Building & Facilities Management September Issue

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Recycling & Waste Management

A positive change the pandemic has highlighted So much has changed to the way in which we work due to the pandemic, causing us to pause and assess how we conduct our operation. We have all adapted to new business models to protect our customers and those who with work us, impacting many areas of our daily life. Now, as pandemic restrictions are eased across the UK, businesses will go through a transition to determine the new working practices which are most suitable and effective for their operation. Although some of the pandemic measures were restrictive to our work, there were some elements which improved our business performances, and it is these aspects we will adopt into our new normal working practices. Two of the major changes business have needed to navigate were around social distancing and managing a reliable supply chain. This has led many businesses towards HIPPO as a provider of their

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waste management services, due to the unique model we can offer. Our HIPPOBAGs can be stored on site or with a field operative, ready to be used when the waste is generated. During the pandemic this reduced contact points with third parties either delivering skips or moving

the waste by hand, or a field team carrying waste back to a central site causing further cross over of operatives. The HIPPO proposition also offers a reliable supply chain, unlike other areas of the waste industry where there has been high demand for skips leading to longer lead times and

Building & Facilities Management – September 2021


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