Responding to what it describes as a history of “serious incidents” in the hazardous waste treatment and storage sector, the Environment Agency has issued guidance aimed at helping to prevent them arising again in the future. This development may interest many companies taking advantage of the hazardous waste collection services...
Good news on the plastic packaging front in the third quarter
Many of those firms that receive money for cardboard from Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) also use the service for the recycling of plastic packaging film. They may therefore be interested in the Environment Agency’s publication of provisional packaging waste recovery data for the third quarter of 2013 showing a significant...
UK falls in league rankings for packaging recycling
In news sure to interest many of those firms receiving money for cardboard from Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com), the UK has dropped three places down the EU packaging recycling league table, from 14th in 2010 to 17th out of the EU’s 27 countries in 2011, recording a below average recycling...
Dan Rogerson is new waste and resources minister
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has confirmed that Lord de Mauley is to be replaced as waste and resources minister by the Liberal Democrat MP Dan Rogerson, many users of IT recyclers Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) may be interested to read. The North Cornwall MP’s assumption of...
Fridges containing Pentane to be considered as hazardous waste says Environment Agency
The environment agency has announced the classification of newer fridges that contain Pentane or Cyclo-Pentane, no longer to be considered as WEEE, these fridges should now be treated as hazardous waste. Used as refrigerants in the cooling system or a blowing agent in the insulating foam, Pentane or Cyclo-Pentane was...
EU in review of waste policy ‘red tape’
The EU’s Landfill Directive, Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive and Waste Framework Directive are all set to come under scrutiny as the European Commission conducts a review of its waste policy with the aim of reducing red tape and businesses’ regulatory burdens, those taking advantage of the cardboard recycling services...
BIS introduces mandatory targets to WEEE system
The way the treatment of waste electricals is paid for by electrical goods producers is to be revamped, with mandatory collection targets applying to WEEE compliance schemes from January 2014, leading waste services provider Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) reports. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) announced the changes...
Cabinet reshuffle means more changes at Defra
Business owners taking advantage of IT recycling services from Collect and Recycle (http://www collectandrecycle.com) are likely to be interested in the news that Defra has undergone several changes as part of the latest cabinet reshuffle of the coalition Government. It means a potential review of Defra’s waste and recycling brief...
Recycling is the core of reaching companies’ Corporate Social Responsibility Targets
Recycling is no doubt becoming more integrated into everyday lives, with the Landfill Directive seeking to meet a target of 35% landfill use based on 1995 levels, driving local authorities to make the collection of household recycling more frequent than normal waste. Consumers are and will continue to become more...
‘Watershed’ scrap metal laws come into force
On October 1, new scrap metal recycling legislation – the Scrap Metal Dealers’ Act 2013 – came into force, replacing a 1964 Act and being welcomed by both councils and the dealers themselves. The new law hands local authorities enhanced powers to tackle the theft of scrap metal, reports Collect...