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TJ Waste lends a hand to help out international exercise

PLEASURE TO HELP: TJ's John Gosling

Work by regional waste management group, TJ Waste & Recycling, cleared the way for a major international disaster exercise in Hampshire. 

Staff from the Fareham-based provider rebuilt an eroding moat ramp at Fort Widley on Portsdown Hill, Portsmouth. 

The work meant larger rescue vehicles could access the dry moat at the Victorian fort as part of a simulated earthquake scenario involving search-and-rescue assistance from other countries. 

Hampshire Fire & Rescue Service, headquartered in Eastleigh, wrote a letter of appreciation to TJ's. 

The service extended its "thanks and appreciation for the continued contribution you have made, which greatly assists us in being able to host many successful, realistic training events". 

Fort Widley is regularly used for simulated disasters to test the resilience of the emergency services. 

John Gosling, the operations director at TJ's, which has 110 staff and 3,000 clients ranging from corporates to sole traders, said: "It was a pleasure to help." 

TJ Waste has recently acquired a commercial recycling transfer station in Portsmouth as part of its expansion strategy.  The site in the Airport Industrial Estate in Hilsea, can handle up to 135,000 tonnes of recyclable material a year from commercial waste customers within a 15-mile radius.  Materials will be delivered or collected by, typically, 60 vehicles a day.  They include soil, rubble, plasterboard, wood, paper, cardboard, cans and plastics.