About Leafield Environmental

Leafield Environmental manufactures premium plastic litter and recycling bins, agricultural products, materials handling products and highways street furniture using rotational moulding, a fast and efficient method which produces consistent high quality, hard-wearing and stress-free products.

Located in Corsham, Wiltshire the company employs 60 full time equivalent staff. Annual revenues are approximately £6 million.

Customers span many sectors including commercial operations, schools, universities, entertainment venues, shopping centres and public sector institutions.

Award Winning Design
Our ‘In house’ design team consistently produces product solutions that are independently recognised for their excellence.

Sustainability
How are we reducing our impact on the environment?
We are constantly on the look out for ways to improve our business and reduce the environmental impact of our operations. Our commitment to our environmental management systems is a priority and annual assessments continue to confirm positive improvements and compliance to recognised industry standards.

All of our products are designed and manufactured under one roof by skilled engineers with a strong commitment to improving efficiency and reducing environmental impact. UK manufacture of our products has many benefits including:

Lower environmental impact of transit and deliveries.
Employment opportunities for the UK market.
Support for the UK economy – all our raw materials are sourced from UK suppliers.
Good position to react quickly to UK market demands.

Manufacturing process

Water use down 75%
- Significant changes to methods of production and cooling processes and the installation of rainwater harvesting tanks has reduced the factory’s mains water use by 75% since 2009.
Waste volumes halved
- Cardboard and general waste volume has fallen by more than 50%, this has been achieved by introducing more efficient handling and improved waste streaming methods to maximise recycling potential.
Packaging
- All of our packing boxes and protective polythene bags are made from 100% recycled materials.
Into the future we will;
- Increase the use of recycled materials and offer clients sustainable solutions.
- Investigate new technologies and experiment with lower temperature manufacturing techniques to further reduce energy use.
- Explore methods of harnessing factory heat emissions into renewable energy.

*formerly known as Linpac Environmental Ltd

Our Senior Team

Philip Maddox

Managing Director

Barry Corbett

Financial Controller

David Bray

Design Manager

Leafield Environmental closes the recycling loop

We can;

Manufacture from recycled material

Recycle/reuse 100% of our production waste

Recover redundant plastic products to re-manufacture into second-generation products

Company Accreditations

Certificate Number: EMS 572109 Leafield Environmental Ltd is a company that cares about the environment and as such our business has Environmental Management Systems in place that have been certified and comply with BSI ISO 14001:2015.

Certificate Number: FM 572108 Leafield Environmental Ltd has a ‘quality culture’ running throughout the business and has systems in place, certified to BSI ISO 9001:2015, that ensure our customers receive a consistently high level of quality and service.

Certificate Number: OHS 572110 Leafield Environmental Ltd cares about the occupational Health and Safety of it's employees and is a BSI ISO 45001:2018 accredited employer.

Company History

1959

At the start

January 1959

Leafield Environmental was formerly known as Linpac Environmental, a part of the LINPAC Group, the UK-based international plastic packaging manufacturer. Formed in the UK in 1959 as Lincolnshire Packaging, LINPAC Group Limited became an international market leader in primary food packaging and returnable crates/containers for supply chain management.

1985

About the Corsham site

January 1985

In 1985 the Linpac Group acquired two separate rotational moulding operations, operating independently within the Linpac Rotational Mouldings Division, one in Birmingham and the other in Corsham. The former made tanks, litterbins (the Octaplus range) and wheeled containers and the latter produced the distinctive ‘ballbarrow’ for Hozelock as well as hygiene and medical aids and materials handling products. Both operations supplied a wide range of trade mouldings.

1995

Relocating in Corsham

January 1995

In 1995 the Corsham operation moved into a new purpose-built £2 million manufacturing facility in order to service existing trade moulding customers and interdivisional demand for rotational moulding. The Birmingham operation was renamed Linpac Environmental to better reflect its business of producing and selling compost bins, litter bins and traffic bollards.

1999

Expanding in Corsham

January 1999

1999 saw the Linpac Environmental production transferred to the Corsham facility, still operating as the Linpac Rotational Mouldings Division while the Linpac Environmental name continued for a while as the commercial arm for environmental products. Subsequently the two entities were merged under the Linpac Environmental banner.

2010

Introducing Leafield Environmental

January 2010

In 2010 the Company name was changed to Leafield Environmental when London private equity firm Chamonix acquired the business, along with the Paxton brand of agricultural and materials handling products. The Company continues to utilise cutting edge design and manufacturing technology to meet and exceed the expectations of its customers.