Bodyshops in Cumbria and the North East work in a part of England where waste collection options thin out. Plenty of national contractors list the region on their websites; fewer…
Every garage in England that removes a bumper, a headlight or a trim from a vehicle becomes, at that moment, a waste producer in the eyes of the law. The Environment Agency — England's…
If your bodyshop produces waste — and every bodyshop does — the law places a duty of care on you for that waste. Not on your waste carrier. Not on the recycler at the end of the chain.…
A modern bumper is, by weight, mostly polypropylene — one of the most recyclable plastics in use. Yet in plenty of workshops, bumpers still end up stacked against a wall until someone…
Ask most waste companies where they operate and the answer is "everywhere". Ask us, and you get a line on the map: all of Scotland, and England down to Carlisle, Penrith and Newcastle.…
Every bumper, headlight and trim that leaves your yard is still your responsibility until it reaches someone legally entitled to take it. That is the heart of the duty of care under…
It's one of the most common questions we hear from garages and bodyshops across Scotland — usually asked hopefully, next to a pile of bumpers taking up half the yard. The short answer is…
Of all the paperwork a bodyshop deals with, the waste transfer note is the one that does the most work for the least attention. It's the document that proves your waste left your site…
Walk into the storage area of almost any busy bodyshop and you'll find it: the shelf — sometimes the whole room — of brand-new parts that never made it onto a car. Genuine OEM bumpers…
Every bumper we collect from a Scottish bodyshop ends its journey as something called PP regrind. If you've ever wondered what actually happens to your workshop's plastic waste after our…