Office Waste
What types of hazardous waste do you produce?
All business will produce some hazards office waste
Example
- Fluorescent tubes, energy-saving light bulbs, sodium lamps,
- Toner and ink jet cartridges from printers and photocopiers
- Old computer monitors
Printing waste
Save Money by recycling or reusing your printer cartridges rather than disposing of them in landfill or incineration.
Cut your costs by recycling
- paper
- printer and photocopier cartridges
- solvents
- silver halides
- Cardboard and other packaging materials.
Items discarded from offices that are classed as waste.
- Catering waste, including used cooking oil, raw ingredients, waste food
- Paper, i.e.: white and coloured paper, newspapers and magazines.
- Redundant office equipment, i.e.: computers, monitors, printers, mobile phones
- Packaging, i.e.: cardboard, plastic, food packaging, cans, glass and plastic drink bottles
- Fluorescent light tubes
- Toner cartridges
- Building waste, i.e.: from refurbishment or construction work.
You must Comply with proof of disposal with a Duty of Care for Waste
You must keep records of all transfers of your waste.
Use an authorized waste carrier Use E.A waste directory to check them out.
http://www2.environment-agency.gov.uk/epr/search.asp
If you do not check and keep proof of this you could be held responsible if your waste is disposed of illegally, for example by fly-tipping.
Our Recommendation for cartridge disposal is
Impact Inkjet & Toner Recycling Ltd
What they Offer
They offer a free collection
- Within the Kent and London area if you have 20+ Original cartridges to collect.
- Outside of these areas free collection on 200+ cartridges
- Deliver to their site.
Or why not use their free post service
- Free post for Inkjets & Mobile Phones only
See their website for further information www.impactrecycling.co.uk or contact them 01634 255400
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