Our Orient Express Facebook Competition Winner, Mr Stephen Oliver, has been in touch to let us know what a fantastic time was had when they enjoyed their prize. Stephen says: “What an experience so many thanks. We had service we thought had been forgotten, we really felt the staff helped make it one of our most …
Here’s a sneak preview of our next advert in the PTA+ magazine
Recycling is important to us at our school and we have several recycling schemes that children/parents are keen to support. The most successful one is ‘Empties Please’ where we have raised £174.50 with our first bin within school. A few parents have also helped us to add to that total by signing up the company …
We unfortunately never heard from our original competition winner so have redrawn it. We are pleased to announce that Mr Stephen Oliver is the new winner of the Orient Express Competition that was run on our Facebook page. Congratulations Mr Oliver! Keep an eye on our Facebook page for any new competitions that you can …
Many thanks to Kate from Horniman Primary School PTA for letting us know how well received setting up your Empties Please scheme has been. That’s great news! It’s wonderful to get feedback from you, thank you. If you have any feedback please do not hesitate to let us know as we like to here from …
We are pleased to announce that Mr K Mcdonald is the winner of the Orient Express Competition that was run on our Facebook page. Congratulations Mr Mcdonald! Keep an eye on our Facebook page for any new competitions that you can enter.
From 1st September 2012 Empties Please is no longer able to accept laser toner cartridges in its recycling scheme. We hope you can understand that whilst we are dedicated to helping accounts recycle & raise funds for their chosen cause, if we are unable to recycle your product we are duty bound to dispose of …
Please note that from Monday 2nd July 2012, Empties Please will be using City Link to pick up your full recycle bins when you request a collection. To do this you can either complete our collection request form on our website www.emptiesplease.com/recycle-bin-collection-request/, email info@emptiesplease.com or ring us on 0844 879 7179. Empties Please will only …
Look what fun was had with the empty cartridges that were unable to be recycled!
This week is Scout Community Week and all Scouts are being encouraged to do projects that help their local communities. Why not run a scheme to collect empty ink and toner cartridges in your area? Your efforts will help to reduce the amount that are sent to landfill. Every year more than 40 million cartridges …
Due to on-going changes in product contents and to keep in line with current legislation, from time to time we are required to review the composition of products that we can recycle. For full details of current exclusions please see the details of the scheme that you are looking to participate in. Empties Please reserves the right to withdraw payment for individual products with immediate effect.
To comply with current legislation "Empties Please" does not require a Waste Management Licence for its cartridge recovery activities. The Waste Management Licencing Regulations 1994 under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 allows for exemptions to the requirement to have a Waste Management Licences for certain low risk activities. However to comply with current legislation "Empties Please" does not require a Waste Carriers Licence for its cartridge recovery activities.
The Environment Agency has clarified that "secure storage and manual sorting of waste toner (printer and ink) cartridges destined for recovery" is classed as a "Low risk waste activity" and therefore exempt from the requirement to have a Waste Management Licence.
Empties Please is a trading name of Empties Please Ltd, Registered number: 7069773, VAT Number: 985854649, Registered Office: Unit 13, Orion Park, University Way, Crewe, Cheshire, CW1 6NG
