Environmental

Telford is a thriving hub for environmental and green enterprises, and it is already home to a number of successful "green" businesses, making it a flourishing community for companies in this sector.

Telford is a town committed to sustainability and reducing its carbon footprint, making it an ideal location for businesses who share these principles to establish themselves and grow.

CASE STUDY: AO Recycling - A powerful example of the circular economy

AO Recycling in Telford is at forefront of efforts to reduce the environmental impact of discarded white goods. It recently recycled its five millionth appliance and is helping to bring waste plastic back into use. 
 

Being able to demonstrate environmental responsibility has become a key priority for businesses in recent years, but few make it as tangible as online retailer AO.

Since opening its AO Recycling base at Halesfield Business Park in 2017, the facility has become a powerful example of the circular economy in action.

It recycles or reuses more than one million white goods and other appliances every year and processes almost 3,000 tonnes of packaging – equivalent to 100 full box trailers a week.
The company took things a step further in 2019 by investing £7m in a plastics recycling plant at nearby Stafford Park, the only one of its kind in Europe, which enables it to take waste material and turn it into high quality plastic to be used in new products.

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