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An online campaign has been launched to assist small and medium-sized businesses struggling to get to grips with their Duty of Care obligations around waste laws. The ‘Right Waste, Right Place’ campaign, organised by the Environmental Services Association, aims to provide ‘practical’ information for companies, partnerships, family businesses and sole traders on waste legislation. The…
Some six months after the Environment Agency published their latest waste management guidance, many businesses and organisations are still getting to grips with these more stringent regulations. Referred to as WM3 the implications of many of the changes have wide ranging implications for many companies. Packaging previously considered nominally empty and non-hazardous in many instances…
The minister responsible for resources and waste has again dragged his heels over the potential for a deposit return scheme for drinks containers in England. Defra minister Rory Stewart said in a written statement that ‘uncertainties’ existed over the policy proposal, after he was asked to offer his thoughts on such a scheme being introduced…
AssetCare have passed their recent unannounced ADISA Audit and remain ADISA certified. The auditor arrived without warning at our secure IT processing site in Normanton on the 7th of April to perform the necessary checks to ensure the requirements for the ADISA certification are still being upheld by AssetCare. Launched in 2010, the ADISA IT…
Development of an electric arc furnace at Tata Steel’s Port Talbot site could give the UK an opportunity to take a lead in scrap metal recycling and steel production, according to a top UK metals academic. The Port Talbot site which produces primary steel from iron ore, coke and limestone, was put up for sale by…
Safety guidance for operators in the waste sector could be in-line for review, with a senior health and safety expert in the waste industry indicating that information will be ‘more accessible’ in future. Safety guidance documents are routinely kept up to date with a review every 18 months to account for developments in technology, procedure…
The Environment Agency has confirmed that the proportion of mixed papers that can be counted as packaging recycling has significantly increased. Under changes to the Packaging Waste Regulations, 23% of the material – which includes cardboard and cereal boxes – will now be counted as packaging as opposed to the former level of 12.5%. Mixed…
BatteryBack has kindly donated a battery tester to Newlife which will be used to test the batteries that are returned through our Play Therapy Pod service that loans specialist toys to disabled children. Previously, Newlife recycled all of the batteries without knowing whether they had been used or not. Now with this device, the batteries…
