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Collection of hazardous waste
A classic service with a future
From old medicines to detergents and cleaning agents to cleaning solvents: many small volumes of waste have hazardous contents that can endanger people and the environment.
Main tastk is still the collection of small volumes of dangerous materials
The company has a tradition in providing mobile and stationary collection services for hazardous waste. For more than 20 years, they have been ensuring that small volumes of potentially dangerous materials are disposed of correctly or recycled. Despite its long history, the separate collection of risky materials remains as topical a subject as ever.
REMONDIS has bundled its hazardous waste collection services together into its Industrie Service division. This does not mean, however, that it only deals with companies. The collection service is also available for local inhabitants in more than 120 towns and districts. The service is coordinated centrally from Bramsche and provided by more than ten different branches located around the whole of the country.
Service for councils, local inhabitants and the private sector Whether it is a mobile collection service for hazardous waste or a central |
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On the road for the environment: REMONDIS Industrie Service’s mobile hazardous waste collection vehicle.collection point: REMONDIS uses both types. In order to provide the best service, the company advises its municipal partners on how to set up the best possible system for their local inhabitants. For, if the opening times are good and the collection points can be easily reached, then the public is more prepared to use them and so the volumes of waste increase. The company’s full service for commercial businesses is particularly popular. Here REMONDIS collects the hazardous waste directly from the customers’. As the service is available throughout the country, waste management concepts can also be drawn up for companies that have a wide network of branches.
Impossible without specialist know-how
The collection of hazardous waste is precarious work that must be carried out by experienced specialists. After all, the problematic waste must be assessed, checked, sorted, packed and labelled when it is collected. The collection points must also be run according to high standards. The TRGS (Technical Regulations for Hazardous Substances), in particular TRGS 520, stipulates the many safety regulations for the municipal sector. Silvia Barnasch, head of the hazardous waste collection division explained: “We help to plan or set up the collection points. And by doing so we play a role in ensuring that the collection of hazardous waste remains what it is – an essential part of modern waste management structures.”