Why is recycling important? Recycling your waste has become increasingly important in the current global warming crisis. There has been a global increase in acknowledging our responsibility to create a positive impact and a greener world. However, many businesses are yet to acknowledge the benefits of recycling. Many do not...
Five Ways To Recycle More In Your Business
In the current climate change crisis, businesses have an increasing responsibility to reduce their waste production and contribute to a greener world. However, for many businesses, this can be a daunting and alien concept if you have not previously been aware of business focused recycling processes. Collect & Recycle are...
How To Dispose Of Motor Oil Rags
Oily rags can prove quite dangerous to yourself or those around you if they’re not disposed of in the right manner. And when it comes to fixing or maintaining motors, rags are often needed for various tasks. With motor oil-soaked rags, these are something that can’t be cleaned and so...
Can You Recycle Shredded Paper?
Whether you are a private household or a company, shredding your paper is the first step to ensuring your data is secure and protected. Most people think that shredding the paper is the end of the process, and they dispose of it in the general waste, but this is inefficient,...
Can Shredded Paper Be Recycled?
Do you often ask yourself can shredded paper be recycled? Well, like all paper products, the documents you shred on a daily and weekly basis can be effectively turned into new paper and reenter the production cycle. However, the process of recycling this form of paper is easier said than...
How To Dispose Of Chemical Waste
Many businesses don't know how to dispose of chemical waste properly, often because chemical waste can be hard to identify because it is part of the makeup of many common items including batteries and electronic devices. Hazardous waste can be defined as any type of chemical compound that is dangerous...
Reformed regime for scrap metal licensing takes effect
The full requirements of the Scrap Metal Dealers’ Act, as recently revised by the government, now apply to scrap traders, after the end of a temporary licensing period on December 1. The new regime brings significant changes to scrap metal recycling, Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) reports. The law covers England...
Waste prevention plan launched by Welsh government
Not content with delivering a superior recycling performance to England in recent times, Wales has also launched its waste prevention plan earlier than its neighbour, in what should be firmly positive news for UK recycling, Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) reports. The launch, which took place in Cardiff on December 3,...
Conservative MP calls for BIS to assume recycling policy responsibility
Laura Sandys MP, the chair of the Conservatives’ 2020 Productivity and Efficiency Commission, has suggested that responsibility for policies on UK recycling, waste and resource efficiency should be passed to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), many of Collect and Recycle’s (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) business clients should be interested to...
Defra should support industry, says waste sector
A few weeks ago here at Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com), we drew attention to complaints from the waste collections industry about the recent letter sent to them by resource minister Dan Rogerson, suggesting that his department would be scaling down waste activities. Now, waste sector trade associations have come together...