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The department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has this week begun the debate on the much vaunted recast WEEE Regulations. Expected to be set into law in 2014, BIS will be publishing a consultation paper in February 2013. Since they came into force in 2006, the WEEE regulations have been heavily criticised for burdening…
Over the past 5 years, the leakage of the publics’ waste electronics to unauthorised recyclers has become an increasing problem acrioss the country. Waste electronics being left outside homes is often being illegally collected and taken to unauthorised waste sites. Waste collected in this manner avoids being recorded as WEEE; this means many thousands of…
Defra has stated that it will launch a formal call for evidence for its future Waste Prevention Plan early next year. This call for evidence will eventually inform the Government’s Waste Prevention Programme, and will focus on key areas for action. The Waste Prevention Plan is thought to be among the priorities of newly appointed…
Throughout 2012 CylinderCare has expanded its customer base dramatically, spreading throughout the UK to become the largest collector of gas cylinders. The most recent addition to this expansion Buckinghamshire County Council who have agreed for all 10 of their CA sites to have their cylinders collected. This addition adds to our growing portfolio in the…
27 years ago an ambitious project was embarked upon by 2 British entrepreneurs. The idea behind the project was to create the worlds highest marathon. After a 2 month trekking holiday in Nepal, Jan Turner and Tony Hunt decided the foothills of Everest would make the perfect location for the race. In early October 1987…
During the first week of November we are offering free 5ltr battery collection containers. The 5ltr battery collection starter pack will be free throughout the UK until 9th November 2012. The 5ltr containers have proved successful as part of the BatteryBack compliance scheme with thousands of councils, private businesses and retailers using the containers to…
Experts have warned that despite the UK coming out of recession the waste sector is still at risk. Issues such as the decline in the construction industry and changeable overseas markets have been cited as key concerns. Jacob Hayler, economist at the ESA, a trade association for the waste management sector said the UK had…
WasteCare has been successfully trading with Hi Group for over 12 months now, collecting used and refurbished white goods. The equipment is returned to our WEEE facility in Normanton where the goods are tested and prepared for resale. This process ensures high quantities of A-C grade white goods which would otherwise end up in landfill…
WasteCare’s Normanton facility is the largest within the group with over 120,000 sq feet of storage space housed within 3 giant warehouses. When the facility was first acquired it was hard to imagine how this enourmous space could be utilised. Little over 18 months later and the site is completely full; each warehouse is being…
Despite no increase in the latest glass packaging recycling figures Defra has stated that it still expects schemes to meet their 2012 targets. Provisional figures for the third quarter of 2012 published on the Agency’s National Packaging Waste Database show no improvement in the amount of glass packaging recycled compared to the first and second…
