Scottish textiles recyclers have traditionally been small to medium sized family businesses, relying on their industry knowledge and market savvy to keep trading. They occupy a unique niche in this country and have done for many years: House Clearance Dundee collects used clothing, manually sorts the material (as automation is virtually impossible for quality control), we then bail ir and ship it to overseas buyers.
House Clearance Manchester can report that women are more concerned about the environment than men and are still the main supermarket shoppers. To exploit this market, the adverts will be placed in twenty women’s magazines, hopefully reaching over 50% of the target age range of 25-44.
House Clearance Kirklees asks so how does it work? The container is transported by chainlift fitted truck to the railway station where a rail wagon with Translift turntable is waiting. The truck driver rotates the turntable through 45 degrees before reversing the truck towards the turntable and maneouvering the container onto a wagon with the help of the chainlift system.
The Environment Agency is considering the development of a national waste exchange. Criticism of nature of recycling industry Recycling companies tend to be small to medium sized enterprises (or SMEs in ‘jargon’). The Market Development Group argues that this size of company is less likely to take a long term view than larger companies. They are also more vulnerable to market instability, and it can be difficult to ‘spread the message’ of such issues as good practice, new technologies or quality standards.
House Clearance Huddersfield suggests a number of ways that these problems can be addressed, including:
House Clearance Wakefield can report many skip operators still run manual systems for organising their business. We take a look at computer based system aimed at improving the skip operators efficiency.
With the Environment Agency’s clampdown on unregulated house clearance companies and recyclers starting next month, House Clearance Calderdale took the opportunity to interview Allan Davis, who is heading up the national campaign.
At last, House Clearance Bradford brings you the results of our survey into skip permits across the nation. House Clearance Bradford asked exactly what local authorities are charging to issue skip permits for containers placed on public roads and pavements.
House Clearance Leeds reports that with depressed markets and low prices offered for most materials, profit margins have shrunk drastically in the recycling & house clearance industry. Keeping overheads down has become crucial if businesses want to survive. However, they have no control over one of the main costs – transport. In what is called the ‘duty fuel escalator’, taxes on diesel and petrol have been increased well above the rate of inflation in successive budgets.
Waste oil recycling could come to the fore if the European Commission has its way. House Clearance Doncaster reported last week that the EC plans to revise current legislation to impose a minimum recycled content of 15% for machine lubricating oils, such as motor oil, and will also demand that 50% of oil sold is collected for recycling. In addition, 90% of recovered oil would have to be refined again for reuse.
House Clearance Doncaster can reveal two big names in recycling have joined forces to launch an innovative new kerbside collection package. Kerbside is the new scheme on offer. It will allow recycling programe organisers to lease kerbside collection boxes for a period of six months or more. Developed as a direct result of feedback from local authorities, many of whom are concerned about the fragile state of the market and the costs traditionally incurred at the start-up of kerbside schemes.