Accreditation & Awards

The Carbon Trust Standard was developed by the Carbon Trust in 2007/08 to encourage good practice in carbon measurement, management and reduction by businesses and public sector organisations. It is designed to provide a robust, objective and consistent methodology for assessing corporate carbon performance. To find out more about our carbon trust standard award click here.

Wastecycle's commitment to Health and Safety throughout all its operations, has been accredited with the RoSPA Gold Award in 2012.

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By implementing the ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 SHEQ Management Systems, we can assure our customers that their service will meet expectations.  These Standard's provides the frameworks to monitor and manage all our systems and customer service levels, driving our continuous improvement programme.

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Wastecycle was one of the first medium sized waste management businesses in the UK to be accepted as a member of the Environmental Services Association’s (ESA) Recycling Registration Scheme in 2007. We have long been a forerunner in collection, treatment, re-use and recycling of co-mingled waste.

Working closely with Nottingham City Council we have provided a reliable outlet for dry-recyclable materials arising from the local authority's kerbside recycling initiative which is being rolled out across the city. The accreditation, which comes just six months after the Scheme’s launch, is testament to the standards operated by Wastecycle. Acceptance into the Scheme is subject to prior audit by Bureau Veritas Consulting, whereby potential members must demonstrate that their recycling facility meets the required quality and legal standards, ensuring continued good industry practice, including health and safety regulations and has a robust system for tracking materials to reprocessing destinations. The Scheme’s Code of Practice requires that recyclable material must only be sent to a recovery facility which operates to EU equivalent standards.

Membership of the scheme gives confidence to stakeholders and customers that materials sent abroad for use in manufacturing such as paper mills and textile mills meet stringent specifications and are fully compliant.

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Wastecycle are proud to be a member of the The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM). The CIWM is the professional body which represents over 7,000 waste professionals working in the sustainable resources and wastes management sectors- predominantly in the UK but also overseas. CIWM sets the professional standards for individuals working in the industry and has various grades of membership determined by education, qualification and experience.

There is more information on the CIWM website and you can visit it by clicking here.

Wastecycle is a proud member of the wood recyclers association.

The main aims of the Association are:

• To provide sector representation to Government and regulatory authorities
• To disseminate advice and guidance on subjects relevant to the sector
• To create the climate for member companies to maximise business and commercial opportunities
• To provide a forum for the exchange of information between members
• To promote the wood recycling industry

Wastecycle won a prestigious environmental award thanks to the success of our innovative City Recycling Scheme.

The Silver National Green Apple Award for Waste Management sponsored by the Chartered Institute of Waste Management was presented to Wastecycle’s Chairman, Mike Shearstone and Quality and Environment Manager, Daniel Shearstone, by Professor David Bellamy O.B.E, at a special ceremony at the House of Commons. 

The City Recycling Scheme was launched in April 2006, in partnership with the East Midlands Development Agency, to increase the recycling of waste arising from the small and medium sized businesses in Nottingham City. Previously, this service had only been available to domestic households through local council collection services or larger organisations.

Initially, the one year pilot scheme aimed to sign up 50 businesses in Nottingham City to increase the city’s recycling rate and raise recycling and environmental awareness amongst Nottingham’s business community.  Between April 2006 and April 2007, 377 tonnes of recycled material has been diverted from landfill and 126 companies joined the Scheme.  Wastecycle have continued to develop the scheme and there are now 167 companies in the Scheme and continued growth is expected.

The Green Apple Awards are organised by the Green Organisation, an independent, non political, non activist, non profit environment group dedicated to recognising, rewarding and promoting environmental best practice around the world.  Approximately 550 nominations were entered this year and 60 Awards presented.  

Wastecycle’s achievement demonstrates our continued commitment to increasing recycling rates and reducing the landfill burden in the region.

There is more information on the green apple website which can be found here.

SAFEcontractor is the fastest growing health and safety accreditation scheme in the UK, with more than 160 major clients and almost 18,000 contractor members.

Registered members with the SAFEcontractor scheme include clients and contractors from a wide range of professional disciplines working within a number of industry sectors.

After having their financial performance, health and safety, environmental policy, CSR products and services data reviewed by Achillies in 2011 Wastecycle achieved the Achillies trading standard. Wastecycle achieved a final performance scoring in excess of 90% one of the highest scores of any business in the region.

The achillies website can be found here