3. What is the WEEE Directive and how does it affect me?
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive aims to reduce the amount of waste electrical and electronic equipment being produced and encourages everyone to reuse, recycle and recover these items. Another goal is to improve the environmental performance of businesses that manufacture, supply, use, recycle and recover electrical and electronic equipment.
For more inofmration about WEEE and whether it affect you or your business visit the Environment Agency.
4. What about businesses, do they recycle?
All businesses pay to dispose of their waste, the cost of disposal of waste to landfill is increasing steadily year on year so it is in most businesses interest to recycle as much of their rubbish as possible to reduce disposal costs. More about recycling at work.
5. Can Pyrex, green house/window glass, drinks glasses and light bulbs be recycled with my glass bottles and jars?
Pyrex, green house/window glass, drinks glasses and light bulbs cannot be recycled with bottles and jars. They are made from glass with a different melting point and chemical composition and therefore contaminate the glass collections. If included, they produce weak points in the new glass containers produced, which would make them unsafe to use.
Sheet glass can be recycled if taken to the recycling centre at Dudnance Lane, Pool.
