COVER STORY
RECYCLING REGULATIONS: A HIDDEN OPPORTUNITY
Following the introduction of the new Waste Regulations in England at the start of 2015, Helistrat’s Harvey Laud discusses why so many businesses still don’t receive a compliant service, and reveals the opportunities that they could be missing as a result.
From 1st January 2015 new Waste Regulations in England require paper, plastic, metals and glass to be collected separately from both general waste and each other. They also prohibit the remixing of these materials with other waste, or materials with different properties. The aim of the new regulations, which notably apply to the waste collector, is to increase the quantity of material that is made available for recycling and also to improve its quality and value by reducing the amount of contamination.
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On the face of it, the rationale behind the new regulations would seem like a pretty compelling reason for businesses to want to engage with their waste management contractor and ensure their compliance. The reality is, however, that we still see a large proportion of businesses either receiving a non-compliant service or one that is certainly not optimised for the material they produce.
I want to start by saying that I do not believe that waste and recycling companies have, as a rule, actively avoided meeting their obligations.
Immediately prior to, and post the introduction of the new regulations, most operators communicated the changes and what was now required to their customers. The reality is, however, that this has not translated into as higher level of compliance as we might expect and there are a number of reasons for this.
A significant contributing factor was the focus of attention prior to implementation. In the build up to 1st January 2015 the market was paying less attention to how businesses could comply (and the
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