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This is according to a new survey undertaken by plastic recycling industry body Recoup. The study was covering 2010 and found that nearly 50 percent of all household plastic bottles were recycled. The exact figures show that 48.5 percent were collected by local authorities, that equates to 281,000 tonnes. In addition to this, the number…
Residents in Bristol are going to have to recycle more in order to efficiently deal with rubbish come the New Year. In 2012, the normal 240 litre black bins will be replaced with a smaller 180 litre version. That equates to about one less bag of general rubbish every fortnight, the bin will fit about…
The European parliament environmental committee has voted in favour of the weee recycling target eventually rising to 85%. The rise would be staged over several years with a target of 45% of material to be collected by 2016 and 65% by 2020. However there is still some disagreement between the parliament and council over how…
Lord Taylor of Holbeach has succeeded Lord Henley as minister for waste and recycling at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Lord Henley left the post at Defra to become crime prevention minister at the Home Office in a small government reshuffle due to the stepping down of the current incumbent, Baroness Browning,…
Offering a total waste and packaging service to all sectors of industry, WasteCare and PackCare are working in partnership with Pack 2 Pack & RPS to provide a one stop shop solution for all types of waste, packaging and pallet supply. The new venture entitled IPS, Integrated Packaging Solutions is already making inroads into the…
WasteCare has recently performed its first collection round outside of the EU. The largest dry cleaning provider in Jersey, Angora Besco, had a large stockpile of hazardous dry cleaning solution and WasteCare was the obvious solution. After completing the mountain of paperwork required for the job and after a year’s negotiation with the Environment Agency…
WeeeCare, WasteCare’s WEEE compliance arm has recently won another tender to collect WEEE from Devon County Council. Hot on the heals of winning Telford and Wrekin in June, this contract further strengthens our development in the civic authority sector. The contract starts on the 1st of September 2011 and will last for a minimum 2…
It has been a year since WasteCare acquired the Brooksight cylinder and keg repatriation business and the momentum of the business is now beginning to gather pace. The company now has contracts with the key gas cylinder producers including Calor, Kegwatch, Air Products and Air Liquide. CylinderCare operate with 13 specially trained service representatives using…
The plan to promote battery recycling in homes is gathering pace. BatteryBack has now taken delivery of 150,000 of battery boxes intended for use in the home. Already over 1000 schools (120,000 children) have asked to join the scheme. The plan is to expand the scheme nationally in the autumn term. Schools are offered incentives…
Planning minister Greg Clark has set out a new ‘Planning Guarantee’ which promises waste management companies that their planning applications will be dealt with swiftly. Designed to provide greater certainty to local communities by speeding up local planning applications, the new process will see whole planning applications processed within a maximum of 12 months. Currently,…
