Hiring a Skip: We’re Operating During the Pandemic
You Can Still Hire a Skip Under Current Lockdown Rules Wellington Waste Management are continuing to operate in accordance with government guidance during the COVID-19 pandemic. We’re being extremely diligent with our hygiene and safety measures to ensure our service can help reduce the spread of the virus and give our customers peace of mind. […]
Top Tips: What to Consider Before Hiring a Skip
Looking to Hire a Skip? At Wellington Waste Management, we understand that people have concerns about how to dispose of waste. We’ve provided our list of top tips to make hiring a skip as simple and easy as possible. 1. Don’t Underestimate the Size of Skip you Need People often hire a skip that is […]
Planning to Remodel Your Garden?
What About All that Waste? Are you getting ready for a major landscaping or clear-out project in your garden? This is certainly the time of year when we think about tackling those big projects so our gardens are all set up for the spring and summer. The waste we create is often an afterthought and […]
What happens now that china bans foreign waste?
The dominant position that China holds in global manufacturing means that for many years China has also been the largest global importer of many types of recyclable materials. Last year, Chinese manufacturers imported 7.3 million metric tonnes of waste plastics from developed countries including the UK, the EU, the US and Japan. However, in July […]
How can recycling help your business?
If you run a business, then you more than likely create waste. it is the responsibility of you and your employees to do more to reduce the amount of waste you throw away. It is no lie that recycling is a massive part of all our lives now and, if it isn’t, then it probably […]
Wipe the wet wipes out of our lives
Wet wipes according to the dictionary… ‘A small disposable cloth treated with a cleansing agent, used especially for personal hygiene’. I use these wet wipes with no thought or consideration to what they are made of. I use them to clean my bathroom, remove my make up and when my Grandson comes to visit I […]
Does a Small bit of Recycling Make a Big Difference?
My new year resolution for 2019 is to start taking my recycling a little bit more seriously. I know that the UK produces more than 100 million tonnes of waste every year, one tonne by the way is about the weight of a small car. In less than two hours, the waste we produce would […]
Waste Handling Regulations Apply to all Businesses – Including Yours!
Waste handling regulations are not just an issue for businesses like ours that specialise in managing commercial waste. If you own or operate a business you have a legal responsibility under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 for any waste your business creates. Even if you use a specialist waste handling contractor, they are, essentially, acting […]
We’re Dreaming of a Green Christmas
What are you hoping to receive this Christmas? No doubt we’ve all got items we’d love to find under the tree on Christmas morning. One thing that would bring cheer to everyone at Wellington Waste is for Christmas 2018 to be one where the UK becomes more considerate about waste and recycling. No, we’re not […]
Waste Carrier Licences – It’s Your Responsibility to Know
Businesses and individuals often fail to appreciate their lasting duty of care when it comes to waste. There’s a misconception that if they pay a company to take the waste away, compliance with environmental and waste management regulations becomes somebody else’s responsibility. In fact, your duty of care continues, whether you are a business or […]
What Happens to Waste that Can’t be Recycled?
As a waste management company our ambition is, one day, to see nothing at all going into landfill. For this to happen there will need to be some upstream changes to the way that goods are manufactured and packaged. In the meantime, we have a mission to make sure that as little as possible of […]
What Can and Can’t be Recycled Still Causes Confusion
Many people are confused about what can and can’t be recycled. Some of the confusion comes from the sheer range of materials we use in everyday life and some of it probably comes from the different rules councils apply for what can be put out for collection. A popular holiday destination such as the South […]
