will For such a good cause we wanted to beat last years total and raise over £250. We managed
reusing the following year. strengthen our position in the metal recycling sector as we move into 2020. to raise a total of £275 for Macmillan, which was a fantastic result. Thanks to all those that
contributed by buying, making or selling cakes for the day.
There is a significant portion of the population that will be dreaming of a waste free
christmas this year. a recent survey showed that 57% of people will make an effort to be
more sustainable this year, with a third of people prefering to give experiences rather than
physical gifts.

Whatever your xmas looks like this year, try and make little changes. Recycle all of your
wrapping paper and cards, give away any leftovers, and recycle or reuse your xmas tree.
Whatever you do have a Happy Christmas and a Merry New Year!

Xmas opening hours

Merry Christmas!!!! LKM Recycling will be celebrating the festive season with a few mince
pies but we will still be on call if you want to bring us your metals for recycling.

Please see below for out xmas opening hours over the 2019 /2020 holiday period.

New Starters

We are welcoming some new starters into the LKM family, Tom Keeble is now our new
transport coordinator and will work alongside the ELV and transport departments to give
support where needed.

We would also like to welcome Ruth Hicks to the accounts team who will be supporting
with the purchase ledger.