Championing change

Newquay’s Oltco makes the switch from plastic packaging to recyclable tin.

Oltco, the UK’s leading sustainable resin driveway company, is expanding its sustainable offering by switching from plastic resin packaging to recyclable metal tins. This coincides with Oltco’s current innovative and award-winning sustainable resin driveway solution, Recycle Bound.

With Oltco’s HQ based in Newquay, Directors Tom Stringer and Johnny Pearce have always been aware of the damaging impact waste plastic has on the environment. This led the duo to launch Recycle Bound, the world’s first sustainable resin driveway solution made utilising waste plastic that is already in circulation, and has now driven them to take their commitment one step further by eradicating plastic from Oltco’s packaging. With Cornwall’s rich history in the tin mining industry, Oltco is proud to be connected to this heritage by choosing tin for its new packaging.

This was an easy decision for us but one that took a lot of time to finalise, and we couldn’t be more excited with the results

Since its inception in 2004, Oltco has grown a wide network of franchisees and employees, and Johnny and Tom wanted to include the entire team during this process. The new packaging has been tried and tested on site with Oltco’s franchisees to ensure that it is suitable for the job and has been met with resounding success.

“This was an easy decision for us but one that took a lot of time to finalise, and we couldn’t be more excited with the results,” says company Co-Director, Johnny Pearce. “In business, it is common for people to make short-term decisions to bring about fast results with the sole aim of increasing profit. At Oltco we look to the future and want to make sure we are delivering the best results for our customers, our team and the planet. We’re proud to be a business that fights for change and one that focuses on the triple bottom line: people, planet and profit.”

“This launch not only means a lot to Johnny and I but also to our wider Oltco network,” explains Co-Director Tom Stringer. “We discussed the new packaging with each member of the Oltco team and found their insight incredibly valuable. Their feedback filled us with every confidence as we received a unanimous ‘of course we should do this’. It means so much to us to have the support from our Oltco family.

“This new packaging fits perfectly with our ethos ‘to feel good about the work that we do and the decisions that we make’, and it demonstrates our continued commitment to protecting the environment. We hope our customers love this new packaging as much as we do!”

Oltco Ltd
64 Tower Road,
Newquay
TR7 1LY