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The Government must do more to ‘lift the regulatory burden’ on the remanufacturing sector, a report by the All-Party Parliamentary Sustainable Resource Group (ASPRG) has concluded. Co-chair of the report, the former Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman MP said there was a ‘triple win’ potential that remanufacturing offers in economic, social and environmental terms. She said:…
Prime Minister David Cameron has entered the debate over plans to overhaul EU waste legislation, stating that he does not want to see ‘excessive regulation’ brought into effect. Mr Cameron took questions from MPs during a liaison committee session last month. This happened just days after the new European Commission said it was to revisit…
“It was a crisp January morning 35 years ago when I made the first collection of photographic waste for the newly-formed Silver Lining, which later became the WasteCare Group Ltd.  In fact it was 8th January 1980 and the unsuspecting company was Wymondham Photographic in Norfolk! Without any means of testing the silver content of the waste,…
WasteCare have agreed a deal to reuse and recycle all of the empty industrial packaging from Halewood International. Halewood are one of the UK’s largest independent drinks manufacturer and distributor, their brands include Crabbies Alcoholic Ginger Ale and Lambs Navy Rum.
The Environment Agency has launched an online tool designed to help businesses in England check whether their waste meets End of Waste criteria. The ‘IsItWaste’ tool aims to remove high quality waste-derived products from the scope of waste legislation to improve end market demand and confidence, and allow businesses to be ‘more competitive. It provides…
Sky, Panasonic and Samsung are among more than 50 businesses that have signed up to a sustainability action plan aimed at ‘revolutionising’ the electrical sector. The Electrical and Electronic Sustainability Action Plan (ESAP) was launched by WRAP at its Resources Limited conference in London. The Plan will help organisations repair, reuse and recycle electrical products,…
WasteCare have been commissioned by Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to provide a service to collect and process WEEE and IT assets from all their Trust sites. Having been the battery collection service provider for many years, WasteCare are pleased to be given the chance to extend this service to include not only…
Team leaders from EcoHouse, PackCare and Valley House have recently completed a course for team leaders. Georgina Bray from Qube Learning said: “I would like to say it was a great pleasure to work with the guys and it was job satisfaction seeing them achieve. None of them had faith that they would be able…
Matt Stoneman, Stewart Price and Alexander West attended the successful two day event at the Education Facilities Forum at Heythorpe Park Resort last week. The event is aimed at educational organisations, giving them a chance to meet with prospective suppliers and investigate new ways of solving existing procurement headaches. Unlike usual trade shows where you…
A ruling which requires WEEE reprocessors and producer compliance schemes to ensure any dual-use WEEE is counted as ‘consumer WEEE’ is now in force. The Environment Agency has told businesses and schemes of their obligations in line with the Department for Business’ revised ruling on classifications. Items considered to be dual-use WEEE include television screens, personal…
