Caribbean Utilities Company, Ltd. (CUC), the exclusive public electric utility in Grand Cayman, has partnered with Cadwell, Inc. to implement an innovative, high-level recycling program that is proving to be a win-win for both CUC and local residents. “Through our partnership with Cadwell, we were able to clean up and export almost three football fields worth of recyclable materials weighing 1.1 million pounds which had been causing a bottleneck in our plant,” said Chad Powell, Manager, Materials Management at CUC.  “One key benefit to Grand Cayman is that a large amount of material will be kept out of the landfill.  This helps to extend the life of the landfill while reducing the risk of pollution and fires.”

Some of the freed-up green space is now being dedicated to expanded training for the CUC’s workforce, which is extremely important in the energy generation and transmission industry. The long list of what was gathered, sorted, cleaned, transported, and exported included electrical transformers, waste oil, rubber, copper, steel, brass, aluminum, streetlights, wire, wood and concrete.

“It has been a pleasure working with such a forward-thinking group of professionals who truly care about the environment,” said Joan Cadwell, cofounder and president of Cadwell, Inc. “We were pleased to work with CUC in Grand Cayman on this project. As a result of the partnership, CUC was able to create jobs by hiring local contractors, labor and hauling providers to accomplish what has taken a total of 7,100-man hours over the past six months.”

Taking care of the environment is nothing new for CUC. The company was the first in the Cayman Islands to become registered as an ISO 14001 in 2004, as well as the newer ISO 14001:2015 standard, also earned by demonstrating CUC’s commitment to the standard’s requirements and environmental policy.

Other efforts made by CUC to serve the community have included the expansion of its recycling program to accumulate smaller items such as aluminum cans, wastepaper and cardboard.  The Company plans to use its new industrial shredder to process an additional 500 pounds per quarter. CUC is also revising and updating procedures to minimize the amount of waste that CUC sends to the landfill.

At Cadwell, they are focused on identifying the best recyclers in the United States and beyond to export the materials to help defray the cost of labor, transportation, and container freight. “In addition to being a distribution and recycling company, we have become logistics experts,” said Andrew Cadwell, CEO and cofounder of the dynamic husband-wife team.

For more information, visit www.cadwellinc.com.

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