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WeeeCare not only managed to retain it’s position as the compliance scheme with the largest membership, it now with over 840 registered members including British Electric Lamps, Aldi and netto also achieved 100% retention of the previously signed up members who are still active. With further enrolment WeeeCare look to push the 1000 member count…
Network Rail divides their national infrastructure into 5 areas. At their first time of tendering, we have secured an exclusive contract for collection of all hazardous wastes from all their trackside facilities from the LNE and Kent regions. Initial container deliveries, site clearances and collections have been made from all sites involved. We have been…
WeeeCare has teamed up with City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council to launch a specially-designed B2B collection service for businesses in the district. Called WeeeCollect, the service will be rolled out to other local authorities later in the year. Fred Twiddy, Bradford’s Waste Services Manager, explains that businesses will not just be recycling their WEEE,…
More than four months after the first compliance period ended, the Environment Authority (EA) has still to publish the final weights of WEEE collected in the UK. This information is needed so that compliance schemes can advise producers on their evidence requirements for 2007 and the cost of their individual responsibility. There is a major…
During the Q3 of last year, Autoglass tendered a hazardous waste service for all 131 of their UK and Southern Ireland sites. During Q4 the decision was made and we won the tender, by the end of Jan 08 we had successfully rolled out the service to every site. The customers’ expectations are high and…
The long awaited decision on whether photographic laboratories and mini-labs are permitted to treat waste photo chemicals on-site without a license has now been reached. The Environment Agency’s Low Risk Activity Group on Tuesday 9 October has considered arguments both for and against allowing the discharge of photo waste to drain after on-site treatment. After…
WeeeCare, the producer compliance scheme being run by Leeds-based recycling and waste firm WasteCare, has pledged to “clearly and openly state” its costs of collecting waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). The scheme, which has now been approved by the Environment Agency to assist electronics producers with their obligations under the WEEE Regulations, said its…
WeeeCare has become the first Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) compliance scheme to win an Environment Agency (EA) license for the administration of new recycling regulations. WeeeCare says it is the first company to “clearly and openly state” the cost of WEEE removal, starting from as little as £6 per tonne. The new licence…
With the government estimating an impact of between £217 and £445 million per annum for the UK alone, individual producers understandably know what costs will fall to them in order to plan for the future and avoid selling new products at a loss. To ensure minimal outlay for producers, WeeeCare claims to be upfront and…
There has been major concern from the manufacturing sector regarding what looked like potentially huge bills for stakeholders faced with complying with the new WEEE directive. The new electronic recycling law result in additional, sometimes significant, costs being incurred by European electrical producers and importers. The governments estimate for the UK alone suggests that manufacturers…
