Here at Enviro Waste, we believe in transparency, not just about the waste and recycling industry, but about opinions too. There are obvious flaws in the waste management system here in the UK, otherwise we’d recycle 100% of recyclables, nothing...
Read moreThe Mysterious Journeys of Hazardous Waste
It sounds like a book title straight off the best seller’s table at Waterstones. In fact, this article is all about the end-of-life process for certain hazardous wastes. Hazardous waste and the need for integrity There’s a ‘black door’ in the...
Read moreThe Benefits of Reuse to Commercial and Domestic Customers
In the world of reuse, a chair is most useful when it is a chair. It’s important to remember this when you go to throw something useful in the bin, or in a skip. Once that chair goes in the skip, what might happen to it afterward is a world of...
Read moreWhy Even Bother Recycling in the first Place?
This question has been posed to us by several customers over the last few months, and not for the reasons you would expect. In fact, the question, whilst on the surface may appear as apathy, is, in fact, a response to the UK’s increased...
Read moreGlobal Recycling Day: 20 Home & Office Recycling Tips, Plus More!
Global Recycling Day is nearly upon us! This is one of the most important days on our calendar, a chance to open discussion, generate awareness and express our commitment to the resourceful movement that has become a household activity around the...
Read moreA Breakdown With China Can Renew Confidence in UK Recycling
For those in the waste management, rubbish clearance and recycling sectors, the changes to China’s waste import policy are having serious knock-on effects. Interestingly, not being able to send recyclables to China has not really spurred the UK...
Read more‘GDPR’ – What is it and Does it Affect You?
Welcome! This year is incredibly significant for professionals in a variety of industries, many of whom will be working hard on policies and processes to prepare for the biggest shake-up in the data protection laws for 20 years with the upcoming...
Read moreHow to Shred a Hard Drive, Without Shredding a Hard Drive!
Here at Enviro Waste, our mission has always been to take waste and make something positive from it. Whether that is recycling, reuse, upcycling, donations or deriving energy, we do everything we can to make sure that the landfill is a dastardly...
Read moreEnvironmental New Year’s Resolutions
Environmental New Year’s Resolutions A New Year’s resolution is defined as: “A promise that you make to yourself to start doing something good or stop doing something bad on the first day of the year”. Every year millions of people set themselves...
Read moreWill the GDPR Change Your Electrical Waste Disposal Practices?
Next May the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force. It will replace the Data Protection Act in the UK and creates new responsibilities for businesses, like requiring permission in order to store and use...
Read moreHave a Generous Christmas and a Happy Holidays
For many of us, Christmas is a time to celebrate, to be with family and friends and enjoy the holidays. We have family gatherings, enjoy Christmas lunch and a party or two along the way. But not everyone has someone to spend time with at...
Read moreWhat Does The Budget Mean For The Environment?
Chancellor Phillip Hammond unveiled his 2017 budget last week; while news of the decreased growth predictions dominated headlines the budget also has an environmental impact. There were a variety of different measures in the budget that are...
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