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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

We are proud to announce that WasteCare’s Joanne Cahill has won an award at the Asda Annual Awards Ceremony held last week for suppliers in the goods not for re-sale sector. Nominations were made by and for suppliers within 4 …

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 …

Residents in Bristol are going to have to recycle more in order to efficiently deal with rubbish come the New Year. In 2012, the normal 240 litre black bins will be replaced with a smaller 180 litre version. That equates …

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% …

Lord Taylor of Holbeach has succeeded Lord Henley as minister for waste and recycling at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Lord Henley left the post at Defra to become crime prevention minister at the Home Office in …

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 …