Under the UK Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
Regulations, there are now 1,117 civic amenity sites (or equivalent) and 248 waste
transfer stations registered with the Distributor Take back Scheme as designated
Collection Facilities (DCFs) for the collection of household WEEE. There are also
a further 244 other sites registered as DCFs, including those from charity and the
not-for-profit sector, retailer depots and the commercial sector.
Once collected at a DCF, the costs associated with picking this
material up, taking it to be correctly treated and then recycling the component
parts, is the responsibility of 'producers'. This task is carried out by their chosen
Producer Compliance Scheme (PCS) with whom each Local Authority in the UK can contract
for these services to be provided.
Although rather uniquely this represents a 'zero value contract'
it is important for Local Authorities to ensure that their chosen PCS can deliver
a high quality, reliable and good value service.
The Valpak operated PCS is the second largest in the UK (by size
of member obligation) and has responsibility for collections from over 180 DCFs
in more than 35 Local Authorities in England, Scotland and Wales. The key attributes
to this scheme are:
- service levels agreed at the
outset between us and each Local Authority partner which are regularly monitored
and reported back during review meetings
- a flexible approach to managing
collections depending on the site characteristics. We believe it is important
to retain incumbent operators where suitable to maintain existing relationships
and retain valuable operational knowledge
- due to the size of Valpak's
member obligation we can commit to collecting all separately collected streams
of WEEE
- a single point of contact
for each local authority from our dedicated support team
- a strong data management capability
built on our ten years of operation as the UK's largest compliance scheme under
the Packaging Waste Regulations means that tonnage data for waste dataflow submissions
will be both accurate and timely
Valpak is more than just a WEEE compliance scheme; we can also
offer benefits to Local Authorities on a number of different levels from
waste management to
bring bank collection systems (rescape™)
and consulting services (including
waste arising analyses, carbon foot printing etc)
To find out more please send an email to
info@valpak.co.uk or click
on the link to register your
sites as DCFs
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