Covid-19 has brought with it an abundance of challenges for businesses and many have been forced to adapt. Recently, we’ve experienced increased demand for our hazardous waste disposal service, particularly from organisations that may not have dealt with hazardous waste pre-pandemic. Many schools, conference centres and football clubs are now being transformed into Covid-19 vaccination …
Plastic pollution has been at the forefront of our minds for years now. It’s an issue that’s rife in every country but it’s emerged recently that Britain is the second biggest per capita producer of plastic waste in the world (source: The Guardian). The tide needs to turn and a big push on plastic recycling …
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Following a surge in demand for its services, DCW, a leading independent commercial waste management firm, has invested £456,000 in three new state-of-the-art, environmentally efficient vehicles. Two of the vehicles are Euro 6 Scania mobile compaction trucks, the lowest emission vehicles available, and are fitted with CCTV as well a cyclist protection and the very …
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International E-Waste Day was held on Wednesday 14th October 2020, when it was revealed that in 2019, worldwide we produced 53.6 million tonnes of electronic waste. That’s the equivalent of 50 Eiffel Towers! It’s been estimated that by 2050, we will be generating 120 million tonnes of e-waste (source: UN Environment Programme). DCW supports International …
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DCW Polymers launches our Recycle & Raise campaign for 2020! Last years’ Recycle & Raise campaign was hugely successful, we recycled over 15,000 tubs and reached over 250,000 people online! Having raised over £1,200 for Dartmoor Zoo last year, we have high hopes that this year will be even bigger and better! While it has …
We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again. Plastic pollution is a huge problem which is seriously damaging the planet and in particular, our marine landscape. Plastic has been found in more than 60% of all seabirds and in 100% of all sea turtle species as they mistake plastic for food (source: Ocean Conservancy). …
DCW are proud to be providing a complete waste management solution to the Sandy Park Hotel development, with a variety of skips on site for waste separation. At the beginning of the project, we recycled over 300 tonnes of inert from the foundations. To date, the project has already recycled 312.4T – over 98% of …
It’s been two years since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect, changing the way in which organisations collect and process personal data. Business owners had to put aside time to familiarise themselves with the new regulation and ensure that their employees were implementing the new processes that were put in place. As …
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Data Protection Law in the New Normal – How DCW can help you comply! Hooray! Last week, Boris Johnson and the UK Government confirmed that pubs, restaurants, cafes, hotels and other hospitality businesses in England can reopen from 4th July – news that we all welcome! As part of the reopening process, the hospitality industry has …
When the UK went into lockdown back in March 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, many of us found ourselves with more time on our hands as we stayed home. Research has revealed that 60% of people de-cluttered their homes in an attempt to keep busy during lockdown, and this included disposing of …
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