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Expansion
Keeping its roots in East London, LMB set up a new headquarters in a large warehouse
in Canning Town where all the clothes, shoes and textiles are taken to be sorted,
baled and loaded onto containers.
A subsidiary company, the Britannia Wiper Company
was also formed to recycle clothes that couldn't be used,
by cutting them into industrial wiping cloths, used by various industry sectors.
Lawrence then had another brainwave. If LMB was going to put out it's own banks, it
made sense to produce them and refurbish them too.
Britannia Plant Engineering was born and to date has manufactured over 4000 banks
for textiles, glass, paper and shoes, which proudly sit on pavements, in supermarket
car parks and civic amenity sites (recycling sites) throughout the UK.
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LMB Today
On an average week LMB now collects 170 to 200 tonnes of textiles, clothing and
shoes. 80 per cent will be sorted and exported for reuse, 10 per cent that isn't fit
for reuse will be cut into wiping cloths, 5 per cent will be sent for flocking and
felting, leaving a minimal 5 per cent waste, incorporating household rubbish,
hangers and single shoes.
But LMB is not resting just yet. It has recently been involved in various new
initiatives encouraging the younger generation to recycle and reuse. It's Shoes
Friends and Clothes Collectors schemes work in schools across the South East
educating primary school children of the need to recycle paired shoes and clothes.
Become a shoe friend.
LMB has come a long way in the last 20 years. Here's hoping the next 20 will be just
as good!
LMB is an equal opportunities employer.
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