All posts by Thomas Epton

05Nov

WasteCare November COVID-19 Update

Posted on 5th November, 2020

Managing your waste through lockdown and beyond It has been eight long months since the UK’s first lockdown, intended to delay the spread of COVID-19. As many predicted, the onset of winter has brought a further increase in the infection rates and the government have responded with a second national lockdown, commencing today. We wish…

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04Sep

Defra to set legally binding waste targets to ‘build back greener’

Posted on 4th September, 2020

The government is to planning to set legally binding recycling and waste targets under its Environment Bill to help the country “build back greener” once the Covid-19 pandemic has passed. Waste management-related targets will look to increase resource productivity and cut the amount of residual waste and plastic pollution generated in the UK, in a…

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30Jul

TrolleyCare trial successfully installed at Asda supermarket

Posted on 30th July, 2020

TrolleyCare is the latest service to be offered by WasteCare in response to health and safety issues brought to light by the recent Coronavirus pandemic. Utilising the same electrostatic misting technology used to decontaminate workspaces and vehicles, the TrolleyCare machine also kills 99.99% of all known bacteria and viruses. The electrostatically charged micro droplets of…

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23Jun

Travel Safely – Vehicle Sterilisation Service

Posted on 23rd June, 2020

Following this week’s successful launch of Bradford Council’s vehicle decontamination service, the WasteCare Group are expanding the service across the country. WasteCare and Bradford Council have together launched the first public service for decontaminating all types of vehicles, both public and private. Standard prices for the service are £5 per car and £10 per commercial…

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