England may be struggling to remain on track to meet its own EU-set waste collections targets, but there have been no such issues for Wales, Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) can report, with the news that its 52 per cent statutory recycling target has now been achieved. The Welsh government opted...
Guidance on hazardous waste issued by Environment Agency
Responding to what it describes as a history of “serious incidents” in the hazardous waste treatment and storage sector, the Environment Agency has issued guidance aimed at helping to prevent them arising again in the future. This development may interest many companies taking advantage of the hazardous waste collection services...
Good news on the plastic packaging front in the third quarter
Many of those firms that receive money for cardboard from Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) also use the service for the recycling of plastic packaging film. They may therefore be interested in the Environment Agency’s publication of provisional packaging waste recovery data for the third quarter of 2013 showing a significant...
European body sets out principles for business waste reduction
Companies using a UK IT recycling service like that of Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) may be interested to read of some of the latest recycling developments elsewhere in Europe, including the setting out of principles to reduce the waste that businesses generate, by Zero Waste Europe. Zero Waste Europe is...
Disposal levels ‘could increase’ as a result of new Defra waste plan
The Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee (LARAC) has criticised Defra’s Waste Management Plan for England as lacking vision, claiming that waste disposal levels could increase as a result of its implementation, cardboard collections specialist Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) reports. The Committee, which represents 75 per cent of the UK’s local...
Recyclers urge ‘ambition’ in EU waste targets
The Resource Association has responded to the European Union’s consultation on existing recycling and landfill diversion targets by urging greater ambition in the setting of new ones, news that may interest those taking advantage of the waste collections of Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com). The EU’s consultation on the amendment of...
Funding reduction doesn’t dent WRAP confidence
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...
BIS response to WEEE consultation won’t be published until September
The government will not release its response to comments made as part of its consultation on proposed changes to the producer compliance system for waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) until ‘early’ September, many of those recycling old computers with Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) will be interested to read. The...
Government proposes lead acid battery clarification
Companies that turn to Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com) for their electronic recycling needs will be interested to read of the government’s publication of proposals to address a discrepancy in which ‘portable’ batteries are defined – which has been claimed to result in lead acid batteries meeting a disproportionate amount of...
Landmark WEEE trial sees further sentence passed
The UK’s largest ever case concerning the illegal export of WEEE has continued with the sentencing of another defendant, after it was discovered by investigators that the court had been misinformed about his ability to pay financial penalties, report the electrical waste recycling specialists of Collect and Recycle (http://www.collectandrecycle.com). At...