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The Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC) has called upon producers to help Councils more with recycling targets. In their submission to the Local Waste Review, LARAC suggested the introduction of a new system whereby councils be financially credited by producers, manufacturers and retailers for collecting and processing waste. The Local Waste Review will gather…
“The ‘New’ Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations are to come into force in 2014. The impact of WEEE2 is expected to be as big as when the Regulations were first introduced back in 2007. In order to keep members fully up to date with news and developments on WEEE2, WeeeCare will be running seminars…
• Sony fined by £250k by the ICO for network breach • Apple admits ‘widespread cyber-security breach’ by Chinese hackers • Nursing and Midwifery Council hit with a £150k fine for the loss of 3 DVD’s • Police in Wales have been sacked over data breaches It has often been said that all publicity is…
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…
The WasteCare Group are now providing services to 700 national English Heritage sites. The sites vary dramatically from cottages to castles, each with their own individual types of waste. The WasteCare infrastructure is perfectly set up to meet this challenge with a wide variety of different sized collection vehicles spread across the whole country. This…
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 Groups packaging compliance scheme, PackCare, has further strengthened its portfolio through a combination of exceptional service and competitive prices. Another successful year has seen the scheme substantially grow its membership as well as adding a number of blue chip names to the family including Belron.
When a new customer recently approached us with a problem waste stream, WasteCare pulled out all the stops to meet the challenge. Shot blast, a waste stream so obscure it didn’t feature in WasteCare’s extensive catalogue, was produced as waste when a ocean liner was stripped and re-painted. The material description was then sent through…
In 1980, reuse was not on the public agenda and certainly wasn’t given the importance it is today. Simply the drain or the skip was the route for virtually all commercial waste. WasteCare, formerly known as Silver Lining Industries was just starting out. Initially the company specialised in Silver recovery from photographic laboratories and the…
