Award puts EOLS with business elite

An Essex firm with less than 50 staff has joined the UK’s business elite by winning a Big Tick in the Environmental Impact category of Business in the Community's annual Awards for Excellence.

End of Line Services (EOLS), which recycles computers and other office equipment in bulk from some of the biggest corporate names in Britain, was one of only six winners in the Environmental Impact section of the 2006 awards.

EOLS is the UK’s foremost independent IT asset disposal company and operates a zero landfill policy for the 5,000 pieces of IT equipment it handles each week. Its Blue Chip clients include global banks and financial institutions.

After all data is erased, 50% of the computer equipment is resold and 40% is given a new lease of life as components. The remaining 10% is passed to other recycling companies to use in an environmentally-responsible way.

At a special presentation ceremony at EOLS’ headquarters in Essex Business in the Community Regional Director Mike Brophy praised End-O-Line’s business methods and its concerns for the environment. He presented EOLS' Managing Director Jan Smith with a young oak tree and a wooden 'Big Tick' for her desk.

He said: “I admire End-O-Line for its vision and business strategy. It is a business which takes its environmental responsibilities seriously and is in good company because many much bigger companies such as Ford have won this award in the past.”

Jan Smith said: “We are 10 years old this year and our very strong social responsibility policies have grown with us. It is nice that this should be recognised with a Big Tick award. I accepted the award on behalf of a small but growing work force at End-O-Line which have all played their part towards it.”