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Sims Metal Management named one of 'The Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations' in the world for 4th year in a row

Sims Metal Management named one of the Global Top 100 Most Sustainable Corporations for the 4th year in a row

Sims Metal Management moved up 52 spots from last year’s list, to number 11! The rankings identify companies that consistently demonstrate superior leadership and performance on a range of environmental, social and governance policies relative to their industry peers.

27/Jan/2012

Sims Metal Management lorry driver saves man from blaze

Sims' metal employee saves man from blaze

A Sims Metal Management lorry driver heroically leapt into action to extinguish a burning car in which a man was trapped just moments after a horrific collision.

18/Jan/2012

The Rotary Club of Bretby in Burton on Trent, has a brand new Santa’s Sleigh for this year’s festive season

Sims metal yard in Derby provide Santa’s comfy seat

The Rotary Club of Bretby in Burton on Trent, has a brand new Santa’s Sleigh for this year’s festive season - and Santa will be riding high in a comfy reclining van seat donated by Sims Metal Management in Derby.

16/Dec/2011

News Archive - 2011

Sims’ metals recycling yard in Exeter UK helps save lives

Fire crews from Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service had the opportunity to practise their skills in dealing with multiple car accidents at an exercise hosted by Sims’ metals recycling yard in Exeter UK.

14/Dec/2011

The two historic bronze cannon before they were stolen from a local company, Johnson Matthey

Sims Metal Management in Reading foils metal thieves

Quick thinking staff at Sims Metal Management in Reading, UK, helped police return a pair of two historic bronze cannons to their rightful owners.

12/Dec/2011

Sims Metal Management CEO Graham Davy outlined how metals recycling can help Government meet materials recycling and recovery targets

Graham Davy launches BMRA Agenda for Change

Sims Metal Management CEO Graham Davy outlined how metals recycling can help Government meet materials recycling and recovery targets at the launch of the British Metals Recycling Industry’s (BMRA) new initiative, ‘Agenda for Change.’

9/Dec/2011

Sims Metal Management in Camborne were presented with the Devon and Cornwall Community Watch ‘Community Support Award’

Camborne scrap metal recycling yard helps reduce crime

Employees at Sims Metal Management’s metals recycling facility in Camborne receive award in recognition of the assistance they have given to local police in cracking down on metal theft.

30/Nov/2011

Bright Copper wire: commonly targeted by metal thieves

Rigorous law enforcement required to tackle UK metal theft

Sims Metal Management took part in a report on the BBC Radio 4 PM show which was centred on the well documented problems caused to gas and electricity supplies, the railway network, businesses and individuals and a recent incident where copper theft caused a gas explosion endangering human lives.

11/Nov/2011

Ian Hetherington from the BMRA, Lord Boswell of Aynho and Chris Williams from Sims Metal Management

Lord Boswell of Aynho visits Sims Metal Management’s recycling facility in the UK

Lord Boswell, was accompanied by Ian Hetherington, Director General of the British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA), and visited the site to learn about the important contribution metals recycling makes to the economy and environment.

24/Oct/2011

Sims Metal Management’s CEO, Graham Davy, elected deputy president of the British Metals Recycling Association

Sims Metal Management’s CEO of Europe and Global Sims Recycling Solutions, Graham Davy, has been elected as deputy president of the British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA).

4/Oct/2011

Sims Metal Management in South Wales welcomed film production company, Tinopolis, to its sites in Crosshands and Skewen

Crosshands and Skewen metal sites in TV recycling series

Sims Metal Management in South Wales welcomed film production company, Tinopolis, to its sites in Crosshands and Skewen to make a film about metals recycling. The film is being made for the world’s only Welsh language television channel, S4C, as part of a mini- series on recycling which is running on its popular WEDI 3 programme.

4/Oct/2011

Richard Morgan, Sims, talks to Nia Griffith about Metals Recycling.

MP visits Newport to see how Sims recycles metals and electronics

Llanelli MP, Nia Griffith, visited Newport for a tour of Sims’ sites to see how the company recycles, metals and electronics. Ms Griffith, who chairs the All Party Parliamentary Steel and Metal Group, was accompanied by Ken Mackenzie of the British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA), of which Sims is a member.

26/Sep/2011

Another step towards the ELV Target

Sims Metal Management has announced it is now able to recycle a further 23kgs of material from the End of Life Vehicles (ELVs) it receives, enabling the company to provide its suppliers with credits towards ELV compliance targets.

10/Aug/2011

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