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August has seen continued strong growth in the take-up of myWaste, with over 650 new customers registered. myWaste provides fast and easy access to all key information about the work we’ve undertaken on your behalf. You can book jobs, track progress and simplify your regulatory reporting – all on your laptop, tablet or phone. Our…
Revised guidance on how to comply with the waste Duty of Care has been launched for consultation by the Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and the Welsh Government. Under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, anyone who handles household, commercial or industrial waste (known as ‘controlled waste’) has a ‘Duty of Care’…
In September 2014, Business Textile Services Ltd (BTS) launched their 4-SafeWiper Service for the automotive and engineering sectors. Almost without exception, companies in the automotive sector who have seen or trialled the wiper service really like it. However, some have found it difficult to work out the cost saving as their waste cleaning cloths were bundled in…
Government departments including the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) have been asked to prepare for spending cuts of up to 40% over the next four years as the Government looks to slash spending in Whitehall by £20 billion. In a move which is likely to hit Defra’s work on waste, Chancellor George…
A review to identify unnecessary barriers to growth and productivity in the waste sector has been launched by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra). The department is seeking evidence of barriers in the law, how it is implemented and enforcement activity which is carried out on the ground. The review is part of the…
Input and output tonnages at materials recycling facilities (MRFs) across England and Wales have been published for the first time by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP). The data, which covers the months October to December 2014, is the first set published under new sampling and reporting obligations for MRF operators receiving more than…
Over £1.1 billion was raised by the Treasury through Landfill Tax in 2014, according to figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The figure is almost 10 times the income of £113 million generated from the tax when it was first introduced in 1996. The landfill tax was initially set up to help…
Waste companies have been warned that they could face fines equivalent to 100% of their pre-tax profits if convicted of pollution offences in future. The warning from the Environment Agency comes after the Court of Appeal upheld a £250,000 fine for Thames Water Utilities Ltd in June for polluting a nature reserve. While the judgement…
It is often the case that when a collection is requested, it is to address an immediate problem, however, in many cases when WasteCare arrives, the driver can instantly identify a number of other waste streams ready for collection. This was the case recently when a large aviation manufacturer requested 2 collections for rags and…
Although there has been recent controversy surrounding the country’s struggling energy infrastructure, there is no doubt that energy companies are investing heavily in new capacity. In the past few months WasteCare has seen the benefit of this growth, securing collection contracts with 20 new energy sites spread across the British Isles. The recycling service incorporates…
