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WeeeCare, in conjunction with Remploy, is ready to launch a consortium with battery manufacturers, importers, major retailers and other stakeholders to operate the UK’s first free national battery recovery scheme for all types of batteries. The scheme will be operated by BatteryBack, a not-for-profit company which has been set up in readiness for the expected…
WeeeCare has become the most popular of all the UK producer WEEE compliance schemes – with more than 950 members – by not only offering guaranteed costs going forward, but also by charging prices that are only a fraction of those of other schemes. Now WeeeCare has announced further cost reductions for all B2B members.
PackCare, the wholly-owned WasteCare subsidiary specialising in the collection, reconditioning and recycling of commercial packaging, has stolen a march on its competitors by launching a new fixed-cost national collection service. The company is the only recycler in the UK offering to collect all types of industrial containers – regardless of quantity, content and condition –…
We were called in to retrieve the diesel in the boats tanks, before it could spill out and cause an ecological disaster. A team from our Livingston depot got there in time and successfully drained the tanks. Mission Accomplished!
WeeeCare not only managed to retain it’s position as the compliance scheme with the largest membership, it now with over 840 registered members including British Electric Lamps, Aldi and netto also achieved 100% retention of the previously signed up members who are still active. With further enrolment WeeeCare look to push the 1000 member count…
Network Rail divides their national infrastructure into 5 areas. At their first time of tendering, we have secured an exclusive contract for collection of all hazardous wastes from all their trackside facilities from the LNE and Kent regions. Initial container deliveries, site clearances and collections have been made from all sites involved. We have been…
WeeeCare has teamed up with City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council to launch a specially-designed B2B collection service for businesses in the district. Called WeeeCollect, the service will be rolled out to other local authorities later in the year. Fred Twiddy, Bradford’s Waste Services Manager, explains that businesses will not just be recycling their WEEE,…
More than four months after the first compliance period ended, the Environment Authority (EA) has still to publish the final weights of WEEE collected in the UK. This information is needed so that compliance schemes can advise producers on their evidence requirements for 2007 and the cost of their individual responsibility. There is a major…
During the Q3 of last year, Autoglass tendered a hazardous waste service for all 131 of their UK and Southern Ireland sites. During Q4 the decision was made and we won the tender, by the end of Jan 08 we had successfully rolled out the service to every site. The customers’ expectations are high and…
The long awaited decision on whether photographic laboratories and mini-labs are permitted to treat waste photo chemicals on-site without a license has now been reached. The Environment Agency’s Low Risk Activity Group on Tuesday 9 October has considered arguments both for and against allowing the discharge of photo waste to drain after on-site treatment. After…
