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New television recycling contracts won

A York-based company which recycles waste electrical equipment has won new contracts to recycle almost 1,500 tonnes of unwanted televisions each year from across various parts of the UK.

The Electrical Recycling Company (ERC), which is part of the Yorwaste Group, has been awarded two contracts from ‘Producer Compliance Schemes’ (PCS), which are responsible for ensuring local authorities comply with regulations relating to the disposal and recycling of electrical waste. The first of these contracts, with a PCS known as Valpack, is seeing ERC handling 1,000 tonnes of televisions disposed of at household waste recycling centres in the following areas - Newcastle, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Gateshead, Sunderland and Northumberland.

A second contract, with a PCS known as European Recycling Platform, will result in a further 450 tonnes of televisions being handled from Cumbria and the Scottish Borders.

The televisions collected through the schemes will be taken to ERC’s licensed recycling facility at Hessay, near York.

Paul Sellers, ERC Manager, said: “We are delighted to have won these substantial contracts with two of the UK’s largest producer compliance schemes.

“This work will add around 1,450 additional tonnes of TV’s per annum to our business and along with our existing work, this will make ERC one of the leading TV recyclers in the country.”

ERC is one of only a few companies in the UK, which is not only an Approved Authorised Treatment Facility (ATTF) but also complies with the European Government’s Best Available Treatment Recovery & Recycling Techniques (BATRRT).

Production line techniques are used to safely dismantle cathode ray tube (CRT) televisions and computer monitors. A glass feed enclosed conveyor system helps to safely filter out the hazardous phosphorus coating found in the screens, before the televisions undergo final recycling.

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