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The Advisory Committee on Packaging (ACP) has said in its annual report that the UK can “theoretically” meet its target to recycle 57% of plastic packaging by 2017 if more effort is made to collect rigid plastics. More specifically it has stated that the target will only be achievable if all councils renewing their waste…
Throughout the month of July WasteCare will be offering TubeCare tubes at half price (only £24.70), as always collections are free. The TubeCare tubes are a convenient and cost effective method of storing and recycling unwanted fluorescent tubes. WasteCare ensure all fluorescent tubes and bulbs are transported securely and recycled using the latest, most environmentally…
For National Recycle Week 2012 WasteCare has worked closely with Hampshire County Council and Hampshire’s district authority’s to promote small WEEE collections from schools, community centres and businesses across the county. In all 97 locations took part, collecting all types of small waste electrical items for reuse and recycling. As part of the campaign Hampshire…
The rebuild that has been taking place at the Widnes Service Centre over the past 12 months has this month reached completion. The new Service Centre has been rebuilt from the ground upwards incorporating state of the art waste management facilities that will allow the faster processing of waste at the site. We look forward…
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs has announced two changes to the rules governing Landfill Tax. In a brief published in May, the HMRC said that tax should be paid on material used to protect or ‘provide a suitable stable substrate’ for the overlying layers at the top of a landfill cell. Known as the ‘top…
The recent launch of AssetCare comes fast on the heels of the expansion of our secure data destruction and asset management division based at our new Normanton recycling facility. In addition to our longstanding ISO 9001 and 14001 accreditations, we have recently undergone our final PAS141 audit as we prepare for the ADISA security standard….
WRAP has called on WEEE recyclers to move away from shredding material in order to ensure valuable rare earth metals are not sent to landfill. In May, WRAP chief executive Dr Liz Goodwin claimed that ‘canny’ recyclers of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) could recover more high value material such as gold, silver, platinum…
George says… …We are all in it together The challenges both in the economy and the environment can only successfully be tackled with all stakeholders in society working together. This budget shows the Governments determination to create an atmosphere for sustainable growth. Below are some of the key elements of todays budget that we believe…
Figures announced at the start of February for the first quarter of 2011/12 (April-June 2011) showed that 44% of household waste was sent for recycling, compost and reuse. When analysed over the course of the rolling year to minimise the effect of any seasonal fluctuations, this means that 42% was recycled between July 2010 and…
We are proud to announce that WasteCare’s Joanne Cahill has won an award at the Asda Annual Awards Ceremony held last week for suppliers in the goods not for re-sale sector. Nominations were made by and for suppliers within 4 categories. Joanne’s award was under the sustainability category. The presentation was made by Caroline Levitt,…
