GM Vacs, Bolton - SME (Manufacturing) | Enworks The company, which now employs 28 people on Edgar Street, specialises in fully refurbishing and distributing electrical products from well known brands. It has an annual turnover of up to £2 million. Over the last year or so, GM Vacs has been helped by specialists from Groundwork Oldham and Rochdale, with funding from the ENWORKS resource efficiency programme, to reduce its operational costs and greenhouse gas emissions. These advisers carried out a comprehensive on-site review to find ways of using energy, fuel, water, materials and residual waste streams more effectively. Waste management Because GM Vacs was replacing a lot of plastic parts during the refurbishment process, a lot of plastic was being sent away in skips to landfill.

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