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Zero waste has often been seen as an uneconomical and unachievable goal for businesses, however, with the development of advanced recycling processes and landfill costs at an all-time high, there is now every reason to embrace recycling to the full. To help encourage more recycling, LetsRecycle have launched a high profile recognition scheme. Sponsored by…
2 years ago, WasteCare Group purchased Brooksight, a gas cylinder repatriation company. Since the purchase, the new service, CylinderCare, has worked closely with Calor to provide national repatriation of gas cylinders from Civic Amenity sites. The success of this partnership has recently moved to the next level with Calor agreeing to name us as their…
500,000 tonnes of plastic material was recycled in the UK during 2011 according to a survey undertaken by the British Plastics Federation members. Approximately 87% of the groups membership responded to the survey which revealed that a total of 517,000 tonnes of plastic material was recycled. The majority of the waste processed by the recyclers…
WasteCare has recently won a supply contract with North of England Procurement Collaborative (NHS CPC) to provide waste collection and recycling for IT, paint, solvents, batteries, lamps and confidential waste. This means the Group will be considered as preferred suppliers for all NHS contracts in the North of England. WasteCare already provides a multitude of…
Customer service has always been at the heart of the business ethos of all retailers; this has resulted in many of the retail giants offering extended guarantees on electrical equipment. The downside to this policy is many thousands of TVs are now returned to stores with minor faults or damage forcing stores to return the…
In a bid to reduce the companies Carbon footprint and reduce running costs, WasteCare have recently invested in 40 new trucks. The new vehicles include 4 x 18 tonne rigid vehicles and 36 artic tractor units. After lengthy research and a number of trials, the transport team have managed to source the most reliable and…
WasteCare’s EEE refurbishment service has expanded greatly in the past few months branching into fridges, freezers, dishwashers, TVs and washing machines. With a large amount of equipment making its way into the site, we are now developing multiple routes to market for the equipment. With such high standards of service already set by the EeeCare…
Government figures have predicted continuing growth in the waste management sector over the next few years. Officials predict short term growth of 3.0% for waste management sales and 3.9% for recovery and recycling for the remainder of the 2012-13 financial year. Additionally, growth is expected in the waste and recycling sectors beyond this into 2013-14….
Since its early beginnings in 1980, the WasteCare Group (formally Silver Lining Industries Ltd) has been focused on maximising recycling and minimising waste. Initially specialising in recovering Silver from photographic, printing and x-ray waste the business helped customers reduce landfill and eliminate the disposal of hazardous and difficult waste. Although the environmental landscape has changed…
Just before Christmas, Valpak announced to electrical retailers that they had to get their cheque books ready to send yet more money to support the Distributor Take-back Scheme. If you paid up three years ago, don’t do it again until you have clicked here. Failure to do so may cost you as much as £21,996.44!!
