Waste Management

What is Waste Management

Waste management is the way in which you manage and dispose of your waste. Industry leaders adopt waste management plans for many reasons including to reduce their environmental impact, to remain fully compliant in line with government legislations or to ultimately save money.

To manage the waste that you produce effectively it can often involve consultancy and environmental discussions. That’s where Recycling 1st Ltd come in. As a company we can offer:

• Industry Expertise
• Cost Saving Methods
• Increase in on-site productivity
• Environmental advantage

Our waste management services are specific to each of our clients, dependent on their needs and requirements. Managing your waste effectively can help businesses improve their environmental impact by offering market-leading solutions.

Correct Methods of Waste Disposal

Effective waste management is often required by legislation and compliance is key.
More businesses nationwide are aiming to reduce the waste that they produce from being landfilled and our supply chain pride themselves on having an extremely high (98-100%) diversion rate from landfill.

Recovery and recycling are other forms of waste management and disposal. Recovery is the process of taking discarded items and processing them to extract materials and resources OR convert them to energy. Recycling is the most popular process of waste management. Recycling converts waste products into new products to prevent high consumption of fresh material.

Waste to energy is the generation of energy in the form of heat or electricity from waste, it involves the conversion of non-recyclable waste items into renewable energy. This form of waste disposal has the ability to reduce carbon emissions.

Hazardous waste disposal has to be dealt with by regulated and compliant companies to ensure the waste is removed and disposed of in the correct manner, for example, the correct containers are used, the correct transportation is used, the correct duty of care documentation is provided and the correct disposal facility and route is selected. Failure to dispose of Hazardous waste correctly, without the special handling could result in a negative image, fines and possibly prosecution.

Waste Segregation

Segregating waste on site into separate material streams can help with cost savings and improve your environmental impact. Clearly marked containers, such as skips, Ro-Ros and wheelie bins makes waste segregation easy.

While it is beneficial to segregate on site, due to legislation, certain waste containers are available to ensure that, where feasible, waste segregation is done on site. For example, trade waste containers are available for paper, cardboard, plastic, metal and glass.

Segregated waste is cheaper to dispose of because it does not require as much sorting as, for example, a mixed waste skip would. Over time, especially on long term sites, your business won’t only have specific waste management plans but through segregating your waste, your business will improve its environmental performance and be highly cost effective.