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What About The Data Protection Act? Do
You Provide Other Types Of Waste Collection Services? The Government made it clear in its 2000 waste strategy its intentions to drive up the cost of landfill to increase recycling in order to meet European targets. UK Waste producers are affected by an increasing range of legislation designed to strengthen controls on the handling of waste and to reduce both the amount of waste going to landfill and its environmental impact. Very
soon, the segregation at source of recyclable material will be your legal
responsibility rather than an option. We return paper collected from your office to one of our
depots in St Albans, Milton Keynes or Luton, where it is sorted according to
grade (there are approximately 500 grades of waste paper).
It is then baled into half tonnes cubes it is then transported in loads
of 25 tonnes to our Mills in the UK and Europe. At
the Mills the waste paper travels through a series of pulpers and cleaners
before reaching the machine bed itself. This
first part of the process removes contaminates, de-inks and colours the fibre in
preparation for the final sheet of paper. Once
on the machine bed the substance (95% water) travels through presses and drying
cylinders to form a reel of paper. Paper for recycling should not go in the dustbin at all. Separating paper from general rubbish is the key to greater effectiveness in the utilisation of waste paper. With the help of the Paper Planet Recycling scheme, you can recycle your waste effectively. At
present there is no legal requirement to recycle although, the European Landfill
Directive will place this legal requirement on waste producers.
However, as citizens we each have a moral obligation to recycle and
recover the earths’ natural resources for future generations.
At present landfill of waste is deemed a simple “quick fix” solution.
The government has made it clear that by continually increasing the
standard rate of landfill tax this option will become ever more expensive. Recent
figures suggest that the United Kingdom is second from bottom in a table showing
achieved recycling rates across Europe with the largest percentage of waste
going to landfill. It is our joint
responsibility to alter this situation.
What
About The Data Protection Act? Under the Data Protection Act you may be prosecuted for not
disposing of company waste correctly. All
waste paper collected by us is destroyed by pulping, ensuring your sensitive
material is disposed of in a responsible manner.
For your added protection, we do advise that that any highly confidential
material is shredded prior to collection. You
also have the peace of mind that recycling your waste ensures your company is
protecting the environment rather than just adding to the increasing burden of
landfill. Recycling
is subject to the same operation costs as any business trading in the United
Kingdom. The government policies on
fuel taxation affect us as they do everyone else. There are no concessions because of the work we do.
Our profitability is subject to the ongoing sale of recyclable materials
as a raw material; as such it is subject to the usual market drivers of supply
and demand. Although, recyclables are a raw material source they are at the end of the day a waste by product and therefore the on sale value will always remain comparatively low. To cover costs of collection, staff, insurances etc, all recyclers look to the waste producer, the customer to shoulder the burden of cost. Do you provide other types of waste collection services?Paper Planet is part of a group of companies known as PRG. Services within this group are varied from large commercial waste removal of waste paper, cardboard, plastics and rubbish right through to secure document shredding. Visit the website at www.pearce-recycling.co.uk Back to TopPaper Planet Ltd.
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