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GT Recycling: A unique combination of green initiatives and human rights

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By WorldWidePR

I was lucky enough to be given a tour of the Aylesbury-based firm, GT Recycling, by its founder William Souvatzoglou last Friday (1 April). The company's history and its activities are literally awe-inspiring. Not only is it of great benefit to the environment by preventing books, DVDs, clothes, metals and other item from going it landfill, but it is also of great benefit to the community with its numerous and generous donations to local charities. In addition, it has a heart-warming human rights success story to tell, as described very well in the 22/11/10 edition of the Business Herald, excerpted here:
"Most of the staff come from the same town of Slovakia, called Levoca. According to William, they were being exploited by an unscrupulous employer based in Berkshire, until he took them under his wing. He said his staff are now fitting in well into the Aylesbury community and are embracing British culture.

“Some of these people had been over here quite some time and had not been encouraged to learn the language and they were getting exploited because they did not know what their rights were. “They now have language lessons and are repatriating into the UK side of things. They are establishing bases here, providing an income for the tenancy market and strengthening the retail sector as they have money to spend. “I have also helped a couple of them get mortgages.”

He went on: “They work very well together as a team, they are from the same towns and we have a lot of families here, mothers, daughters, brothers, sisters, uncles and aunts. “They work very hard for the company and are equally rewarded for their hard work.”
Here are some photos from my visit:

Some of GT Recycling's warehouses

Textile sorting

Books ready for sale on Amazon, ebay and other sites

William in front of the book scanning station

More books!

Yet more books!

One of a growing number of GT Recycling-managed high street shops that sell the items collected by the company

Most of the items have never been used, yet were destined for landfill

Just a few of the cheque presentations to charities that William has made on behalf of GT Recycling

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  1. Dr James Pratt13 April 2011 at 01:41

    We need more people like William and organisations like GT Recycling.

    I love the tag line "The Future is up to you!"

    This is so true. This is very inspirational.

    Thank you WorldWidePR for posting this.

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  2. William Souvatzoglou14 April 2015 at 17:42

    Happy to announce as of March 2015 GT Recycling have expanded to New Zealand with Australia to follow.

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