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The European Commission has launched a consultation on whether there is a need to change Europe’s legally binding waste and recycling targets in line with the Resource Efficiency Roadmap, published in 2011. Stakeholders are asked for their views on future recycling targets for household and commercial waste, with options between 50% and 90% as well…
Following our recent success collecting a large amount of waste from Jersey. News has spread to neighbouring island, Guernsey where Arrowsmith Marlow requested a collection for 28 pallets of dry cleaning residue. Strict regulations restrict the size of vehicles that can drive on the island, however, the volume of the collection required a larger vehicle….
New proposed plans by Defra will give border officials greater powers to stop and detain suspected illegal waste shipments. This is as part of proposed changes to the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations (2007) put forward by the government. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has launched a consultation on updating the Regulations,…
When a new customer recently approached us with a problem waste stream, WasteCare pulled out all the stops to meet the challenge. Shot blast, a waste stream so obscure it didn’t feature in WasteCare’s extensive catalogue, was produced as waste when a ocean liner was stripped and re-painted. The material description was then sent through…
In 1980, reuse was not on the public agenda and certainly wasn’t given the importance it is today. Simply the drain or the skip was the route for virtually all commercial waste. WasteCare, formerly known as Silver Lining Industries was just starting out. Initially the company specialised in Silver recovery from photographic laboratories and the…
In a recent statement Recycling Minister Lord De Mauley revealed that tackling waste crime was amongst the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ (Defra’s) top priorities this year. Outlining plans for legislation around this area the minister said waste offences ‘would not be tolerated’. He said: “Proportionate regulation is vital to protect the environment…
The department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has this week begun the debate on the much vaunted recast WEEE Regulations. Expected to be set into law in 2014, BIS will be publishing a consultation paper in February 2013. Since they came into force in 2006, the WEEE regulations have been heavily criticised for burdening…
Over the past 5 years, the leakage of the publics’ waste electronics to unauthorised recyclers has become an increasing problem acrioss the country. Waste electronics being left outside homes is often being illegally collected and taken to unauthorised waste sites. Waste collected in this manner avoids being recorded as WEEE; this means many thousands of…
The plastic recycling targets for 2013 have changed following an agreement made by MPs in parliament at the end of November. Higher targets for recycling plastic, aluminium and steel packaging will commence from January 2013. In Parliament, MP for Rugby Mark Pawsey voiced concerns raised to him by the British Plastics Federation (BPF) and the…
Throughout 2012 CylinderCare has expanded its customer base dramatically, spreading throughout the UK to become the largest collector of gas cylinders. The most recent addition to this expansion Buckinghamshire County Council who have agreed for all 10 of their CA sites to have their cylinders collected. This addition adds to our growing portfolio in the…
