Three companies are in the running for the contract to tackle the “fridge mountains” in Manchester’s Trafford Park area.
But, responsibility for fridges piled up in the Oldham area is still subject to debate.
While the UK is no longer facing a “fridge mountain” crisis nationally, the collapse of Manchester city council’s former fridge contractor Britannia Import Export has left behind thousands of waste fridges in Oldham and Trafford Park.
A firm in Derbyshire has been fined by the Environment Agency for the illegal storage of waste fridges, following a surveillance operation. Metal recycling firm Van Dalen UK Ltd was fined £20,000 for two charges relating to it depositing and keeping waste on land without a Waste Management …
Firms once again face the prospect of paying a recycling fee on electronic hardware, as the UK government decides how best to implement an EU directive on waste. The Department of Trade and Industry last week missed the EU deadline for implementing the Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (W…
Welsh local authorities are being given an extra £2.83 million this financial year to help with the recycling of domestic fridges.