The Waste Framework Directive was originally passed into law in 2006, detailing the legislation for the collection, transport, recovery and disposal of waste in Europe. The Waste Hierarchy details the preferred sustainable way to handle packaging. Take a look at this presentation demonstrating the Waste Hierarchy and examples of how [...]
This month European Recycling have collected RPSs first collection of unwanted shoes and safety boots. As part of RPSs overall objective to achieve zero waste to landfill, by recycling safety boots and unwanted shoes not only reduces the amount of general waste but utilises a product that can be refurbished [...]
The reusable packaging news website Packaging Revolution has commented on the UK debate between plastic and wooden pallets, sparked between Goplasticpallets.com and TIMCON. What are the benefits of using a wooden pallet or a plastic pallet? How much does a pallet cost? There are numerous ways to look at the [...]
From April 2012, landfill tax will rise by £8.00 to £56.00 per tonne, putting pressure on businesses to manage their waste more efficiently. Along with the government’s changes to the waste hierarchy directive, as discussed in this article in March, there is an added pressure to businesses to ensure they [...]
In March WRAP, backed by government funding from Defra, invited RPS managing director Gary Hudson to their Resource Efficient Distribution (RED) Working Group in Birmingham. The day outlined how businesses could develop and / or refine the way they transport their goods in order to reduce waste, prevent damage and [...]
On 21st March, as part of the Budget 2012, the new packaging targets for 2013 – 2017 were announced. Based on responses received from DEFRA’s recent consultion, the Government have adopted the preferred targets set out below. The targets, which apply to businesses within the scope of the Packaging Waste [...]
RPS has commenced collections for Evonik, one of the world’s leading chemical companies. Evonik supply their UK customers with product packed on wooden pallets, which RPS are now collecting to make available for return to their German Rheinfelden site. Up until now the pallets have been replaced with new pallets [...]
RPS has recently agreed with Johnson Matthey to clear pallets from their site in Clitheroe. The pallets collected include those supplied with raw material as well as their own damaged pallets. The aim is to sort, inspect and repair the various pallet types ready to be returned for re-use either [...]
In recent years timber has become a more expensive commodity and as modern companies need to set objectives to reduce overall spend and meet government packaging directives it is increasingly important to analyse current spend and where savings can be made. For decades timber has been a key material used [...]
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