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Collecting and processing used cooking oil(UCO) has become a major recycling sector in the UK as the demand for bio-fuel has increased. With the recent rise in fuel prices the monetary value of UCO has attracted in new type of rogue, the UCO thief. As the bio-diesel made from stolen UCO does not attract Vat…
WasteCare have been providing an effective packaging recycling service to Origins for many years, so it was no surprise that the high performance natural skincare brand turned to WasteCare for their most recent logistical challenge. As part of their quest to improve the environment, whilst producing high quality skincare products, Origins recently held a product…
Mattia Pellegrini, the European Commission’s head of unit for metals stated that waste electricals could be a vital source for rare metals at a recent WEEE forum in London. Here, Pellegrini explained that the Commission has set up a Raw Materials Initiative to monitor European reserves of valuable metals, which had concluded that the continent…
The RWM exhibition was held on 11th September and was attended by an ever growing number of delegates. A number of key personnel from WasteCare attended the event in order to network with other industry specialists. There was however, one new addition to the team this year; the Zero Waste Man! This mascot represents the…
Following last months success, offering the collection of selected gas cylinders, we have decided to extend the offer until the end of next week. We will collect any Calor branded gas cylinders free of charge throughout the UK until 7th September 2012. Gas cylinders can be difficult and expensive to remove but WasteCare have specially…
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has issued guidance for businesses on what counts as waste and how to come to this conclusion. The guidance follows a draft document which was published in January 2010. It is an important document because it enables businesses to determine whether activities are subject to waste…
Over 2 years ago, the decision was taken to transfer all WEEE reuse and recycling facilities to the new 120,000 sq foot Normanton site. It was at this time that a plan was conceived to construct one of the most advanced waste transfer facilities in the UK. Fast forward 2 years and the site is…
The Advisory Committee on Packaging (ACP) has said in its annual report that the UK can “theoretically” meet its target to recycle 57% of plastic packaging by 2017 if more effort is made to collect rigid plastics. More specifically it has stated that the target will only be achievable if all councils renewing their waste…
The electronics recycling and reuse facility has seen enormous growth over the past 6 months with the expansion of the IT reuse operation and the introduction of white goods testing and reuse. The growth in this area has been so successful that the original warehouse has now reached its capacity and we are now expanding…
Following the successful waste management permit application at our HazCare facility in Leeds, the company has announced the expansion of RecallCare. This service provides a secure destruction facility for product recalls and unwanted inventory. The process includes packaging retrieval for paper, plastic and glass recovery and recycling and is suitable for both liquid and solid…
