Recycling specialist Binit is rolling out empty-KeyKeg collections from its base in Clyst Honiton, near Exeter, as well as arranging convenient drop-off points across the South West.
The Binit team at their Devon base
KeyKegs are beer, wine, and other beverage kegs, produced by OneCircle, that are sustainable and designed for circularity. Once empty, they can be returned for processing to recover the actual raw materials used to produce new KeyKegs.
By returning all their empty KeyKegs through Binit, hospitality professionals from Bristol to Devon, Somerset to Cornwall, and everywhere in-between, can help to protect the environment. As more empty Kegs are collected, the amount of recycled material in each new KeyKeg will steadily increase.
Binit thinks beyond the bin to offer customers a unique, optimised service and consultancy, helping them better understand their waste management profile. Tracking waste through ongoing audits also brings customer net-zero emissions within reach.
The empty-KeyKeg return partnership with OneCircle responds to ongoing requests from pubs, bars, breweries, and other hospitality businesses for KeyKeg closed-loop recycling in the South West.
Carbon footprint
“Binit believes a circular economy is the only way to bring about a shared, prosperous future that is not damaging to the planet,” said company co-founder and chief executive, Philippa Roberts.
“We aim to keep materials circulating at their highest value for as long as possible, and this means getting them back into the right supply chain. Our partnership with KeyKeg in the South West does just that.”
Binit minimises its carbon footprint by using other businesses’ vehicles to collect empty kegs. It has no fleet of its own. It then assembles, crushes, and bundles the empty kegs into bales for OneCircle to collect.
OneCircle shreds, separates, and sorts the different plastics on an automatic recycling line to recover the raw materials. As much circular material as possible is used to produce new KeyKeg parts, while the remainder is recycled for other uses.
