Straight Ltd

Straight Ltd leads the field in supplying inventive, high-quality waste and recycling solutions to a broad range of customers. As the key specialist in all of our markets we have a broad portfolio of products and services underpinned by an extensive track record.

Over the past two decades we have gained a deep understanding of the waste and recycling sector which has led to a clear insight into the needs of our customers. Our business is built on long-term partnerships and our customers genuinely sit at the heart of our operation.

At Straight Ltd, we want to make a difference and to implement lasting changes that will impact the whole waste sector and the environment itself. As a progressive organisation, we are always open to new ideas about how we can improve.

We are committed to helping our customers’ plans succeed, achieving this by listening and innovating. As the needs of our customers and the market change, Straight Ltd changes too, ensuring that we remain at the forefront of the industry.

In order to maintain our leading position we continuously push the boundaries with innovative designs coupled with competitive prices and outstanding levels of customer-focused service.

Corporate Social Responsibility

As a pioneering environmental business, we understand our role within the local and wider communities and we have always taken steps to help those in need.

Charity Policy
Employees are also encouraged to take part in charitable events. The company often matches all funds raised by employees up to an agreed level.

Work In The Community
Straight encourages employees to spend two paid days per year doing something positive for their community. Whether it is sitting as a trustee for a charity, looking after the finances for the local Church or helping young people with sports training, we are delighted to be able to help.

Yorkshire Cancer Research
We have raised more than £10,000 to date for Yorkshire Cancer Research by donating 10p for every sale of one of our market leading Compost Converter compost bins.

Yorkshire Cancer Research helps to save lives through the funding of critical research into new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer. Funds raised ensure that Yorkshire remains a centre of excellence for cancer research and treatment, attracting and retaining world-class scientists and clinicians.

We have also adopted Yorkshire Cancer Research’s mascot – the Clangers – and feature them as part of our local authority home composting campaigns.  The Clangers, created by Peter Firmin and the late Oliver Postgate, provide a theme which ties in perfectly because the Clangers are experts in recycling. Clangers imagery is used on promotional literature sent out to local authorities and also appears on our dedicated retail websites set up for the councils.  Peter Firmin even produced some unique artwork for the campaign featuring a Clanger with a Compost Converter.

Our Factory

Our manufacturing facility is located in Hull, providing an excellent base with good transport links for distribution of products to customers throughout the UK and overseas. We produce more than 75% of what we sell at this site. Previously known as Powell Plastics, the Hull site was a key supplier to the Straight Group before we acquired it in 2010. Since then, we have invested close to £3m in developing the site and expanding our production capability. The site now has more than twenty state-of-the-art, energy efficient injection moulding machines and three blow moulding machines with in line recycling. More than 100 staff are employed at this site.

Storage, Warehousing And Distribution Facilities

As part of an ongoing development programme, the factory itself has seen substantial growth. We have expanded the internal site by 40% and the external storage area by two thirds. This has considerably improved our storage and distribution facilities.

The extra space also enables us to store many key products from the Straight range as stock items for immediate dispatch, including wheeled containers, compost bins, water butts and compostable liners.