Category Archives: News

03Oct

The Sustainable Insider – Wastecare’s renewed newsletter series launches

Posted on 3rd October, 2023

Wastecare are extremely proud to re-introduce our newsletter series – The Sustainable Insider. This bi-monthly newsletter will provide insights into the world of hazardous waste management and recycling, from the wider sector as a whole down to the perspectives of Wastecare themselves. As always, we try to have a fresh and transparent approach to helping…

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29Sep

Defra introduces new de facto EEE category and PBS for vapes

Posted on 29th September, 2023

Defra has implemented a de facto EEE Category 15 for vapes via a Producer Compliance Scheme Balancing System, to ensure collection and recycling costs are covered by vape manufacturers and importers.   Disposable vapes have quickly become one of the most talked-about topics in the UK, with the waste, environmental, and public sectors raising countless…

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01Sep

Wastecare Group Successfully Passes Stage 1 Audit of ISO 45001 Certification

Posted on 1st September, 2023

Wastecare Group, a specialist in hazardous waste management solutions, is pleased to announce the successful completion of the Stage 1 audit for ISO 45001 certification. This achievement underscores the company’s unwavering commitment to maintaining the highest standards in occupational health and safety management systems.

23Aug

Redefining Circular Economy: How Industrial Ecology Theory is the Cornerstone to a Sustainable Approach

Posted on 23rd August, 2023

In a paper published by the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE), they present the Circular Economy from the perspective of a scientific field whose historic theories and findings inspired the concept – Industrial Ecology. Industrial Ecology is ‘the study of systemic relationships between society, the economy, and the natural environment. It focuses on the…

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21Aug

WasteCare to Sponsor & Exhibit at the 2023 Resource & Waste Management Expo

Posted on 21st August, 2023

WasteCare are excited to announce that we will be exhibiting and officially sponsoring the upcoming Resource & Waste Management Expo 2023 at the NEC Birmingham in September. You can find us on Stand R-J184, with the entire team and a certain iconic bus – it will be hard to miss us! Stop by to discuss…

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15Sep

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

Posted on 15th September, 2022

We will be closed on Monday 19 September as a mark of respect for the State Funeral for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and to offer our colleagues the opportunity to pay their respects

04Oct

The Art of Recycling

Posted on 4th October, 2021

The WasteCare Group is committed to providing our customers and clients an environmentally positive recovery solution for dealing with some of the more challenging waste streams. From portable batteries to WEEE, inorganic alkalis to organic acids and all hazardous and challenging waste in between, we are here to return recoverable value whilst all but eliminating…

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19Jan

Regulator Approves UK’s First Recycling Plant for Household Batteries

Posted on 19th January, 2021

Specialist waste management firm, WasteCare, has opened the UK’s first full-scale household battery recycling facility following approval from the Environment Agency (EA).  The £2 million state-of-the-art facility in Elland, West Yorkshire has processing capacity for 25,000 tonnes of household batteries meaning it can recycle all UK’s spent alkaline batteries and avoid them being shipped to…

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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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