The scheme, which is the second largest in the UK waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) system, said that it had been able to secure “cost-effective” compliance for its members, despite the tough economic climate it faced in late 2008 and early 2009.
We would like to thank all of our local authority partners for working so hard with us to ensure services were up and running as soon as possible
Steve Gough, chief executive, Valpak
Its announcement comes just days ahead of the May 31 deadline by which all schemes must submit their final evidence totals to the environment agencies to achieve compliance for 2008.
Steve Gough, Valpak's chief executive, said: “I am delighted that, for the second year running, we have secured the quantity and mix of WEEE recycling evidence we need to comply well in advance of the Environment Agency deadlines.
“By working hard within the bounds of the current UK WEEE compliance system Valpak have been able to supply competitive compliance for our customers and high levels of customer service for our authority and reprocessing partners,” he added.
Local authority
Valpak collects WEEE from 190 locations in the UK, working with 36 waste disposal authorities, and Mr Gough praised the contribution that its local authority partners had made to its success.
“We would like to thank all of our local authority partners for working so hard with us to ensure services were up and running as soon as possible. Their continued commitment to the new system has been fantastic,” he said.
Valpak claimed that its performance was also down to the work it had undertaken with treatment facilities and the “majority” of the other larger compliance schemes.
The current and future prospects for the UK's WEEE system will be discussed in a seminar being held as part of letsrecycle.com's Recycling and Waste Forum, which takes place at London's ExCeL between June 10 and 11. For more information, or to book a place, please visit https://www.letsrecycle.com/rwf/
The scheme's head of procurement, Alan Price, said: “It is apparent that balancing evidence is still an issue for some schemes, however by working well in advance of enforcement deadlines and trading co-operatively with other schemes and in the spirit of the regulations, we have tried to do all we can to alleviate the problem in 2008”
Despite there being some uncertainty over all schemes achieving compliance before the May 31 deadline, several major schemes have already said that they are confident they will meet their members' obligations for the 2008 period (see letsrecycle.com story ).
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