Month: August 2013

The Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has used its 2012/13 annual report to express confidence in its future, despite the UK government having overseen “significant” cuts in its funding this year. Such a positive report should please many of those using Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) for services like cardboard...

The 2012 calendar year saw a combined recycling and composting rate of 43.6 per cent being achieved by local authorities in England, according to Defra-published provisional data, a 0.6 per cent improvement on the previous 12 months – a development of interest to many of those recycling old computers, cardboard...

Collect and Recycle’s (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) clients may be interested to read that waste recycling industry representatives have voiced concerns that the UK could soon be “sleepwalking into a waste infrastructure shortfall”. They have consequently requested that an urgent review is carried out into the UK’s ability to meet its targets for...

Many of those businesses taking advantage of the waste recycling services of Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) will be interested to read that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has consulted with Waste Industry Safety and Health (WISH) forum to produce a report outlining the risks and hazards associated with material...

Defra has responded to concerns expressed by local authority waste heads about more substantial waste collections by councils and flattening recycling rates, by expressing confidence that it will meet 2020 landfill reduction targets, reports one of the leading waste disposal companies, Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com). This week (25 July) saw...