Broker boosts corporate social responsibility credentials with green scheme.
Kwik-Fit Fleet has opened a £10 million distribution centre for recycled parts.
The 245,000 square feet Northamptonshire complex - the size of 10 football pitches - is the hub of a major operation. A 69-strong fleet of trucks deliver tyres to centres, and return to the National Distribution Centre reloaded with worn out tyres, removed tyre casings and scrap catalytic converters.
The industry first ‘one-for-one exchange’ results in trucks travelling fully loaded thus saving up to three million miles a year and an estimated 3,000 tonnes of carbon in reduced emissions.
Head of Kwik-Fit Fleet Mike Wise said: “We view worn out tyres not as rubbish, but as the raw product for something else.
“Amid ever-growing awareness around company and individual environmental and waste recycling responsibilities it is essential that major organisations, such as Kwik-Fit, lead by example and display their corporate social responsibility credentials.”
