Waste Management | Leicester, Leicestershire

Waste Management at Sturgess Motor Group

Due to the nature of the business’ main activities, we recognise that we are a high waste producer so work with a number of waste handlers to ensure that the waste generated is handled in a manner that is less impactful on the environment.

Of the 3 sites that the Company operates in the City and County of Leicester, each has a Service Manager who is responsible for the day to day production and safe disposal of waste. Their relationship with the waste handlers ensures that the waste is removed from our sites regularly, responsibly and with the minimum of disruption.

The waste generated is categorised into the following sections and is handled by the named, accredited waste specialists who are all part of the Waste Framework Directive and prepare all paperwork and compliance requirements on our behalf.

General waste

This comprises cardboard, office waste and non-ferrous waste. This aspect is handled in a sustainable way by waste management handler, A E Burgess & Sons www.aeburgess.com

Scrap metal

This comprises metallic automotive waste such as brake components, exhausts components, scrap wheels, body panels. This is handled by local scrap metal recycling company, T. Watts. www.t-watts.co.uk

Waste oil and fluids, batteries, bumpers and plastic body components

This covers waste engine oil, contaminated fuel, brake fluids, paint thinners and anti freeze. Also handled are plastic vehicle body components such as bumpers, light assemblies, door mirrors etc. Redundant car batteries and contaminated components like oil filters, fuel filters, workshop cleaning materials, hand gloves. These are all handled by Safety Kleen – www.safetykleen.com

Tyres

Old, worn or damaged tyres are handled by a tyre specialist. The tyres are shredded so all the metal within the tyre can be removed. The rubber is then further pulped and ultimately made into insulation materials or for use in equestrian schools and stabling. This duty is cared for by our tyre supplier Micheldever- www.micheldever.co.uk

Total loss vehicles

If a vehicle is subject to a total loss insurance claim, it becomes the property of the insurance company involved and they assume responsibility for the disposal of that vehicle. Any other vehicle that is to enter the End of Life-Vehicle (ELV) process is handled by a local provider, the End of Life Centre www.endoflifecentre.co.uk

IT equipment

Any waste, broken or redundant IT equipment is disposed of in accordance with the current WEEE regulations, using the secure computer recycling services of Eco Green IT Recycling- www.ecogreenrecyclingit.com

Walter E Sturgess & Sons Ltd trading as Sturgess of Leicester and Sturgess Motor Group is an Appointed Representative of Automotive Compliance Ltd who is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA No. 497010). Automotive Compliance Ltd’s permissions as a Principal Firm allows Walter E Sturgess & Sons Ltd trading as Sturgess of Leicester and Sturgess Motor Group to act as a credit broker, not a lender, for the introduction to a limited number of lenders, and to act as an agent on behalf of the insurer for insurance distribution activities only. We are a credit broker and not a lender. We can introduce you to a carefully selected panel of lenders, which includes manufacturer lenders linked directly to the franchises that we represent. We act on behalf of the lender for this introduction and not as your agent. We are not impartial, and we are not an independent financial advisor. Our approach is to introduce you first to the manufacturer lender linked directly to the particular franchise you are purchasing your vehicle from, who are usually able to offer the best available package for you, taking into account both interest rates and other contributions. If they are unable to make you an offer of finance, we then seek to introduce you to whichever of the other lenders on our panel is able to make the next most suitable offer of finance for you. Our aim is to secure a suitable finance agreement for you that enables you to achieve your financial objectives. If you purchase a vehicle, in the majority of cases, we will receive a commission from your lender for introducing you to them which is either a fixed fee, or a fixed percentage of the amount that you borrow. This may be linked to the vehicle model you purchase. Different lenders pay different commissions for such introductions, and manufacturer lenders linked directly to the franchises that we represent may also provide preferential rates to us for the funding of our vehicle stock and also provide financial support for our training and marketing. But any such amounts they and other lenders pay us will not affect the amounts you pay under your finance agreement; however, you will be contributing towards the commission paid to us with the interest collected on your repayments. Before we propose you to a potential lender, we will inform you of the likely amount of commission we will receive and seek your consent to receive this commission. The exact amount of commission that we will receive will be confirmed prior to you signing your finance agreement. All finance applications are subject to status, terms and conditions apply, UK residents only, 18s or over. Guarantees may be required.

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