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The WasteCare Group is committed to providing our customers and clients an environmentally positive recovery solution for dealing with some of the more challenging waste streams. From portable batteries to WEEE, inorganic alkalis to organic acids and all hazardous and challenging waste in between, we are here to return recoverable value whilst all but eliminating…
Specialist waste management firm, WasteCare, has opened the UK’s first full-scale household battery recycling facility following approval from the Environment Agency (EA). The £2 million state-of-the-art facility in Elland, West Yorkshire has processing capacity for 25,000 tonnes of household batteries meaning it can recycle all UK’s spent alkaline batteries and avoid them being shipped to…
Managing your waste through lockdown and beyond It has been eight long months since the UK’s first lockdown, intended to delay the spread of COVID-19. As many predicted, the onset of winter has brought a further increase in the infection rates and the government have responded with a second national lockdown, commencing today. We wish…
The government is to planning to set legally binding recycling and waste targets under its Environment Bill to help the country “build back greener” once the Covid-19 pandemic has passed. Waste management-related targets will look to increase resource productivity and cut the amount of residual waste and plastic pollution generated in the UK, in a…
TrolleyCare is the latest service to be offered by WasteCare in response to health and safety issues brought to light by the recent Coronavirus pandemic. Utilising the same electrostatic misting technology used to decontaminate workspaces and vehicles, the TrolleyCare machine also kills 99.99% of all known bacteria and viruses. The electrostatically charged micro droplets of…
Following this week’s successful launch of Bradford Council’s vehicle decontamination service, the WasteCare Group are expanding the service across the country. WasteCare and Bradford Council have together launched the first public service for decontaminating all types of vehicles, both public and private. Standard prices for the service are £5 per car and £10 per commercial…
The situation regarding CoviD-19 is constantly developing and its effects on everyday life moving forward may be uncertain, however WasteCare is certain to continue operating at an effective operational capacity. There are currently no changes to the frequency of our service and will endeavour to continue delivering the same quality service you have come accustom…
Like the fridge mountain in 2018 we are now experiencing a growing backlog of waste aerosol cans awaiting recovery. Despite a growing recycling sector, for far too long the UK has failed to keep up with sufficient investment to meet demand. As with many industrial sectors Britain seems reluctant to put sufficient money into new…
Our Government appears to be taking a cautious but pragmatic approach to the risks associated with the spread of the latest virus and worldwide reaction. As a business our initial responsibility is to our colleagues and customers. We are closely following Government advice, while ensuring that should anyone who may be at high risk self-isolates….
An international warning of price pressures in the recovered – waste – paper market has come from the global organisation, BIR. The French president of the recovered paper division of BIR, which is a global recycling industry federation, has warned that not all recovered paper will find an outlet in current markets. The situation has…
