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The first of WasteCare’s Solar Arrays is to be switched on this month. “Once the rain stops and we hopefully see a little sunlight, we hope to be generating over 350kW of electricity at our Normanton facility”, explained Graham Kemp, Group Recycling Director. Mr Kemp added: ”We are planning a further three installations this year and…
The UK reprocesses large volumes of secondary raw materials through recycling within the domestic market. However, there is a large export trade such as in used cardboard, scrap metal and textiles and from 2017 the rules for exports are to be tightened up. The main change is that there will be more checks on the…
WasteCare last month unveiled its new paint and ink recovery plant. Capable of handling solvent based paints as well as aqueous and UV cured inks and paints, the plant is capable of processing over 20 tonnes a day. Much of the recovered paint is suitable for the reuse market whilst solvent paints can also be…
WasteCare has recently won two new national contracts for the collection of fluorescent tubes and batteries. Already the largest recycler of batteries, WasteCare is soon to be the largest collector of fluorescent tubes, sodium lamps and low energy lighting in the UK. Along with the national service for collecting and recycling whole luminaries, WasteCare is…
WasteCare has agreed a deal in principal with Devon Waste Management to build a TV dismantling plant in Exeter. Capable of processing the entire output from the SW peninsular, the plant will substantially reduce transport and Carbon footprint. The plant is planned to open later this year and will initially benefit from the switch to…
With impressive contracts such as retail outlets and leisure company Gala Bingo, Northampton-based Willow Communications constantly strive to deliver the most up to date technology to their clients. Given the high turnover of electronic communication equipment required to maintain the high demands for modern technology, Willow Communication need a WEEE collection partner that can meet…
Sita is the third company recently to highlight the issue of fraudulent emails. Viridor issued a warning at the end of last year. The fraudsters send out an email purporting to be from a legitimate source offering to buy or sell recyclate at apparently highly attractive prices. The emails often have a zipped file attached…
Chris Holmes, who holds the waste portfolio at the government’s Green Investment Bank, has said the UK still needs more waste infrastructure facilities. Chris Holmes has emphasised the importance of waste infrastructure His comments come in the face of differing views over how many new facilities the UK needs to continue to better treat waste,…
In an interesting case involving an appeal over a proposal to withdraw an environmental permit, the Planning Inspectorate has upheld a decision by the Environment Agency. The case involved the operation of a waste site in Dudley, the Oakham Environmental Waste & Recycling Centre, which ran a waste transfer station and skip business at Oak Farm,…
Yorkshire’s own Ecofair attracted record numbers of delegates last month. Peter Hunt, WasteCare’s MD joined a panel of academics and recyclers to spread the message on the growing importance of the circular economy and answer questions to an enthusiastic audience. The Leeds Ecofair proved to be a very popular event WasteCare’s own iconic Silver Lady…
