New lorry doing the rounds

Cae Post, an innovative social enterprise based in Welshpool, has taken delivery of an £84,000 DAF vehicle to be used in its trade recycling service to collect paper, cardboard, plastics including film, glass, metals and textiles.

Operating in the Shrewsbury, Oswestry, Welshpool, Newtown, Llanidloes and Brecon areas, the new vehicle will be used to increase available capacity and a new driver is set to be recruited.

Cae Post’s trade recycling service operates to provide people with a range of disabilities, or who are disadvantaged in the labour market, the same opportunity of contributing to their community through work as anyone else.

Sue Packer, General Manager of Cae Post, said: “This smaller vehicle can access more difficult locations, such as narrow high streets where traditionally a 26-tonne vehicle struggles. We are looking forward to recruiting a new driver to operate this service and we are hoping to also provide an opportunity for a recycling operative to learn the ropes of being a driver’s mate.”

PICTURE (from left): Tommy Winter, recycling operative at Cae Post, Graham Waters from Greenhouse, Neil Barnfield from Garwood Europe, Sue Packer and Les Jacks from Cae Post.