WDS Group collects empty KeyKegs from pubs, bars, cafés and restaurants across Greater Manchester, Northern England and North Wales. KeyKegs are beer, wine and other beverage Kegs produced by OneCircle that are sustainable and designed for circularity; once empty, they can be recycled into the actual raw materials used to produce new KeyKegs. WDS Group joined OneCircle’s KeyKeg Collection Network in early 2019 and has already collected 55 tons of empty Kegs for recycling that may otherwise have ended up as landfill.
By returning all their empty KeyKegs through WDS Group, hospitality professionals from Lancaster to York, Sheffield to Stoke, and everywhere in between, can help protect the environment. As more empty Kegs are collected, the amount of recycled material in each new KeyKeg will steadily increase, which conserves precious natural resources.
Sam Evans, Sales Director, WDS Group: “The best thing about our partnership with OneCircle is that all empty KeyKegs we collect from pubs, bars and restaurants go back into the system and don’t end up as landfill. We’re glad to be part of the recycling process that helps turn empty Kegs into the materials used to make new Kegs. At WDS Group we want to continue collecting and recycling as many empty KeyKegs as we can across the North to create a greater positive environmental impact for the region.”
WDS Group reduces its carbon footprint by collecting empty Kegs during deliveries to limit the number of unnecessary journeys. It then crushes and bundles the empty Kegs into 200-Keg bales for OneCircle to collect. OneCircle then shreds, separates and sorts the different plastics on an automatic recycling line to recover the raw materials. As much recycled material as possible is used to produce new KeyKeg parts, while the remainder is recycled for other uses.
