Click the type of material you are looking
to recycle
Recycling
- should not be expensive, and should cost no more than general
waste disposal.
Cost
is a function of material type, volume, location and quality
together with the savings that can be made on disposal of
residual waste. So for example, a small office may introduce
an office paper recycling scheme, which adds to the cost of
waste disposal, if they simply add it to their existing waste
arrangements.
Subsequently, this will reduce the volume of their residual
waste- i.e. by reducing the number of lifts or size of container,
which will consequently save against their overall costs.More
importantly, there are wider and longer term perspectives
to consider. Landfill Tax is now rising at a rate of £8/tonne
a year and will continue to rise to a government stated figure
of £48/tonne. Added to the increasing underlying cost
of landfill, this will place a huge additional cost on businesses.
Other legislation is having an increased affect on businesses,
such as “Producer Responsibility Obligations”
(see legislation page), where the environmental impact of
end of life disposal, is charged to those who produced the
product and placed it on the market.The waste packaging regulations
have been with us since 1997, requiring those in the packaging
chain to pay towards increasing the recycling of packaging.
Waste legislation covering scrap cars (ELU) and waste electrical
and electronic equipment (WEEE) has also now been introduced,
whilst batteries, newspapers, tyres, office paper, junk mail
and even chewing gum are all now in the firing line.
So on first sight, recycling might seem expensive. But by
making savings elsewhere and considering the ever increasing
costs of not recycling, can you really afford not to do it?
Just think: each time you remove a product from your waste
stream, you will invariably reduce the number of uplifts and
reduce your expenditure accordingly.Waste Handling Solutions
Ltd, endeavor to give practical and sensible advice to clients
on their individual arrangements and if necessary arrange
the required collections and the rebates for the materials
collected (i.e. cardboard/plastic film/rigid plastics)We offer
a “one stop shop” to collect all of your baled
recyclables and administer the rebates under our own waste
carrier’s license.
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