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December News

It’s been increasingly more expensive to dispose of our wastes what with a 20% increase in the Governments landfill tax and also an increase in the gate fees we shall be paying close to £90.00 per tonne in 2010 – one of the highest in the country!
With this in mind we shall be visiting a waste gasification plant in Scotland in January 2010 to explore the avenues of converting our wastes into energy and diverting our wastes from landfill sites – so WATCH THIS SPACE!!!!

December has also been a month of change with H & A Hygiene’s manager Maralynn Vaughan making the decision to retire.
We wish her well in all the things she has wanted to do but hasn’t had the time and know that her free bus pass will be well used!
Taking over the general manager’s role will be Caroline Turner and we wish her every success in the future.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

Allan Holmes
Managing Director - H & A Waste Services Ltd

November News

Allan and Abbi Holmes holding the Precious Lives Appeal cheque for £3798.53!

October News
Sponsored Wheelie Bin pull for the Precious Lives Appeal

What a way to spend your weekend off?
Normally most people might wash their cars, do a bit of shopping, go to a rugby game or take their dog for a walk, but myself and fourteen of my colleague’s friends and family did something a little bit different.
We strapped an 1100ltr wheelie bin to our backs and walked from Redruth to St Austell to raise much needed funds for the Precious Lives Appeal.
It all started at Pirate FM at 8am on Saturday 10th October and finished at Porthpean (the site for the new hospice) at 4pm on Sunday 11th October.
Some people were pulling the bins and some people were collecting money in buckets, even stopping the traffic so that no one got away without donating! Let me say that there were some very sore feet at the end of it but everyone kept in good spirit and made it all worthwhile.
We are delighted to say we will soon be presenting a cheque for approximately £3,500.00 once all the sponsorship money has been collected in.

Myself and Mr Alway would like to say a big thank you to all of our sponsors and to everyone else who has made a donation and also to all of my colleagues family and friends who have given up their time to make all of this possible.

Allan Holmes
Managing Director - H & A Waste Services Ltd

September News
10th - 11th October Sponsored Wheelie Bin pull for the Precious Lives Appeal

Hi Everyone,
Just to warn everyone to stay off of the roads between Redruth & St Austell the weekend of 10th -11th October 09 as H & A are doing a sponsored wheelie bin pull!! Only joking, we would actually love for you all to be out on the roads to support us. The H & A wheelie bin pull is in aid of the Precious Lives Appeal which is a very worthy cause. 100% of the money raised will go towards the much needed new hospice which is planned to be built in Porthpean sometime in 2010. If you would like to donate either pop in and see us or sponsor one of our drivers, loaders, office staff and managers! Any amount will be greatly appreciated.

August - update
Recycling Services reduce Landfill

Although the weather has been very bad the summer season is in full swing. H & A have been extremely busy with one day shows and Cornwall has been bustling with people. It’s amazing the amount of waste that tourists create but we are not complaining! We have found this year that more and more of our customers are taking advantage of our recycling services and have therefore greatly reduced the amount going to land fill as well as helping to massively cut costs.

A big WELL DONE to Carol from our Hygiene Division, always running around she has just completed a half marathon!

July News
Royal Cornwall and Stithians Show

Another successful Royal Cornwall Show with almost 10 tonnes of cardboard, paper, plastic bottles and cans being recycled from the 60 tonnes of waste removed. This is a dramatic increase from last year.
We are delighted to announce our staff competing at the show were very successful, well done to you all.

Stithians Show started bright and sunny and then went a bit damp to say the least! This didn’t dampen people spirits though and by the way, did you see our picture in the West Briton..?
Staff also competed very successfully here, again supporting (as we do) the local shows.

H & A Website goes "live"
16/06/2009

Here at H & A, we are proud to announce the launch of our new website, which has been designed to help our customers optimise their waste management.

Over the last 2 months, we have been working in collaboration with a local design company B Graphic to create an effective website that allows easy navigation, clear and concise information about all our services and products, with a simple message... we are caring for your environment, today.

Race for Life
06/06/2009

Congratulations must go to Sally from our hygiene division for completing the "Race for Life". We knew she could do it - after all she gets lots of exercise servicing our sites!

Going "crazy" for Royal Cornwall
29/05/2009

Welcome to summer or as we at H & A call it the "crazy season". It’s where all of the holiday parks fill up and our waste collection levels go "crazy"

We are also busy supplying all of the waste, hygiene & recycling bins for the "Royal Cornwall Show". It’s only a three day show but we collect approx 60 tonnes of waste & recyclables for transport and disposal.

(Remember: If you would like to talk to someone about recycling containers, simply give us a call on 01209 219993).

Our transport manager & dedicated staff work hard with the staff at Royal Cornwall to ensure the site is kept as clean and tidy as possible at all times and we very much look forward to another successful, sunny show.
Good luck to our staff that will be competing in various events.