This charity holds a special place in Simon’s heart as his Uncle Ian suffered from Muscular Dystrophy for most of his life which not only affected his life but also the quality of life for his grandparents. Read more of Simon’s Story by visiting www.Justgiving.com/Simon-Copner

The Muscular Dystrophy Campaign leads the fight against muscular dystrophy and related muscle-wasting conditions in the UK. They fund world-class research, provide free information and support, give grants towards equipment and campaign to raise awareness and bring about change.

As Simon says “By doing this run I’m hoping to raise some money whilst also losing a few inches of chub! Any donations would be greatly appreciated”

We, at PCWS would like to wish Simon every success in completing the Manchester Run and achieving his fund raising target of £200.00.

‘Good Luck’ Simon

Fortunately, PCWS are licensed to comply with all VOSA and Environment Agency legislation and capable of dealing with metal waste and in particular the specialised area of lead acid battery collections, which fall under hazardous waste legislation. Being fully compliant, we provide all of the necessary paperwork to ensure an audit trail tracking your waste to disposal according to the waste hierarchy.

Not only is our service legal and professional but we will also pay you for your waste! You will be safe in the knowledge that you are meeting your waste disposal requirements whilst we are also helping to improve your cash flow. Collections of waste lead acid batteries can be arranged online via our waste valuation tool at http://www.pcws.co.uk/recycle-reward/  or you can call our office to arrange any scrap metal collection on 0161 430 1111.

Environment Agency raids illegal tyre traders that scupper recycling businesses.

Five arrests were made as part of an Environment Agency investigation into alleged waste crimes.

Environment Agency investigators, supported by Lancashire Police and Greater Manchester Police forces, raided three sites across the North of England to seize evidence as part of Operation Broadway.

Action is being taken to protect the livelihoods of legitimate business owners and to safeguard surrounding communities. Illegally-hoarded used tyres pose a serious fire risk and a blaze would produce toxic fumes and air pollution triggering an evacuation. The Environment Agency is working with the Lancashire Fire Service and Greater Manchester Fire Service to ensure steps are taken to make the sites safe.

Operation Broadway, which has been running for seven months, is one of the National Environmental Crime Team’s major ongoing investigations. Other cases include those involving exports of illegal waste, organised criminal networks, or industrial scale fly-tipping. 

Protecting legitimate industry

Mat Crocker, Environment Agency Head of Illegal’s and Waste, said: ‘The Environment Agency will protect the legitimate recycling industry by being robust in tracking down waste criminals and bringing them to justice. As well as undercutting small businesses, waste crime risks damaging public health and the environment.’

Louis Hunt, Environment Agency Senior Investigating Officer, said: ‘The raid has been a success; this progress in Operation Broadway has only been possible with vital support from the police and fire services and intelligence shared through ‘Project Genga’ – a partnership aimed at disrupting and detecting organised crime across the region. This is an ongoing investigation and we would urge anyone with suspicions or knowledge of illegal waste activities to contact the Environment Agency on 0800 807060 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.’ 

Fire safety

Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service’s Station Manager Jim Fowler said: “The steps taken were necessary to keep the area around the site in Blackburn safe. The illegal activities that have been carried out on the premises put the local community at risk. Fire Safety Enforcement Officers are investigating the site to establish whether there have been any breaches of the Fire Safety Order and actions will be taken against the owners if they are required.’

Waste crime deals a lethal blow to legitimate small businesses and risks major pollution incidents. Tyres can and should be recycled and made into useful new products. Legitimate businesses in the region have found their businesses scuppered by an illegal rogue trader who seemed to be undercutting their prices.

A special fund raising event has been held today at PCWS in aid of ‘Children in Need’. All staff were asked to dress in ‘Spots’ and ‘Stripes’ to raise money for ‘Pudsey’. A big ‘Thank You’ for everbody who joined in and donated money.

Our talented web site designers have been working around the clock to translate a ‘vision’ our innovative and forward thinking Marketing Team had of providing customers with an instant quote for their valuable waste on our web site.

We can now provide you with a quick, easy and instant quote as well as a quick and easy collection; not forgetting quick and easy MONEY.

Have a go today and share your experience by letting us know what you think.

No issues or Non-conformance’s were raised and no opportunities for improvements were found in our recent audit performed by ISOQAR audit team.

“Well done everybody”

We issue permits to and regulate landfill, waste disposal, treatment and storage sites.

We’re aware of approximately 600 illegal sites across England and Wales and all high risk sites are being actively investigated.

We have dedicated national and regional teams made up of investigators, including ex-police, former detectives and forensic experts. They are leading the crackdown on waste crime. They have modern policing skills and are well equipped to tackle serious organised crime. By managing data and gathering intelligence on illegal sites we inform our approach to enforcement. We work to either bring the sites into regulation or close them down.

In 2010/11 we stopped around 1200 illegal waste sites. Approximately 170 of these were brought into regulation, the remainder were closed

Monday 23 May 2011 Over the coming months, Environment Agency Officers will be visiting companies in certain sectors of industry across Staffordshire and Wolverhampton in a bid to clamp down on the illegal disposal of hazardous waste.

It is currently managing the removal of 21,000 waste tyres from four illegal sites across Wales.

Sites like these not only damage the environment but also the economy.

They can be a serious fire threat to communities and the environment with smoke polluting the air, pollutants entering rivers and possible road and rail closures as well as damaging property.

And it can be an ongoing problem as tyre fires can take days or even weeks to put out.

The criminals also undercut legitimate businesses which pay the going rate to dispose of tyres legally.

And landlords who fall victim to these crimes are left with bills running into many thousands of pounds for clearing the sites.

Environment Agency Wales has moved in to clear some sites itself as they were considered to be a serious fire risk. In these cases the Agency will look to recover the costs from those responsible.

Tens of millions of waste tyres are produced in the UK every year and organised criminals are being attracted by the profits they can make.

Illegal activities include illegal storage, fly tipping and exporting waste tyres to countries that do not have the ability to deal with tyres to the same standards as the UK.

Environment Agency Wales will take enforcement action to prosecute the criminals who profit from this illegal activity.

People who produce used tyres should always ask for a waste carrier’s licence before passing on waste. If the operator cannot produce a waste carrier’s licence, it is illegal for them to move the tyres.

Pamela has developed an outstanding knowledge of the business and our core values in the short time she has been working in the Waste Management Industry and she continually delivers to a high standard whether she is completing very mundane office duties to negotiating contracts with an international organisation.

Commenting on this appointment, Simon Copner, Finance Director of Pure Clean Waste Solutions said: “Although not coming from a sales background, we feel her understanding of the customers, the products and the internal processes, together with her project and man management skills are ideally suited to the role and we look forward to working with her on the board, where we are confident that her valuable input will help the company achieve the success it is undoubtedly capable of”.

“We would all like to wish Pamela every success in this new role”.

We have tried hard to produce a web site that is fun, informative and interesting as well as easy to navigate. Have we achieved this?

We, at Pure Clean Waste Solutions believe our new web site provides an insight into who we are, where we are and what we do, providing all the documentation required by our customers to ensure we are what we say ‘A Competent and Experienced Waste Management Company’.

We would be very interested to hear your views, please send us your comments – good or bad!!