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WEEE will be the focus for this years Recycle Week campaign in June. This will be the first time that the campaign has promoted the recycling of one waste type above all others. Recycle Week began in 2004 and was launched to encourage waste reduction and recycling. A statement on the recyclenow partners website said:…
The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) has said that anticipated alterations to the WEEE Directive will not come into force until the end of the year. The changes are expected to lead to a three fold increase in the amount of electrical equipment covered by the Directive therefore tripling the recycling targets for…
As of 1st January 2010 eleven new experts have joined the WEEE Advisory Body, these experts join the ten existing members of the body to be re-appointed. Business minister Ian Lucas selected the new members back in the beginning of December, amongst them is Lee Marshall, former chairman of the Local Authority Recycling Committee (LARAC)….
Here at WasteCare we pride ourselves at offering our clients an extremely transparent track and trace system. This system was put to the test recently when a valuable duvet went missing in a washing machine that had been picked up by us for recycling. The washing machine had been originally picked up by John Lewis…
As data for 2009 recycling and recovery rates start to emerge, it is clear that the rate for the recycling and recovery of separately collected business-to-business waste electrical and electronic equipment is going to be as low as the previous year. Before the regulations were introduced, most non-householder end-users of WEEE already had systems in…
WeeeCare, which is already the UK’s most popular WEEE compliance scheme, has gained a number of major new customers, including supermarket giant Morrisons. Morrisons is dedicated to the reduction of waste and an increase in recycling, but realises it can achieve this only by introducing an holistic approach and working with specialist companies. Morrisons’ decision…
Major changes to the WEEE Regulations are likely next year as a result of their clear failure to deal with the bulk of non-domestic (828) electrical and electronic waste. Although Government ministers have patted themselves on the back and announced that the WEEE Regulations have been a great success, the fact is that, after 18…
WeeeCare’s IT and weee treatment and recycling facility in Leeds was accredited by the Environment Agency as an Approved Accredited Treatment Facilities last year. As part of a national programme the EA have just completed their audit of our Leeds facility and commended the procedures and systems installed. With regular news items about the destination…
Government says all businesses must comply with directives, as new initiatives emerge to help. The UK’s trade associations acted last month to help their members get the best deal when the deadline for reregistration for the WEEE producer compliance scheme (PCS) arrived. Both the PCA and ITACS have teamed up with PCS WEEEcare to offer…
The Government have patted themselves on the back and announced the WEEE Regulations have been a great success. Despite after 18 months, less than 30% of the expected producers have registered, recycling volumes are up. Ignoring the fact that scrap prices trebled over the last two years it is fair to say from the point…
