The budget unravelled
George says… …We are all in it together The challenges both in the economy and the environment can only successfully be tackled with all stakeholders in society working together. This budget shows the Governments determination to create an atmosphere for …
Questions raised over Weekly Collection Support Scheme as deadline looms
The 16th March is the initial deadline for submission of expressions of interest in the government’s Weekly Collection Support Scheme. This is a challenge fund which will make up to £250m available to support local authorities in delivering better weekly …
EU Fines Consultation
Local authorities may be made to deal with fines over waste management and recycling which were previously levied at a National level. This is now the subject of a European consultation. Local authorities have been warned on a number of …
England’s recycling rate at 42%
Figures announced at the start of February for the first quarter of 2011/12 (April-June 2011) showed that 44% of household waste was sent for recycling, compost and reuse. When analysed over the course of the rolling year to minimise the …
Almost 50 percent of plastic bottles being recycled
This is according to a new survey undertaken by plastic recycling industry body Recoup. The study was covering 2010 and found that nearly 50 percent of all household plastic bottles were recycled. The exact figures show that 48.5 percent were …
MEP’s vote for higher WEEE targets
The European parliament environmental committee has voted in favour of the weee recycling target eventually rising to 85%. The rise would be staged over several years with a target of 45% of material to be collected by 2016 and 65% …
All packaged up
WasteCare has recently signed a deal with Sigma Aldrich to collect contaminated packaging from their customers. Through this deal WasteCare will be collecting from companies such as GSK, AstraZeneca and a number of large universities around the country. WasteCare has …
Packaging – one stop shop
Offering a total waste and packaging service to all sectors of industry, WasteCare and PackCare are working in partnership with Pack 2 Pack & RPS to provide a one stop shop solution for all types of waste, packaging and pallet …
WasteCare goes abroad
WasteCare has recently performed its first collection round outside of the EU. The largest dry cleaning provider in Jersey, Angora Besco, had a large stockpile of hazardous dry cleaning solution and WasteCare was the obvious solution. After completing the mountain …
Devon Council choose the best
WeeeCare, WasteCare’s WEEE compliance arm has recently won another tender to collect WEEE from Devon County Council. Hot on the heals of winning Telford and Wrekin in June, this contract further strengthens our development in the civic authority sector. The …
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