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TJ Waste has purchased and donated £1,500-worth of litter pickers and bin hoops to Southampton City Council (SCC) for use at community events. Keeping our communities clean during events such as these is essential for the good of the environment and the continued success of the events.

TJ Waste has provided assistance to GoGreen and Vivid Homes, giving them a helping hand to complete a recent refurbishment of a local community garden in Gosport.

TJ Waste has donated a skip to Heartbeat House, which is part of Southampton-based cardiac charity Heartbeat, a cause that TJ has supported on numerous occasions. 

It’s National Gardening Week (1-7 May 2023), which is run by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) to raise awareness of gardening and horticulture, and to encourage more people to get involved!

TJ Waste is dedicated to helping in the fight against fly tipping. It’s something we feel so strongly about that we are inviting members of the public to report any fly-tipping incidents that they come across to us so that we can liaise with the local authority and help them resolve the issue.

It’s Global Recycling Day on 18 March, an annual event established in 2018 by the Global Recycling Foundation. It aims to celebrate the importance of recycling in order to preserve our primary resources and protect our planet.

2022 has been a successful year for TJ Waste, despite the many challenges the UK has faced this year. The world started returning to a more normal ‘normal’ for the first time since the pandemic hit, which has allowed things to start to improve in many industries.

TJ has been awarded the Feefo Platinum Trusted Service Award for the fourth consecutive year. This award is an independent seal of excellence that recognises businesses for delivering exceptional experiences, as rated by real customers.

Yapton Materials Recovery Facility Site Foreman, Martin Wright has recently completed the WAMITAB Level 4 Medium Risk Operator for Non-Hazardous Waste Treatment and Transfer qualification, which he passed with flying colours.

TJ is the headline sponsor for the Portsmouth Coastal Waterside Marathon 2022, which is taking place on Sunday 18 December. This sponsorship involves many elements and in addition to that, we also have eight staff members actually running the event too!

Each year TJ gets involved in a range of fundraising activities for various charities. September saw TJ take part in Macmillan’s World’s Biggest Coffee Morning, raising over £175 for this fantastic cause.

In August 2022, the Environment Agency issued a letter directly to local authorities advising on legal requirements [1] for the collection and disposal of upholstered domestic seating, due to the presence of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in both the textiles and foam found in this type of waste.