WEEE

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45k business tech devices rehomed by Virgin Media O2

14 May 2025

Almost 45,000 tech devices have been saved from being landfilled by Virgin Media O2’s Recycle for Business scheme. The scheme was first launched in October 2023 and allows companies to trade ...

Assessing the impact of circular businesses models on electronics

Think tank Circularity has published a comprehensive methodology to assess the ...

UK-wide kerbside WEEE collection could save £6bn

The nationwide implementation of kerbside collection for waste batteries and ...

UK’s first carbon certificate for WEEE reuse announced

The UK’s first certified carbon certificate programme for reuse waste electrical ...

Electronic reuse ‘Fixing Factory’ opens in Hackney

A “Fixing Factory” has opened in Hackney to boost repair and tackle the growing ...

Valpak provides care-leavers with white goods

Valpak by Reconomy has partnered with the Coventry House Project to provide white ...

Herefordshire council launches kerbside collection for WEEE

As of today (7 April 2025), Herefordshire council has launched kerbside collection ...

OPINION: ‘Vape ban – swapping one problem for another?’

Ahead of the UK single-use vape ban in just under two months, Scott Butler, executive...

Appointments Round-Up (01/04/2025)

Appointments round-up featuring QMRE, Reconomy, OPRL and EMR. Reconomy ...

New WEEE consultancy launched by Dan Cronin

A new waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) consultancy has launched to ...

Enva opens fridge recycling facility in Scotland

Enva has officially opened a fridge and small domestic appliance (SDA) recycling ...

EGO given £3.1m loan to acquire Ucan Secure IT

EGO Technology has been awarded a £3.1 million term loan from growth capital ...

REPIC to expand under new name Ecogenesys

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) compliance scheme REPIC has ...

Currys to recycle tech from Cancer Research UK shops

This Global Recycling Day (18 March 2025), Currys has launched a new scheme to ...

92m electrical devices wasted in last five years

92 million electrical devices were thrown into the bin in the last five years, ...

Fire at Peterhead recycling centre in Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire council has issued a reminder to residents to remove batteries from ...

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