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In partnership with Coastal Waste Ltd, WasteCare have recently opened a CRT reprocessing plant to handle all the CRT televisions collected from across Devon and South West. Although the volumes of waste TVs and CRT screens is beginning to ebb, UK capacity is dropping faster and therefore the distances needed to transport televisions is increasing….
There will be no return to evidence trading to make up for surplus collections by members of the waste electronics industry, a letter from the department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) has confirmed. New WEEE regulations introduced a collection target for producers. A compliance fee was also introduced for those who do not meet…
Some electrical reprocessors have warned that a new evidence note trading system for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) will significantly add to their administrative costs. The changes involve the transferring of evidence between compliance schemes via operators of Approved Authorised Treatment Facilities (AATFs) and came into force on January 1 2014. The operators of…
Almost as worrying as the practice of illegally exporting WEEE is a feeling that we are starting to become desensitised to it. Maybe we feel it is inevitable – just another inconvenient truth? I hope and still believe that this isn’t the case. This belief is based on the sound environmental, economic and commercial reasons…
WEEE banks have proved a popular choice for increasing B2C WEEE collections with both recyclers and councils throughout the country. During the past 5 years, WasteCare has also used these banks to optimise electrical collections, placing banks in different locations and measuring the collection volumes. In the most recent of these initiatives, 4 WEEE collection…
Research published by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has suggested there is a ‘strong appetite’ for electrical product reuse among consumers despite continued preference for buying new. The study into resource efficient business models found consumers were interested in using repair, rental, and trade-in services, therefore contributing to a more circular economy. But,…
Moving offices is in many cases a time consuming and costly affair and the waste left behind is usually the last thing on the companies mind and often dealt with as an afterthought. WasteCare has developed a cost effective and efficient service to help companies deal with the challenge, however large. This was the case…
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…
WEEE compliance schemes will be subject to mandatory collection targets from January 2014 under plans to overhaul the way that producers of electronic goods pay for the treatment of waste electricals. The measures were announced by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) in its response to the consultation on bringing the requirements of…
“Not yet there”, is the answer on the progress of the long awaited WEEE2 regulations. The latest deadline has passed and there is no sign of white smoke yet above Whitehall. We have held off this bulletin, expecting news last week and have now been told to expect an announcement at the end of this…
