EMERGE is a Manchester based recycling company. We are a social enterprise - a business focused on reinvestment to improve service and increase recycling awareness. With over 10 years experience in the 3Rs, we can help with reduction of your waste contact us about our consultancy services. These include waste audits, waste management and recycling guidance, among others. ...

UK Produces £12bn Food Waste Per Annum

Hi Folks,A shocking report published by WRAP show just how much food the UK is wasting.According to their study, every household is throwing away as much as £480 worth of edible food every year; across the country that equates to £12bn worth of wasted edible food, weighing approximately 8.3 million tonnes!!! WRAP states that this could amount to as much as 25% of all food purchased in the UK - and at a time when food poverty still exists - even in the UK!Clearly something needs to be done to raise awareness and help reduce the level of waste we are all generating - as concern builds about global food shortages we can little afford to waste a quarter of all of the food we purchase. On the subject of diverting food waste: have you come across FareShare? EMERGE Food is a new subsidiary within the EMERGE Group and we are very proud to be running the North West FareShare franchise and acting as a hub for food surplus deliveries to divert in date food to people in need. If you know someone who could donate food or volunteer please contact Paul Beswick on 0161 223 8200.

Introduction to EMERGE

Greetings, I thought I would start this blog off by introducing EMERGE. EMERGE was set up as a voluntary organisation in 1996 by myself and a group of like-minded individuals, the objectives of which were to help bolster the local economy of Openshaw, engage the wider community in thinking and doing more about sustainable resource management and thereby act as a catalyst to get businesses and households recycling.We registered the company as limited by guarantee (effectively a not-for-individual-profit basis) in May 1998 and ran on a new business support plus a Princes Youth Business Trust grant and loan but it wasn't until 1999 that we actually employed our first full-time member of staff. EMERGE now collects from over 700 businesses, 125 schools and 7000 households in the Greater Manchester area. We employ 30 local staff from our HQ in Openshaw and recycle a comprehensive range of materials including most dry recyclates and some hazardous waste.Have a look at the history page on our website for more information about how we have developed since the outset. I'd like to believe that many of the people who work at EMERGE aren't only here because they need to earn a crust, but because they genuinely believe that through high quality recycling services, environmental education and positive engagement we can make a genuine difference to conserving resources and protecting our precious planet now and in the future. Sounds idealistic? Maybe, but I'd say we need more idealism, optimism matched with tenacity in order to sort out the mess we are making!

Specialist Services

We collect a wide range of materials - paper, cardboard, cans, glass, plastic bottles, toners, IT equipment, CDs and dry batteries. We also provide city centre daily collections

Trade Bodies / Associations

EMERGE is an open membership organisation. We encourage as many people as possible to join in order to increase our accountability to the local community. We are a member of the Federation of Small Businesses and the Community Recycling Network

Trading Since

1998