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Recycling Legislation
We live in a wasteful society where everything seemingly has become
a disposable item and where the resources of our planet are dwindling
at an alarming rate. Over the last 10-20 years governments across
the world are waking up to the facts and every year new legislation
comes into force to encourage us to re-use or recycle instead of
throwing away in an attempt to reduce the amount of resources we
need to dig up and the amount of waste we have to put back into
this Earth of ours.
Not all of this legislation impacts on the plastics industry and
on plastics being used but as manufacturers have sought to replace
traditional materials such as wood and metal with plastics for the
products that they produce, this impact becomes greater all the
time.
The main legislative directives effecting companies, which the RBL
Group are able to provide assistance with are:-
Packaging and Packaging
Waste Directive
Aims to prevent the impact of packaging and packaging waste
on the environment and to introduce recovery and recycling targets
for packaging waste.
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End
of Life Vehicle Directive (ELV)
Aims to make vehicles more recyclable to increase in future
the recycling rate for vehicles that come to the end of their
useful life.
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Waste
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE)
Aims to encourage the recycling of electrical and electronic
equipment and to reduce the amount of harmful chemical often
present in these devices from going to landfill.
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Landfill
Tax
The landfill tax forms part of the landfill directive and is
targeted mainly at reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill
by UK businesses and thus encourage recycling or re-use. |
RBL provide an outsourced recycling and waste management service
to industry. We aim to save you time and money by understanding
your requirements and providing a single point of contact for all
of your recycling and waste management needs.
RBL offer a complete plastic recycling service across the UK and
sell recycle plastic compounds to help you meet your obligations
under the above mentioned legislature (including Packaging Recovery
Notes).
For more information about how the RBL Group can help with your
recycling and waste management needs please send us your details
through our contact page or call us
now on +44–1268–289422.
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