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The release of the Government’s response to comments raised from its consultation on the proposed changes to the producer compliance system for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) has been pushed back to ‘early’ September. The government had originally planned to publish its response on Friday August 16, eight weeks after the conclusion of the…
The Silver Lady is making her inaugural outing as WasteCare’s ambassador for recycling and reuse at this week’s RWM exhibition. To make sure she does as she preaches the 1961 Routemaster is now fuelled on 100% bio-fuel, generously supplied by Olleco. The bio-fuel is refined from used vegetable oils and chicken fat, collected by WasteCare…
The WEEE consultation process is fast approaching a conclusion. BIS have confirmed that there were over 250 responses to the consultation and have been able to advise preliminary findings of the consultation. The initial results from the consultation state that there is a requirement for change against the current system. To recap the industry was…
Communities Secretary Eric Pickles has pledged to tackle ‘unsightly bin clutter and ugly wheelie bins’- with forthcoming planning guidance to encourage developers to make provision for waste storage in new homes. Responding to the announcement, councils, planning authorities and house builders have argued that this is already a key consideration when planning new properties, with…
A driver of a loading shovel at WRG’s Milton Landfill site in Cambridgeshire has been given a 24-week prison sentence suspended for two years after he reversed his vehicle into a lorry trailer, crushing and killing its driver Mark Nyland from Sutton in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Kenneth Miller, of Linton, was ordered by Cambridge Magistrates Court…
This month WasteCare has been helping Her Majesties Prison Service to re-use and recycle unwanted equipment. Due to a recent building renovation, WasteCare were approached by HMP Wakefield to clear the site of Waste including Furniture, Electricals, Textiles and over 70 industrial sewing machines formally used by the inmates. In order to increase the re-use…
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust have long been looking for a supplier who can provide a complete waste management solution. With over 40 sites around the Sheffield area to service and maintain, it was important that they found someone with the infrastructure and facilities to meet their requirements. Following on from a…
European policies on waste have been essential for improved resource efficiency, recycling and environmental protection in the UK, the Environmental Services Association (ESA) has said. Defra- and DECC-led consultation, which closed on 12 August, sought views on how EU regulations affected UK environment policy and the economy and is part of a wider Whitehall consultation…
Used cooking oil (UCO) has been the focus of much attention over the last 5 years. Innovations in the processing of UCO and the increased production of bio-diesel have maximised the reuse potential, increasing the value of this abundant waste stream. Where in the past UCO cost businesses to have collected and treated, it now…
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), and the Department for Local Government are amongst the worst hit government branches in the 2015/16 Spending Review. Despite claims of being the ‘greenest government ever’, the two government departments with portfolios in waste, recycling and environmental protection are amongst the worst casualties of the cuts….
