We recycle to sustain and improve the environment
Environmental Benefits
The waste hierarchy clearly explains the concept of sustainable waste management. It establishes an order for dealing with waste and recycling that minimises the negative impact of waste on the environment.
The waste hierarchy:
We continuously look for opportunities to increase our customers’ recycling rates as part of a sustainable waste strategy. This benefits the environment because it delivers
• Greater resource efficiency – quality secondary materials from your waste can be use to replace virgin raw materials
• Energy saving – it takes less energy to process recycled materials than to manufacture using virgin raw materials
• Less waste for landfill disposal or incineration
SWR gains ISO 9001 Accreditation
SWR is accredited to the International Quality Standard (ISO 9001:2008) for providing customers with a single point of contact for dealing with their recycling and waste management requirements. Click here to read more
Latest Legislation
The Environmental Liability Directive is a piece of European legislation that will bring the principle of ‘the polluter pays’ into legal force. Click here to read more