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Guides, news, and expert advice to help your organisation manage waste responsibly and stay compliant.
Digital Waste Tracking: the What, Why, When and Who
Digital waste tracking replaces a fragmented paper system with one national source of truth for waste movements. It brings higher expectations for accuracy and exposes weak processes across the chain.
Latest updates
We love new features at Dsposal and we adore telling you about them. Check out the latest updates to your favourite smart waste management software here.
Data Visualisations using Waste Data Interrogator
A clear view of waste movements from the North West created by structuring several years of Waste Data Interrogator records and mapping them in Kepler. It shows how proper data handling reveals real patterns in waste flows.
Rubbish Data: Moving from Greenwash to Transparency
With investigations into a number of brands over their green claims, companies should be on high alert to avoid misleading customers with spurious environmental claims.
Materials Exchange Portal Development
Dsposal and ReLondon develop a prototype Materials Exchange Portal (MEP) to aggregate listings of construction materials from the growing field of online materials exchange platforms.
Customer Portal on Paperwork
The customer portal in Paperwork helps your clients keep up to date with their waste.
What are waste management platforms?
Waste management platforms are software that organisations use to manage day-to-day waste management activities
What is a European Waste Catalogue (EWC) Code?
An EWC Code is a six-digit code used to identify waste as listed in the European Waste Catalogue. It is formatted as three pairs of numbers, for example 12 34 56. It identifies and classifies waste into categories according to how these wastes have been produced. It adequately describes the waste being transported, handled or treated.
Using the Compliance Dashboard to achieve Passive Compliance
How will using Dsposal's Compliance Dashboard give you Passive Compliance?
How to do rubbish removal the right way
Rubbish removal is important. Sometimes a bin isn’t big enough and we need to hire a skip or search the man with van adverts to take away that bulky waste. Waste can be a pain to get rid of but we still need to follow our duty of care.
Hazardous Waste Consignment Note Code
The Hazardous Waste Consignment Note Code is a generated code to identify waste producers of hazardous waste.
What is a hazardous waste consignment note?
A hazardous waste consignment note (HWCN) is a document that details the transfer of hazardous waste from one person to another.
What is a waste transfer note?
A waste transfer note (WTN) is a document that details the transfer of waste from one person to another.
Data shared is a problem halved
Waste data should be open to everybody, and the resource, recycling and waste industry needs to get behind digitalisation
Difference between hazardous and non-hazardous waste
Hazardous waste or non-hazardous waste that is the question.
Hire a skip: Things you need to think about before hiring skips
If you’ve decided to do some building, decorating, gardening or looking at undertaking a massive decluttering project then you'll need to hire a skip. Here, we will highlight the things you should think about before hiring a skip.
Introducing KnoWaste
KnoWaste is Dsposal's answer for digital waste tracking in the UK.
Passive Compliance within the Waste Industry
Passive compliance for the waste industry is an idea that we have been batting around the Dsposal office for quite a long time.
Tip of the Binberg
Tip of the Binberg is a report commissioned by Dsposal to study waste crime in Greater Manchester with a focus on fly-tipping.
Using the Waste Thesaurus
The Waste Thesaurus is an online EWC Code checker that lists types of wastes and synonyms grouped together according to a relevant European Waste Catalogue (EWC) Code
What is Waste
At its simplest waste is any substance or object which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard that's how the UK Government defines it. But that is just the start!
Dsposal KnoWaste Show and Tell
KnoWaste is Dsposal's answer for digital waste tracking in the UK.