Business owners taking advantage of IT recycling services from Collect and Recycle (http://www collectandrecycle.com) are likely to be interested in the news that Defra has undergone several changes as part of the latest cabinet reshuffle of the coalition Government. It means a potential review of Defra’s waste and recycling brief...
Recycling is the core of reaching companies’ Corporate Social Responsibility Targets
Recycling is no doubt becoming more integrated into everyday lives, with the Landfill Directive seeking to meet a target of 35% landfill use based on 1995 levels, driving local authorities to make the collection of household recycling more frequent than normal waste. Consumers are and will continue to become more...
‘Watershed’ scrap metal laws come into force
On October 1, new scrap metal recycling legislation – the Scrap Metal Dealers’ Act 2013 – came into force, replacing a 1964 Act and being welcomed by both councils and the dealers themselves. The new law hands local authorities enhanced powers to tackle the theft of scrap metal, reports Collect...
Recycling targets could be missed ‘by half of EU countries’
A European Commission official has admitted that the Waste Framework Directive’s statutory recycling targets could be missed by more than half of EU Member States, hazardous waste collection specialist Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) reports. A policy official from the European Commission’s DG Environment’s waste section, Michel Sponar, said that between...