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In an update to our previous story regarding new accreditations, we are happy to announce that we achieved a distinction for our IT security destruction service with ADISA (Asset Disposal Information Security Alliance) and are now officially the first company to be PAS141 accredited! Launched in October 2010, the Asset Disposal and Information Security Alliance…
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…
75% of WEEE recycling is going unreported according to a joint report produced by a group of recycling Associations. The report was released by the European Electronics Recyclers Association (EERA), LightingEurope and DIGITALEUROPE. Following these findings the group has called for governments to do more to ensure all WEEE recycling is counted. Amongst their recommended…
WasteCare has recently won a supply contract with North of England Procurement Collaborative (NHS CPC) to provide waste collection and recycling for IT, paint, solvents, batteries, lamps and confidential waste. This means the Group will be considered as preferred suppliers for all NHS contracts in the North of England. WasteCare already provides a multitude of…
Just before Christmas, Valpak announced to electrical retailers that they had to get their cheque books ready to send yet more money to support the Distributor Take-back Scheme. If you paid up three years ago, don’t do it again until you have clicked here. Failure to do so may cost you as much as £21,996.44!!
Quality accreditations are not simply won to adorn walls and letter headings, they are an independent acclamation that a business or operation meets high industry standards. Modern accreditations require massive amounts of commitment and resources, however, they also allow customers to enjoy the peace of mind that a reputable accreditation provides. At the same time,…
The change in the law last year has been instrumental in altering attitudes towards “reuse” or more specifically the reuse of electrical appliances. Although, previously it was understandable, manufacturers and retailers were concerned about the risks associated with electrical goods reappearing on the market without proper controls and via unauthorised outlets; things have changed. With…
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…
The past decade has seen a worrying rise in rogue IT traders offering allegedly safe recycling services. This has probably been further fuelled by the current downturn in the economy. Many of these rogue operators are unlicensed, inexperienced and relying on illegal export, to offer heavily discounted prices. Whilst the reduced prices are tempting, much…
