Waste Management Archives • EnviroCraft Waste Solutions

What Your Waste Carrier Won’t Tell You: Red Flags to Watch

May 28, 2026

All too often, businesses will select a waste carrier without any inspection of critique of their services. After all, it’s the waste carrier’s responsibility to manage the rubbish, right? Well. In reality, that’s not the case. Many businesses assume that once their waste leaves their site, responsibility for its management passes to the waste carrier. Actually, under the UK Duty of Care regulations, the business is responsible for its waste from ‘cradle to grave’. This means, if your waste carrier illegally fly-tips, disposes of waste improperly or operates without the correct licensing, your business may face investigation, prosecution and fines of…

Digital Waste Tracking 2026 – How to Prepare

February 28, 2026

This year, the UK is set to introduce the new mandatory Digital Waste Tracking Service. Led by The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA), this new regulation will come into effect in October 2026. From this point onwards, it will be a legal requirement for Waste Receivers to report any waste that they receive. In addition, waste receivers will also be obligated to report and submit all of their waste’s movements digitally. This is one of the most significant regulatory changes to impact the waste industry for decades. Its ambition is to dramatically improve compliance, environmental standards, transparency and…

Can you Store Business Waste Outside?

December 23, 2024

The correct storage of waste is a critical requirement for businesses to get right. In the UK, commercial waste storage comes with numerous regulations and legal requirements. This is essential to ensuring businesses are operating safely, responsibly and in an environmentally conscious manner. One such regulatory point is the correct storage of business waste outside. So, to ensure your business is remaining legally compliant with commercial waste requirements, keep reading. Below, we’ve explained the steps that all UK businesses must take if they are storing their waste outside. What waste can you store outside? You can temporarily store most types of…

How to Store Commercial Waste for Recycling / Disposal

June 28, 2024

Unfortunately, for almost any business, it’s impossible to completely prevent waste production altogether. In the majority of cases, waste production is just part and parcel of their operations. So, although it’s not the responsibility of businesses to eliminate their waste production altogether, there are a number of key legal requirements pertaining to business waste. It is critical that businesses are familiar with their legal waste requirements, and understand what their waste management responsibilities are. If waste management isn’t your forte, don’t worry – below, we’ve created a comprehensive guide to commercial waste. Keep reading to find out more about how businesses…

What is Zero Waste to Landfill?

May 17, 2023

While being environmentally friendly has always been a prized asset, today, it is more important for companies than ever before. As a waste management and recycling company, EnviroCraft help commercial customers across the UK become more eco-friendly when disposing and recycling waste. As a result of ever-more pressing consumer demand, sustainability is now a make-or-break factor for a company. Minimising the amount of waste that your operations produce is a cornerstone of any ESG strategy. But, although waste management is a critical area of sustainability, it is also one of the most difficult to achieve successfully. So, below we have outlined…

Office Waste Disposal – What you need to know

October 6, 2021

Any office, regardless of its size, scope or provisions, produces a whole lot of waste. This takes the form of paper, old machinery and equipment, employee food and drink packaging, and countless other waste products that are generated by day-to-day office life. Whether you are managing an extensive national company, or a small-scale operation at one location, it is your duty to manage this waste to the best of your ability. Office waste disposal procedures help managers to dispose of their office equipment carefully and considerately, in a way which reduces the health risk to their employees and has a minimal…

Work to do to meet WEEE recycling targets in 2021

August 2, 2021

A number of industry experts have expressed their concern about being able to successfully meet this year’s WEEE recycling targets. On June 1, the Environment Agency published current data about the period from January to March this year, which detailed the amount of WEEE recycling that was successfully collected from households. 2021’s targets were a significant step up from what was achieved last year. This year’s WEEE targets were to collect 503,629 tonnes of recycling from households. This is a 9% rise from what was achieved last year (460,134 tonnes). WEEE Recycling Targets Over the past four years, the WEEE recycling…

5 Top Tips for choosing the Best Trade Waste Collection Company

May 31, 2021

Achieving effective waste management is not always easy. Certainly, there’s a lot of different elements to consider. Often, this is simply because there are so many options to choose from – whether it’s product types, cleaning solutions or waste collection companies, there are always decisions to be made. But, we’re on hand to offer our help. Using our expert guidance in the industry, we’ve outlined our top tips to help you with one of these big, tricky waste management decisions. The matter of choosing the best trade waste collection company is one which is largely dependent on your business and its…

When is a Site Waste Management Plan Required?

February 13, 2017

A Site Waste Management Plan (SWMP) ensures that all waste produced or held on a site is disposed of safely, efficiently and in accordance with the law. There are legal obligations placed upon some sites within the construction industry to put a SWMP in place, for health and safety measures. If you’re unsure about whether you need to put a SWMP in place, read on to find out more. Site waste management: A summary A SWMP is designed prior to any construction work starting and aims to estimate how much waste will be produced from the project in order to put…

What to Look for When Choosing a Waste Management Company

December 10, 2015

Disposing of your commercial waste is an important task, both for the environment and for the health and safety of your establishment. With so much information and so many competing companies out there, it can be difficult to know which is the best suited company for your requirements. Here at EnviroCraft, we always aim to make waste management as pain-free a procedure as possible, which is why we’ve put together these top tips so you know what to look for when choosing a waste management company. Recycling Credentials Now more than ever, recycling is an important part of waste disposal that…