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• Sony fined by £250k by the ICO for network breach • Apple admits ‘widespread cyber-security breach’ by Chinese hackers • Nursing and Midwifery Council hit with a £150k fine for the loss of 3 DVD’s • Police in Wales have been sacked over data breaches It has often been said that all publicity is…
In an update to our previous story regarding new accreditations, we are happy to announce that we achieved a distinction for our IT security destruction service with ADISA (Asset Disposal Information Security Alliance) and are now officially the first company to be PAS141 accredited! Launched in October 2010, the Asset Disposal and Information Security Alliance…
The distributor take-back scheme was set up as a mandatory requirement, ensuring electrical retailers offer a take-back service to customers, in turn reducing unnecessary landfill. WasteCare Group set up an alternative to the Valpak run DTS which provided the service at considerably lower cost. Since the introduction in 2009, over 500 electrical retailers have joined…
The WasteCare Group are now providing services to 700 national English Heritage sites. The sites vary dramatically from cottages to castles, each with their own individual types of waste. The WasteCare infrastructure is perfectly set up to meet this challenge with a wide variety of different sized collection vehicles spread across the whole country. This…
75% of WEEE recycling is going unreported according to a joint report produced by a group of recycling Associations. The report was released by the European Electronics Recyclers Association (EERA), LightingEurope and DIGITALEUROPE. Following these findings the group has called for governments to do more to ensure all WEEE recycling is counted. Amongst their recommended…
WasteCare Groups packaging compliance scheme, PackCare, has further strengthened its portfolio through a combination of exceptional service and competitive prices. Another successful year has seen the scheme substantially grow its membership as well as adding a number of blue chip names to the family including Belron.
When a new customer recently approached us with a problem waste stream, WasteCare pulled out all the stops to meet the challenge. Shot blast, a waste stream so obscure it didn’t feature in WasteCare’s extensive catalogue, was produced as waste when a ocean liner was stripped and re-painted. The material description was then sent through…
In 1980, reuse was not on the public agenda and certainly wasn’t given the importance it is today. Simply the drain or the skip was the route for virtually all commercial waste. WasteCare, formerly known as Silver Lining Industries was just starting out. Initially the company specialised in Silver recovery from photographic laboratories and the…
A partnership with Kuehne and Nagel has recently been established whereby WasteCare will be collecting various waste streams for secure destruction and recycling. Kuehne and Nagel represent a number of major high street retailers and manufacturers adding to the existing blue chip portfolio of WasteCare Group. A number of successful contracts have also been set…
In a recent statement Recycling Minister Lord De Mauley revealed that tackling waste crime was amongst the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ (Defra’s) top priorities this year. Outlining plans for legislation around this area the minister said waste offences ‘would not be tolerated’. He said: “Proportionate regulation is vital to protect the environment…
