Workplace recycling coming into law
This new Welsh Government legislation was approved by the Senedd back in November 2023, and has been introduced to ‘improve the quality and quantity of the recycling collected from workplaces across Wales’.
Most workplaces will have already received a letter from Welsh Government providing information about the new recycling regulations and what they need to do to ensure they are compliant by April 6.
All businesses, charities and public sector organisations are invited to attend a series of free webinars to help answer questions and to find out the detail of the upcoming regulations, and how it will affect them.
You can sign-up at Workplace Recycling -Webinars (wrapcymru.org.uk)
What the new law means:
In simple terms, workplaces will need to separate their waste in the same way that households in Powys already do. Once sorted into the relevant containers or recycling bins, the recycling will then be collected separately as follows:
- Food
- Paper and card
- Glass
- Metal, plastic and cartons
- Unsold textiles
- Unsold small waste electrical and electronic equipment (sWEEE)
The new regulations also include a ban on:
- Sending food waste to sewer (any amount)
- Separately collected waste going to incineration and landfill
- All wood waste going to landfill
For more information on the Workplace Recycling Regulations, how it will affect you and some useful steps to help get you compliant, visit: https://www.gov.wales/workplace-recycling
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