A Leeds-based UK specialist in hazardous and hard-to-recycle commercial waste, founded in 1980 to recover silver from photographic waste.
WasteCare collects and recycles hazardous and difficult waste for businesses and industry. Its Greenjobs company profile says it handles more than 1,000 different waste streams, whatever the volume, location or type, and works with more than 20,000 organisations across the UK. It also offers an online account service and an app called myWaste, which lets customers manage their waste from any device. The company says its aim is to "simplify waste management" while meeting the rules, offering good value and quality service.
WasteCare began in 1980 as Silver Lining Industries, recycling photographic, X-ray and printing waste to recover the silver in it. Over the years it moved into a far wider range of waste, and was renamed WasteCare. It says it was the first in its sector to get the BS5750 quality accreditation, in 1993. In March 2008 a Yorkshire trade report said WasteCare bought fellow Yorkshire firm E Pease and Sons, a Leeds industrial packaging reconditioner on a five-acre site on Gelderd Road, which then traded as PackCare, creating what the report called the largest independent industrial packaging recycling and reconditioning business in the UK.
WasteCare's profile gives its address as Richmond Works, Selby Road, Leeds, and says it has more than 400 professionals. Companies House lists WasteCare Limited (number 01631444) and WasteCare Group Limited (number 03280384), which confirms that it is a long-established UK-registered business. We could not read the company's own website, so we do not know its current site list beyond Leeds and the 2008 PackCare site.
On guidance and values, WasteCare says it helps customers understand waste legislation, promotes safe handling and environmental best practice, and offers flexible, tailored services. Its profile emphasises regulation, safety and service. We found no statements about workplace culture, so we have not made any up. Much of the information we have comes from a jobs board profile and a single 2008 article, which are the company's own words or a news summary.
A specialist hazardous waste company relies on many different skills. There are chemists and laboratory staff who identify waste, drivers trained to carry dangerous goods, site operators, health and safety and compliance specialists, customer account teams who guide businesses through regulations, and IT staff who maintain the online platform and app. If you like science, safety and the satisfaction of making sure difficult materials are handled properly, a company like this is a good example of a career in the less visible side of the circular economy.
Website: www.wastecare.com
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