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With less than two weeks to go before the show, I hope you have scheduled a visit to see us on our Omnibus of Waste. As an avid reader of our Newsletter you will be able to pick up your complimentary copy of the latest WasteGuide (see below) and if you have time I hope…
Over the last 20 years WasteCare has published the WasteGuide – a simple guide to UK waste management regulations. Aimed at waste producers and those managing waste, such as FM companies and the waste management sector, the guide is designed to provide the latest advice on current regulation and how to improve recycling and reduce…
The UK will be under more pressure next year to recycle cardboard and other paper packaging materials in the wake of research which found there is more such materials in the marketplace than expected. This means that recycling evidence – PRNs – mainly garnered from the recycling of cardboard will be in demand, although its…
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) has published a regulatory strategy, titled ‘One Planet Prosperity’, detailing its vision for a greener future. According to the document, SEPA will ‘set about the essential task of helping regulated businesses to reduce water use, carbon-based energy use, materials use and all forms of waste and pollution beyond compliance…
Guidance has been issued for organisations seeking to submit proposals for a waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) compliance fee methodology that will help to determine how the fee is set for 2016. Defra has set a 30 September deadline for compliance schemes and other stakeholders to deliver proposals for a potential fee methodology for…
Thérèse Coffey – MP for Suffolk Coastal – officially took on the government’s waste management brief last month (August 2016). Dr Coffey was appointed to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) by the new Prime Minister Theresa May in July following the promotion of Rory Stewart to International Development. However, it was…
Waste minister Thérèse Coffey has hailed the impact of the 5p carrier bag levy in England, with data released in August suggesting that the measure has led to a substantial drop in bag usage. Introduced on 5 October 2015, the bag levy requires retailers to charge at least 5p for the use of single use…
The proportion of lead acid batteries collected to meet battery recycling targets has fallen, figures for the first half of 2016 published in August indicate. The provisional Environment Agency numbers show that 7,775 tonnes of waste portable batteries were collected by compliance schemes in the first half of 2016. With a collection target of 45%…
Packcare Ltd, is pleased to announce that as from the 1st September 2016 it will be taking over responsibility for recycling the packaging waste from Toyota Burnaston production facilities. We will be recycling a range of industrial packaging from small steel and plastic containers through large steel drums to IBC’s. This service will be further…
A chemical and alcohol producer has been ordered to pay almost £300,000 after a fire that destroyed its distillery warehouse in the Black Country. Wolverhampton Crown Court heard how a highly flammable liquid called ethyl acetate was being transferred from a bulk storage tank into an intermediate bulk container when the fire broke out in…
