Q: What is
Secure Destruction?
A:
Secure Destruction is the process by which a product, document or data is destroyed and evidence of that destruction can be provided.
About our Secure Destruction Services
Recycling Lives guarantees the secure disposal of waste, ensuring that all commercially sensitive waste is disposed of responsibly.
- Recording the entire destruction process in high definition through Europe’s only online fragmentiser
- Processing all waste at an Approved Authorised Treatment Facility, fully licenced by the Environment Agency
- Offering secure destruction services as part of an environmentally friendly total waste management solution
We provide you with a service that suits your needs, using a recording process that allows you to view destruction from your desk and providing a certificate of destruction for all destroyed waste.
Secure Total Waste Management Solutions
We incorporate secure waste disposal into a total waste management solution tailor made to your business, managing all waste streams, including general waste, dry mixed recycling, cardboard and packaging as well as hazardous and confidential waste.
We assess your waste streams to find more efficient ways to manage your confidential waste while ensuring full compliance throughout the disposal process. We aim to reduce waste creation and increase recycle rates through effective total waste management solutions.
who we work with
Benefits designed to help your business
- Modern weighbridge systems ensuring total transparency
- Visible weights on all scales and weighbridges
- Camera footage of weighbridges and processing available
- Dedicated account managers; experts in confidential waste disposal
- Sales support team to handle day-to-day account management
- Monthly reporting on waste collection and secure destruction
- Compliance Services to ensure you meet all secure disposal legislation and regulations
SECURE DESTRUCTION
REGULATIONS
The Regulations Around Secure Destruction
While the standard duty of care regulations apply to organisations disposing of waste, many businesses choose to use secure destruction to protect the integrity of their brand; prevent surplus stock or prototypes from entering the second-hand market; and ensure that competitive information about products or services is not leaked.
The Duty of Care Regulations state that as a waste holder you must take all reasonable steps to:
- Prevent unauthorised or harmful deposit, treatment or disposal of waste
- Ensure that all waste is disposed of with a business or individuals that have the correct and relevant environmental permit issued but the Environmental Agency like Recycling Lives
- Prevent other parties from breaching permit conditions relevant to the type of waste they process
- Provide an accurate description of the waste when it is transferred to another business or individual
- Retain waste documentation about non-hazardous waste for two years
In addition, any waste holder must ensure that waste is transferred to a business or individual like Recycling Lives that is:
- Registered as a carrier, broker or dealer of waste
- A waste management operator with an environmental permit or registered exemption to accept such waste
Secure Destruction FAQs
Find the answers to all your questions about Secure destruction below.
Q: What is
Q: What happens if I don’t fulfil
my legal duty of care?
A:
Breach of the Duty of Care is an offence, with a penalty of up to £5,000 on summary conviction or an unlimited fine on conviction on indictment.
Learn more about
Recycling Lives
We’ve operated in the recycling sector for 40 years - learn more about our history and impact to date
Get in touch with
Recycling Lives
We’d love to hear from you - contact us about recycling waste, working together or joining our team
What Sectors
we operate in
We service all sectors - see how we can manage your waste for environmental and social benefit
why work
with us
Martin Chown Supply Chain Director Sellafield Limited
We are committed to ensuring our local communities derive maximum economic benefit from the money we spend at Sellafield, by insisting companies that win work with us to invest to support local growth. Read moreRead less
Jeremy Hartley Managing Director Eric Wright Group
The Eric Wright Group has always recognised the importance of supporting the local community and using our business activities to improve people’s lives. Read moreRead less
Josh Steiner Social Value & Sustainability Manager Wates Group
Recycling Lives has reaped the rewards of strong commercial and social credentials to secure large-scale contracts. Read moreRead less
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