15 November 2018WasteCare looks to 2019 opening of battery plant
Recycling firm WasteCare has said that trials of a pilot recycling plant for portable batteries have proved a success and a larger plant is set to open in the New Year. The company has been recycling portable batteries through...
4 October 2018Currys PC World launches collection scheme for used batteries
Currys PC World's home installation teams will offer to collect customers’ used household batteries for recycling when they deliver and install new appliances, as part of a battery recycling scheme. The scheme, which will last ...
14 May 2018Schools boost for Duracell and BatteryBack
Alkaline battery producer Duracell has today announced that a scheme it ran last year to encourage children to recycle batteries has seen over 2.3 million recycled. The nationwide initiative, ‘the Big Battery Hunt’, was ...
5 March 2018Serco wins joint Basingstoke & Deane and Hart contract
Serco has been awarded a £44 million eight year joint contract, with a possible eight year extension, to provide waste and recycling services to two Hampshire local authorities. The contract, with Basingstoke & Deane borough...
30 January 2018EU consortium creates urban mining database
Several organisations across Europe have united to create a database of valuable materials available for "urban mining" from scrap vehicles, spent batteries, waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE) and mining wastes. The...
18 October 2017News in brief (17/10/17)
With news on: FCC's health and safety accolade; NERF's annual conference; Viridor's call for input into lithium battery detection; ESG's rebranding and Global Recycling Day.
3 October 2017Used batteries ‘hoarded in homes’ could boost recycling
The shortfall in meeting the battery recycling target could be eradicated if the public recycled the used batteries ‘hoarded’ in UK homes, compliance scheme Ecosurety has suggested. According to research for Ecosurety and ...
16 August 2017EA updates export guidance for range of materials
Updated guidance relating to the export of packaging, batteries and waste electrical items for recycling has been issued by the Environment Agency. The guidance relates to the rules surrounding the need to send materials to plants...
15 August 2017Two battery recycling plants to open by end of year
The UK is set to have two battery recycling plants in operation later this year with the announcement that compliance scheme Ecosurety and recycling firm Belmont Trading are partnering on a plant in Scotland. In September a ...
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