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EA WASTE CHARGES CONSULTATION - OUR CURRENT VIEW
02/12/2024
We recently informed members that the EA was seeking views on proposals to introduce new & update existing waste charges. I thought I'd share with you our current views on the 3 matters raised. If you'd like to share your thoughts with us email. The current VRA view. The EA is proposing to raise extra money, starting on 1st April 2025, from the waste industry to deal with serious & organised waste crime (SOWC). As part of this, the EA is proposing to apply a 10% levy (of the annual permit subsistence charge) on a broad range of permit types & operators...
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VRAC.PARTS
28/11/2024
Some VRA members will recently have seen reference to vrac.parts at our conference & on our Facebook pages. So, what is vrac.parts? Vrac.parts is a new web portal, currently being developed by Eladene, that lists parts from VRA certified recyclers. This new portal is intended to provide another route to market for certified recyclers– along with each recycler’s own on-line shop, over-the-counter, telesales etc. & of course on-line platforms such as eBay. It also facilitates inter-trading between certified recyclers. It IS intended to help certified recyclers sell more parts. It is NOT intended to compete with or add....
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EV BATTERY DISPOSAL: 2 NEW OPTIONS
26/11/2024
There are still severe problems with getting many vehicle manufacturers to collect unwanted EV batteries. We are aware of 2 new potential disposal options: Altilium offer to pay for unwanted batteries https://www.recell.store/ . EMR. The details can be found in the new VRA magazine & are also included here as pdf attachments. To date we have not received any feedback on how useful these new offerings are to members, so please let us know. Be aware that you will probably need to provide some basic information about the batteries, as has been set out in the last few VRA magazines.
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