9 October 2018
Charity ‘rescues’ over 800 fridges for re-use
A Liverpool-based charity has announced that its scheme has “saved” more than 850 fridges and freezers from scrap yards, and processed them for re-use. CREATE UK says the 876 fridges were taken from household recycling ...
8 October 2018
AO.com extends fridge recycling plant
Online electricals retailer AO.com has announced that it will open a new ‘mobile fridge’ recycling plant at its facility in Telford. The company says it will now be able to process absorption fridges, often referred to as ...
2 October 2018
AATF Forum to enter race for WEEE Funds
The AATF Forum has said it will be applying for funding from the WEEE Fund for a project to investigate the increasing gap between electrical goods placed on the market and that collected. The Approved Authorised Treatment ...
18 September 2018
WEEE projects ‘fast-tracked’ for Fee funding
Two projects have been fast-tracked for funding worth nearly £1 million as part of a payout of money raised last year through the WEEE Compliance Fee. The largest project will be led by the Industry Council for Electronics ...
6 September 2018
Amey and Recycling Lives in WEEE work at prison
Amey has announced a new partnership giving offenders the opportunity to develop “vital work skills” as they recycle television sets from the company’s household waste recycling centres (HWRCs). The partnership – between ...
27 July 2018
Sheerman visits WEEE site to ‘raise awareness’
Labour MP Barry Sheerman has teamed up with the national electrical wholesale company to “raise awareness of the importance” of electrical waste recycling. The MP for Huddersfield visited a Yorkshire site of CEF (City ...
17 July 2018
AO to build fridge plant in South East England
South East England is set to get a major fridge recycling facility under a project planned by online electricals recycler AO. The company, which is close to finalising the as yet unnamed location, takes back large volumes of ...
29 June 2018
HP pledges to continue closed loop recycling system
Electronics Giant HP has pledged to continue increasing the amount of recycled plastic in its products and ensure they can be repaired instead of replaced as part of efforts to create a “closed loop recycling system”. The ...
15 June 2018
£8m WEEE fund for councils and other groups
Local authorities and others linked to the collection and recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) are being encouraged to prepare ideas and potential projects for funding from an £8 million fund. The money ...
Investigation underway into Restore Datashred fatality - https://t.co/EzSLX6WiC7
RECOUP calls for collaboration on plastics - https://t.co/8dfpHPDSHq
Obituary: John Simmons - https://t.co/VTYPgyvAMK
