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  Segregating Untreated from Hazardous Waste Wood In 2017, the government issued a regulatory position statement (RPS) mandating the segregation of hazardous and non-hazardous waste wood. Hazardous or treated waste wood is defined as any wood that has been...

  Top Tips for Scrapping Your Old Car What is the best way to get rid of an ageing car? Here are some guidelines you can follow to dispose of your vehicle properly. Scrap My Car Your car must be legally scrapped by an Authorised Treatment Facility (ATF)....

  Essential Things to Consider When Renovating Your Office Renovation should be planned carefully, whether you want to inject new life into your office with a new design or you want to make it safer. It’s a challenge for both your budget and your company’s...

  Businesses Need to Have Holistic Waste Management Most businesses have a corporate social responsibility (CSR) program that shows that they are contributing to the sustainable development of a particular ideology. It can be in the form of a charity...

  Pallet Upcycling: Beautiful Things You Can Make from Wooden Pallets Wooden pallets these days are not just used for shipping. They’ve become increasingly popular with homeowners. The creative uses for scrap pallets are virtually endless. With some DIY...

  Business Documents You Should Have Shredded By Now Like the pile of magazines you keep at home, some business documents can be hard to let go. The reason is usually, “I might need them later.” However, file hoarding could result in stolen identities and...

  Skip & Bin Hire for Business & Domestic Waste Management LKM Recycling offers waste skip & bin hire in the Kent area, providing our clients with a convenient and easy way to clear debris and rubbish. For projects expected to produce a large...

  The UK Might Run Out of Landfills in a Post-Brexit World In the past few years, the UK exported considerable amounts of wastes to other European countries.  In fact, as Jacob Hayler, Executive Director at Environmental Services Association notes on the...

  A Basic Guide to Waste Management for Commercial Buildings In recent years, companies all over the world have stepped up and started implementing sustainable practices in their respective organisations. The need for good corporate social responsibility...

  The Alarming Food Waste Problem in the UK The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations revealed that one-third of all the food produced across the globe are wasted. This figure is equivalent to 1.3 billion tonnes of wasted food every year....

  The Best Business Practices for Recycling Cardboard Cardboard is one of the most marketable scrap materials in the market today. Recycling cardboard has significant economic advantages and postitive impacts on the environment. Reports show that recycling...

  Making a Zero Waste Policy a Possibility in the UK Cities hold the largest concentrations of consumers, and hence, polluters. While environmental consciousness has significantly improved, the growing population and demand for convenience can easily...

  Why Sustainable and Environmentally Friendly Practices Benefit Businesses Businesses across the globe are becoming increasingly more conscious of the environment, leading them to integrate zero waste practices, recycling and proper waste management into...

  LKM announce the revolutionary smartskip LKM are ready to announce a groundbreaking new skip hire service with the announcement of the smartskip.  The smartskip will start to roll out to customers later this month in the Kent area. The new smartskips are...

  Keeping Wood Waste from the Landfill by Using Reclaimed Wood The UK is recycling scrap wood at an amazing rate of 60 per cent (2.8 million tonnes) annually. Unfortunately, the remaining percentage, which is still a lot, is mostly incorrectly used as...

  Why should we recycle Scrap Metal? Metal is all around us. Our electronic gadgets, cable wires, modes of transport and almost everything that we use on a daily basis consist of metal components. The standard way of sourcing these metals is extracting...

  Can You Recycle Cardboard? Cardboard is one of the most recyclable materials alongside paper, there are many different types of cardboard and they can all be recycled easily. It is more efficient to recycle cardboard than to manufacture new as 1 tonne of...

  UK Businesses Are Facing Waste Disposal Problems In 2017, the UK government's Waste Resources Action Programme revealed that a quarter of all the waste in England comes from businesses. Many businesses in the UK are facing waste disposal problems caused...

  LKM Recycling - Proud Sponsor of the Kent Press & Business Awards LKM Recycling are glad to announce we are once again proud sponsors of the Kent Press and Broadcast Awards for 2019. LKM Recycling are supporting the non profit organisation by...

  How Can I Recycle Scrap Metal in the UK? Every time a material is produced in massive amounts, it has the potential to become an environmental issue and an economic burden. As such, recycling has become increasingly important to society and is essential...

  Can Wood be Recycled? Wood can very easily be recycled and is classed in different grades. Wood waste is one of the most highly produced rubbish in the UK. Because of wood’s versatility as a raw material, it is an inevitable by-product in many homes,...

  Why is Confidential Shredding Important? Paper or document shredding services are especially important now with the arrival of GDPR. These services involve picking up your bulk paper waste and delivering them to a secure, private facility. From here, the...

  The Recyclable Wonder of Copper Up to half of the UK's manufactured metal is made from recycled material. Copper plays a key role in the electronics, construction and transportation industries and is a good example of a re-usable and long-lasting metal....

  LKM Recycling Launches Local Domestic Skip Hire Service One of the UK’s leading providers of waste management & recycling services LKM Recycling in Sittingbourne is has invested in a new arm of their business hiring domestic skips to households &...

  LKM invests in a High-Tech Material Recovery Facility – Doors are open for companies to tip! One of the UK’s leading providers of waste management & recycling services LKM Recycling in Sittingbourne is has invested in a new high-performance Material...

  Steve Collar Promoted to Commercial Manager – Ferrous Materials One of the UK’s leading providers of waste management & recycling services LKM Recycling in Sittingbourne is pleased to announce Steve Collars promotion to Commercial Manager as part of...

  Sittingbourne Firm Invests in a Monster Shear – most powerful in the UK! One of the UK’s leading providers of waste management & recycling services LKM Recycling in Sittingbourne, Kent has invested in a new shear from Lefort in Belgium to replace the...

  How Recycling uPVC Window Frames Helps the Environment With improper disposal, UPVC window frames are damaging to the environment. Materials made from uPVC (unplasticised polyvinyl chloride) do not decompose, making them difficult to eliminate. Using...

  How Your Business Can Benefit From Going Green More and more companies are becoming environmentally-conscious. Join the cause and enjoy the hefty benefits of going green. Savings and Profit? Shifting to energy efficient systems reduce energy consumption...

  How Carpentry and Joinery Businesses Should Recycle Wood Waste Carpentry and joinery companies do have an impact on specific environmental issues. With their numerous orders of timber, they are bound to over-order or receive timber that has off-cuts or...

  Confidential Document Destruction and its Importance for GDPR Compliance The Role of Confidential Document Destruction in GDPR Compliance While many businesses focus on strengthening the security of their electronic data, a significant number of privacy...

  How Can I Hire a Skip? Whether you’re clearing out unwanted materials from your house or disposing of large quantities of rubbish, sometimes filling bin bags or multiple trips to the tip just wont cut it. Skip Hire can be an efficient and cost effective...

  How Businesses Can Reduce Their Waste Management Costs Waste management is an essential part of any business operation, and no organisation can perform at its best without a waste management plan. Waste buildup should be avoided at all costs, otherwise...