Category: Blog

  • APSE Annual Seminar 2021

    APSE Annual Seminar 2021

    Join us at APSE Annual Seminar 2021 at Birmingham, 8-9 September 2021

  • Did someone say Steel shortage?

    Did someone say Steel shortage?

    We’ve heard a number of rumours circulating about a lack of steel in the UK. Whoever’s talking about a steel shortage mustn’t have visited our Droitwich manufacturing site.

  • Bin Brief – Summer 2021

    Bin Brief – Summer 2021

    After what’s been a pretty wet summer, the sun is finally out. And, just as the weather continues to heat up, so too is activity at our factory as local authorities begin to get everything ready as the nation moves towards a less restrictive period. On that point, I’d like to take the opportunity to say ‘thank you’ to our customers for their continued support.

  • STREET SMART UPGRADE FOR EAST ENGLAND COUNCIL

    STREET SMART UPGRADE FOR EAST ENGLAND COUNCIL

    Huntingdonshire District Council has taken steps to make its waste collection budget work harder after converting 360 of its traditional 110 litre litter bins into smart bins using the latest fill sensor technology. The decision will see almost a third of the council’s 1,200 public litterbins fitted with fill level sensors, which have been supplied…

  • Why firms must help the public sector create social value

    Why firms must help the public sector create social value

    It wasn’t too long ago that local authorities and private sector companies operated in isolation. In the case of Taylor bins, a local authority would choose an appropriate product and we would manufacture it. It was very much a transactional, client-supplier relationship, and one that began in 1961 when Taylor first opened its doors. At…

  • Sustainable coating refurb revnue boost

    Sustainable coating refurb revnue boost

    The decision to swap paint for powder has changed the fortunes of Worcester-based container manufacturer Egbert Taylor, as the firm reports a revenue increase of 36 per cent across its refurbishment division over the last 12 months. In December 2019, Egbert Taylor announced that it would replace wet paint processes with carbon-free powder coating across…

  • Waste not, want not

    Waste not, want not

    By Adam Ramsay, Area Business Manager for Scotland at Egbert Taylor Imagine this scenario. You’re a waste manager at a local authority who, over the years, has seen the council partner with a number of contractors, all of which have had different livery and put their bins through different degrees of usage. The contractors have…

  • Cost effective bin procurement in a post-Covid world

    Cost effective bin procurement in a post-Covid world

    By Mark Jenkins, Sales Director at Egbert Taylor By now, there can’t be many people under the illusion that things are going to be easy over the coming weeks, months and even years. The government has implemented a number of commendable measures since March, with the furlough scheme being particularly notable. However, what goes up…

  • The Contamination Challenge

    The Contamination Challenge

    Back in 2010, when I first joined Egbert Taylor, the waste and recycling industry was completely new to me – I’d been in the fireplace sector for 14 years up until that point! Within a couple of years I was fully up to speed. However, I was amazed at the rate at which the sector…

  • EGBERT TAYLOR LAUNCHES ‘GREEN REWARDS’ SCHEME FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES

    EGBERT TAYLOR LAUNCHES ‘GREEN REWARDS’ SCHEME FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES

    Egbert Taylor is to introduce a new ‘Green Rewards’ scheme to promote the sustainable benefits of buying metal bins Made in Britain.   Many of Taylor’s competitors only assemble bins in the UK after importing materials from countries such as China, which creates high levels of carbon emissions, or refurbish bins using wet paint, which…

  • EGBERT TAYLOR NAMED NATIONAL RECYCLING AWARDS FINALIST

    EGBERT TAYLOR NAMED NATIONAL RECYCLING AWARDS FINALIST

    Egbert Taylor and South Ayrshire Council will join illustrious businesses and organisations at the National Recycling Awards 2020, which takes place on 15 December, after both organisations were today announced as joint finalists for the Partnership Excellence – Public/Private Sector Award. Both organisations were shortlisted following a successful partnership initiative that delivered huge recycling gains…

  • Win while you’re binning: the case for smart waste collection

    Win while you’re binning: the case for smart waste collection

    by Emmett Reidy, Business Development Director at Egbert Taylor I’ve been working in the disruptive waste technology market for over a decade now, and during that time the bin and market has changed – considerably, I am glad to say. With the advancement in cellular and battery technology, as well as Local Authorities’ openness to…

  • EGBERT TAYLOR APPOINTS CHAIRMAN

    EGBERT TAYLOR APPOINTS CHAIRMAN

    Worcester container manufacturer, Egbert Taylor, has appointed longstanding waste industry specialist and former Dennis Eagle CEO, Mike Molesworth, as Chairman. The move supports the firm’s ambitious growth plans and is expected to help reaffirm Egbert Taylor’s position as the UK’s primary producer of premium steel containers. Mike, a prominent figure within the waste sector, led…