We are currently planning a school visit to Eco-House to demonstrate the practise of reuse within the WEEE sector. The Read School is very keen to show the processes involved in the running of a successful reuse and recycling facility. Through existing links to the school and a tour by staff members, it has been…
Category Archives: Reuse
The complete package
WasteCare’s cylinder collection service, CylinderCare, has experienced great success since the company was acquired over 12 months ago, the expansion of this service has been exponential and this has only been achieved by continuing the full range of services provided by the WasteCare Group. A mixture of: Exceptional customer service showcased recently by Wayne Swoffer…
High Profile Reputations Damaged by Data Breaches
• Sony fined by £250k by the ICO for network breach • Apple admits ‘widespread cyber-security breach’ by Chinese hackers • Nursing and Midwifery Council hit with a £150k fine for the loss of 3 DVD’s • Police in Wales have been sacked over data breaches It has often been said that all publicity is…
Distributor take-back scheme update
The distributor take-back scheme was set up as a mandatory requirement, ensuring electrical retailers offer a take-back service to customers, in turn reducing unnecessary landfill. WasteCare Group set up an alternative to the Valpak run DTS which provided the service at considerably lower cost. Since the introduction in 2009, over 500 electrical retailers have joined…
Experts in reuse and recycling
In 1980, reuse was not on the public agenda and certainly wasn’t given the importance it is today. Simply the drain or the skip was the route for virtually all commercial waste. WasteCare, formerly known as Silver Lining Industries was just starting out. Initially the company specialised in Silver recovery from photographic laboratories and the…
CylinderCare success
2 years ago, WasteCare Group purchased Brooksight, a gas cylinder repatriation company. Since the purchase, the new service, CylinderCare, has worked closely with Calor to provide national repatriation of gas cylinders from Civic Amenity sites. The success of this partnership has recently moved to the next level with Calor agreeing to name us as their…
EeeCare greatly increases TV reuse
Customer service has always been at the heart of the business ethos of all retailers; this has resulted in many of the retail giants offering extended guarantees on electrical equipment. The downside to this policy is many thousands of TVs are now returned to stores with minor faults or damage forcing stores to return the…
New packaging for EeeCare
WasteCare’s EEE refurbishment service has expanded greatly in the past few months branching into fridges, freezers, dishwashers, TVs and washing machines. With a large amount of equipment making its way into the site, we are now developing multiple routes to market for the equipment. With such high standards of service already set by the EeeCare…