Crossley Evans Ltd, recognises the pressures on companies, communities and households to change their attitude to the environment; Put simply the environment matters! The United Kingdom, as a part of the European Union, has committed to a scheme of increasingly challenging recycling and environmental targets, which in turn put pressure on every local authority to achieve levels of recycling far in excess of anything previously achieved.

As a result the network of recycling facilities nationwide have been put under pressure - not just to increase levels of existing recycling, but also to introduce new technologies, techniques and dramatically expand and invest in their facilities to meet new regulation.

Crossley Evans Ltd is committed to supporting Local communities, councils, companies and families to improve recycling performance, meet recycling targets and generally improve the quality of the environment for all.

If you would like to know more about what you can do to improve the environment call our advice line on; 0870 224 8822

Recycling is using any form of waste to produce something new; but this does not have to be the first step - it is often far more practical to reuse a product or item than it is to recycle. Energy is key to providing the most practical options to our environmental solutions; consider what will use the least energy in allowing our household or corporate products to find a new purpose?

For example, why not refill plastic water bottles with tap-water, fruit-juice or squash and keep them handy - this consumes far less energy the stages involved in direct recycling, in this case;
1) Taking the bottle to a recycling station
2) The bottle being sorted into its appropriate type of plastic
3) The bottle being transported to a suitable 'recycler'
4) Mechanically or chemically removing the labelling on the bottle (then disposing of it)
5) Reducing the bottle into pellets of plastic
6) The plastic pellets being remelted into a new product.
This six stage process itself involves a huge consumption of energy, manpower and effort.

Always question;
- Am I buying products with as little packaging as possible?
- What is the best way to reuse or recycle the packaging I have?
For more information - please contact us on 0870 224 8822

Recycling and Waste Management in the UK is controlled by government legislation which is usually derived from the European Union Waste Framework Directive.

The directives are under constant review and businesses and individuals are responsible for playing their part to try and meet recycling targets to protect our environment and preserve resources.

ELV
In the UK there are over 2 million End of Life Vehicles (ELV) to be dealt with every year. Under new legislation car manufacturers are given responsibilities for recycling as well as environmental standards for the storage and treatment of ELVs.

Regulations that came into force in 2007 state that vehicle producers must set up networks of authorised treatment facilities to process vehicles of their own brands. The last owner must be able to return the vehicle for free.

Hazardous Waste

WEEE
In July 2007 British legislation on the recycling of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) was brought into line with the EU directive of 2003.

All manufacturers and importers of electical goods in the UK now have a legal responsibility to fund the collection and recycling of WEEE.

Businesses can acheive this by joining a producer compliance scheme. The scheme arranges for enough WEEE to be collected to meet each producer's recycling requirements under the regulations. The exact amount each producer must have recycled relates to the tonnage of new products they put on the market each year.

There are currently over 30 schemes operating in the UK with some organisations targeting specific sectors of the electrical goods industry.

Retailers also have responsibilities under the WEEE regulations. They must offer a take back scheme where customers can return old goods to the store.

Otherwise they must join the Distributors Deposit Scheme which collects funds in order to upgrade and maintain WEEE recycling facilities.

In 2008 the European Union will review the current WEEE directive and may increase targets for collection and recycling of electrical goods.

Batteries
The UK has fallen behind other EU countries in the area of battery recycling.

Even though we recycle over 90% of our lead acid batteries (used in vehicles), we only recycle around 4% of non-lead acid batteries.

In 2006 a new EU battery directive was adopted and british goverment is currently trying to create a strategy to meet the new targets.

By 2012 they must implement the collection of a minimum of 25% of all household portable batteries,rising to 45% in 2016.

The current proposals include two compliance schemes, an option of taking spent batteries back to retailers and kerb collection.

At Crossley Evans Ltd, we recognise the value of the local community both in supporting recycling efforts, and the company within the community. We take our responsibility to the local community very seriously and try to ensure we answer any questions posed by any member of the public regarding our operation and the steel and recycling industry as a whole. We advertise locally, employ local people and try to support community projects, schools and charities whenever possible.

We provide our facilities free of charge to local schools to run short visits/courses to explain recycling and the role Crossley Evans plays in the life cycle of products used in our every-day lives. We include scientific projects and explanations of the equipment we use (an excellent example being the huge Electro-magnets that operate on most of our cranes).

We also aim to support the local community in the products we offer - from a general skip service for the collection of wastes and/or metals, to our inhouse expertise in steel offered to builders and architects when designing building projects (we do after all supply a lot of steel to local construction projects).

It is important to us that we contribute to the local area and wherever possible keep our impacts on the community to a minimum.

Crossley Evans Ltd operates stricly within the laws relating to recycling and waste regulations (including Environmental Protection Act 1990, Environment Act 1995, Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964) and is regularly inspected by the Environment Agency, who manage and police companies within the England that fall within these regulations.

The licenses below are available on-line (click to view) - in Adobe Acrobat format. Please contact us if you would like further information.

Waste Carriers License (covers all sites)
Site License (Shipley)
Site License (Halifax)

We are happy to advise on any subject that relates to our operations - we are more than happy to advise on how the law relating to recycling effects you or your organisation. We can also help find the best recycling methods for you or your organisation.

Contact us for answers to questions such as;

Q - 'Where do the aluminium cans I put in my recycling box at home go?'

A - The majority is compressed for ease of transport, then melted down within the UK for reuse in aluminium products (anything from kitchen foil, new cans or even cars!)

Q - 'How much of the metal that comes to the site gets recycled?'

A - Over 99% gets recycled - but anything that cannot be recycled is separated and either disposed of safely or recycled in another way, because it turns out not to be metal (e.g. Wood, Stone)

Q - 'Does the metal to be recycled go abroad?'

A - The vast majority of our materials remain in the UK, but gets processed in a number of different ways and in a number of different parts of the country.