Recycling firms and websites (Archived from Wikipedia)


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In the United States
PowerGenix is a  San Diego  -based company developing rechargeable batteries,   Nickel-zinc   (NiZn) and recycling batteries. Nickel-Zinc are generally viewed much safer than  Nickel-cadmium. Cadmium is banned in the  EU ,   Toys R Us   and   Mattel. Their high power-to-size ratio batteries are used in objects as varied as  GPS   systems, hand-held games consoles and remote-controlled units. PowerGenix has been selected by  TARDEC   to provide NiZn vehicle batteries  for   hybrid electric vehicle  s.

In the the UK
Image:Man rummaging thought a skip.jpg|thumb|A man rummaging through a  Skip (container)|skip   at the back of an   office   building in   Central London   in   2006. The  wood   could be used for   urban lumberjacking   and the cardboard could be recycled.

The UK government's direct.gov.uk web site carries information on were you can recycle batteries in the UK. Both libraries, supermarkets, shops and and pubs have started collecting old batteries in recent years.

The aim of I-recycle is to provide a central point for people offering items that they no longer require or need. The passing on of these items reduces the amount of usable goods going to  landfill site  s across the UK. It was created on April 11, 2006 as an alternative to the existing  Freecycle Network. Several existing users expressed displeasure of the usage of the Yahoo!Groups framework and the amount of email received by subscribers. As a result of these issues and others, the website was created to replace the yahoo groups and to promote the use of advance functionality like  RSS   and   geo-mapping   information. I-recycle is currently based in the  UK. However the spread of I-recycle to  Ireland   and possibly other countries is both welcome and foreseeable.

Environmental Waste Controls plc (EWC) is a privately held  Merseyside   based   UK   company, who provide   waste management   and   recycling   solutions for variouse types of industry. It was first founded by  William A. (Bill) Edwards|Bill Edwards  in   1993 , who initially started the business from his bedroom, the concept was to offer a total transparent and fixed price waste and recycling management package.

During the first 6 months of developing the business, EWC carried out extensive product research and market testing with several pilot projects with local NHS Trusts, following the success of these projects the product supply line, marketing strategy and concept of the business were firmly established.

Since 1993 EWC has provided over 500 organisations and many  local authority     household waste and recycling centres , such as the   Hilton hotel  ,   Radisson Hotels  , railway stations,   National Health Service   Trusts and local government boddis, both in the   UK   and   Ireland  , with significant cost reduction in their   waste   budget, through maximising recycling and minimising fixed prices for waste segregation, storage,   transport   and waste disposal for   landfill.

Plans to branch out in to  battery recycling   were mooted in early late 2000's, but were quickly dropped. WMC was bought out in 2004 by another waste management firm. By 2008, the firm employed 400 people and had sales of about $46,900,000.

Other present day (as of 2010) functions and services include- 


 * Aluminium  scrap recycling


 * Tin,   Steel   and   Aluminium   can recycling


 * Waste Management and Recycling Services


 * Industrial waste balers


 * Automatic numberplate recognition  (ANPR) Parking Systems


 * Trash compactors


 * Hand-fed Balers


 * Hospital  waste management


 * Industrial shredders


 * Landfill waste management services

letsrecycle.com is a UK based website for reporting news and information related to the  waste management   and   recycling   industries. The website produces daily updates and information and is one of the key providers of news in the UK  waste   industry. It is the UK's only independent dedicated website for businesses, local authorities and community groups involved in recycling and waste management. The site also has a discussion board, "clubrecycle", where waste managers and stakeholders can discuss industry developments.

The company is involved in a number of other dynamics in the waste industry, including an annual exhibition Letsrecycle Live and provides Awards for Excellence in Recycling and Waste Management. It is widely cited as a place of reference by industry organisations, government and local authorities

The editorial team consists of Steve Eminton, Caelia Quinault, Chris Sloley and Nick Mann.

In the EU
The scheme, entitled Citron Recycle, will see French and UK batteries being colected at the the  Enthoven facility   in   Derbyshire   and transported to Citron's recycling facility in the port of   Le Havre   in Northern   France , where they will be broken down in a high temperature facilaties for further use in other products. It uses ‘ oxyreducer  ' process, which separates out the   zinc ,   cadmium  ,   lead   and   mercury (element)|mercury   at 1,200 degrees   Celsius. The high temperature also kills of all   bacterial   contamination and burns up all   organic matter|organic   waste materials. The  UK   through a scheme operated by   Hampshire   based firm   Loddon Recycling. Switzerland 's   Citron SA   is one of the largest battery recycling firms in   Europe , and operates the EU's   Citron Recycle   scheme, with partners in the UK, Ierland, France and Switzerland. The EU's  2006 EU Battery Directive   has made battery obligatry in all it's member states by 2016 and helped set up the   letsrecycle.com   web site to encorge the present recycling scyemes in the EU.

In Japan
The  Panasonic Eco Technology Centre , in   Osaka   city started recycling   fridge  s, flat screen   TV  s,   air conditioning   units and some   computer  s in the December of 2009. Matsushita Plasma Display Panel company  had also started recycling flat screen TVs in the December of 2009.