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Asda’s busy events calendar last month saw the annual GNFR event. This year the event adopted the new and innovative format for the day prior to the main even of the popular Dragons Den TV series with chosen suppliers presenting innovative improvement ideas to a panel of Asda specialists. As one of Asda’s most innovative…
Over the past 2 years, PackCare has been sub-contracted by Viridor to collect and recycle Coca Cola’s packaging waste which includes a large amount IBCs and drums from nationwide sites. This year the contract went to tender and after our successful partnership, WasteCare were firm favourites to continue the work and were successful in the…
Since Environmental compliance was very first established by the Government, it has always been swamped with unnecessary amounts of paperwork. One solution many schemes have employed to tackle this problem is to digitilise the process with electronic pdfs that can be completed and submitted online. WeeeCare has gone a step further by developing a bespoke…
In addition to the ASDA event, WasteCare also attended LARAC, Retra and Fisher Scientific events. LARAC is a key annual event for all councils from around the UK to address their waste and recycling issues as well as gain praise for past recycling efforts through the evening awards ceremony. The increase in WasteCare’s WEEE recycling…
During the first week of October we are offering free collections of selected empty drums and containers. We will collect 60ltr, 120ltr and 200ltr blue drums throughout the UK until 7th October 2012 for free. New plastic drums are becoming more expensive, however, WasteCare’s unique chemical washing facility extends the life of all types of…
The past decade has seen a worrying rise in rogue IT traders offering allegedly safe recycling services. This has probably been further fuelled by the current downturn in the economy. Many of these rogue operators are unlicensed, inexperienced and relying on illegal export, to offer heavily discounted prices. Whilst the reduced prices are tempting, much…
Defra has stated that a consultation will be held in March next year to agree what measures can be put in place to remove some of the paperwork burden of dealing with waste for businesses. The aim is to free up businesses from having to fill in multiple Waste Transfer Notes and to therefore enable…
Collecting and processing used cooking oil(UCO) has become a major recycling sector in the UK as the demand for bio-fuel has increased. With the recent rise in fuel prices the monetary value of UCO has attracted in new type of rogue, the UCO thief. As the bio-diesel made from stolen UCO does not attract Vat…
Mattia Pellegrini, the European Commission’s head of unit for metals stated that waste electricals could be a vital source for rare metals at a recent WEEE forum in London. Here, Pellegrini explained that the Commission has set up a Raw Materials Initiative to monitor European reserves of valuable metals, which had concluded that the continent…
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has issued guidance for businesses on what counts as waste and how to come to this conclusion. The guidance follows a draft document which was published in January 2010. It is an important document because it enables businesses to determine whether activities are subject to waste…
