Category Archives: WEEE

21Oct

Bucking the trend as WasteCare recruits new staff

Posted on 21st October, 2008

In October alone the WasteCare Group has recruited 40 new staff. As demand for low cost solutions has never been greater and the unique business model has seen many costs frozen for over 4 years , WasteCare has seen increasing demand across almost all sectors. WeeeCare has had another excellent increase in membership this year…

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21Sep

Time is running out for WEEE compliance

Posted on 21st September, 2008

Time is running out for WEEE producers who may want to reduce substantially the cost of compliance in 2009 or who may simply be unhappy with their existing compliance scheme. The deadline for membership renewal for 2009 is October 15. So producers who do not want to be locked into their existing schemes for another…

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17Sep

£1.75 per tonne could be too expensive!

Posted on 17th September, 2008

When WeeeCare launched low-cost compliance last year from as little as £6 per tonne, many critics said it was impossible. Bradford has extended its WeeeCare contract, Fred Twiddy, SMOC Environmental Manager commented “WeeeCare has delivered exceptional service levels to all our civic amenity sites. ” As well as collecting WEEE from amenity sites and households…

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16Aug

2007 WEEE compliance confirmed

Posted on 16th August, 2008

The declaration of compliance for 2007 has now been approved by the Environment Agency affirming WeeeCare’s dominance as the most popular WEEE compliance scheme.

23Jul

WeeeCare throw down the gauntlet

Posted on 23rd July, 2008

WeeeCare has already established itself as the UK’s most popular Weee Compliance scheme having signed up nearly a third of weee producers in the first year. Combining simplicity with both guaranteed and fixed low compliance costs has proved a winning combination. “Having a successful and established weee collection and recycling business gave us a huge…

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01May

WeeeCare takes axe to WEEE compliance costs

Posted on 1st May, 2008

WeeeCare has become the most popular of all the UK producer WEEE compliance schemes – with more than 950 members – by not only offering guaranteed costs going forward, but also by charging prices that are only a fraction of those of other schemes. Now WeeeCare has announced further cost reductions for all B2B members.

27Feb

WEEECare – UK’s Largest WEEE Compliance Scheme

Posted on 27th February, 2008

WeeeCare not only managed to retain it’s position as the compliance scheme with the largest membership, it now with over 840 registered members including British Electric Lamps, Aldi and netto also achieved 100% retention of the previously signed up members who are still active. With further enrolment WeeeCare look to push the 1000 member count…

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12Jan

WeeeCollect for Businesses – free WEEE collection

Posted on 12th January, 2008

WeeeCare has teamed up with City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council to launch a specially-designed B2B collection service for businesses in the district. Called WeeeCollect, the service will be rolled out to other local authorities later in the year. Fred Twiddy, Bradford’s Waste Services Manager, explains that businesses will not just be recycling their WEEE,…

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10Jan

Waiting on WEEE compliance scheme weights

Posted on 10th January, 2008

More than four months after the first compliance period ended, the Environment Authority (EA) has still to publish the final weights of WEEE collected in the UK. This information is needed so that compliance schemes can advise producers on their evidence requirements for 2007 and the cost of their individual responsibility. There is a major…

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23Aug

WEEE Scheme Pledge – £9 per tonne average, non-household

Posted on 23rd August, 2007

WeeeCare, the producer compliance scheme being run by Leeds-based recycling and waste firm WasteCare, has pledged to “clearly and openly state” its costs of collecting waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). The scheme, which has now been approved by the Environment Agency to assist electronics producers with their obligations under the WEEE Regulations, said its…

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