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The ongoing development of MRI scanners in our hospitals has had a life-changing impact for many thousands of people. Today, as new advanced models come on stream, there is now the problem with what to do with the old equipment. Advances have been so dramatic that there is next to no reuse market either in…
Last month WasteCare collected over a tonne of unwanted WEEE from a major bank, only to be told later that two hard-drives had been inadvertently discarded amongst the thousands of other units. Fortunately, thanks to WasteCare’s tracking system, the two hard-drives were quickly retrieved and returned to their rightful owner. It is another reminder that…
Having worked in partnership with Brakes for over 5 years, our service provision continues to go from strength to strength. In order to further develop the partnership, WasteCare are working with Brakes to promote a one-stop shop service offering for their UK client base, further increasing both oil collections and developing new recycling services from…
Broken crockery is not normally seen to be a major environmental hazard. However, if you have several hundred tonnes a year across 700 sites throughout Britain it could be a bit of a headache. For WasteCare it is an interesting challenge. The major retailer in question is now rolling out the WasteCare multi-site collection service,…
The waste and recycling industry has had to face up to the fact that it is suffering a spate of fire – often from arson and also by strange causes such as the Chinese lantern which fell on a plastics site in the Midlands. Now, some detailed draft guidance on how to prevent fires at…
Householders in the UK generated an estimated two million tonnes of ‘avoidable’ food waste in 2012 – with expiry date labels on packaging to blame for a large part of this. T he food label figures came in a report by the Waste & Resources Action Programme which estimated that 4.2 million tonnes of food…
Waste and resource issues again appear to be high on the government’s agenda with plans announced to create a ‘waste champion’ role within the Department for Business, following the recommendations of a House of Lords select committee on the bioeconomy. It is hoped that the plan will join up the government’s work on waste and…
Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRCs) are one of the main places for collection of waste electronics. Research shows that 23% of the WEEE separately collected at HWRCs could be re-used with a small amount of repair. This volume of product represents a large re-sale value for the re-use sector and highlights the benefits of increased…
The importance of taking appropriate health and safety measures when working from height has been emphasised by the HSE following the prosecution of a Lancashire skip hire firm. Christopher Jones, owner of Bacup-based Shadlock Skips, was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) following the videoing of an incident by a member of the…
The big news in recycling this month is that there will be a significant announcement shortly from the European Commission with regards to recycling and resource use across the European Union. Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik is to reveal details for a resource efficiency target, new recycling and waste incineration targets as well as a plan to…
