Following a period of stakeholder engagement we are now in a position to share the final version of our Guidance on the Use, Storage and Disposal of Class B Firefighting Foams Containing Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) (Dec 2022).221220-pops_firefighting foam PFOA disposal FINAL PDF.pdf (229.6 KB) This guidance is aimed at anyone in Scotland who uses, stores, […]
A Kent-based waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) recycler, SWEEEP Kuusakoski, has produced a technical note warning that e-cigarettes and vapes are “potentially hazardous” due to the presence of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). E-cigarettes, which are in category 7 of the WEEE recycling regulations, consist of several elements, SWEEEP says: A plastic, glass or metal […]
Company directors at a Nechells recycling plant where five men were crushed to death by a collapsing wall have been convicted of serious health and safety offences. The workers were left with no chance of survival when the 45-tonne structure fell without warning in an incident which shocked the city. Read full article here