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Author Archives: Tim Witcomb

Always the bridesmaid never the bride!

Sadly we missed out again on winning Recycling & Waste Management Company of the Year in this year’s National Recycling Awards. Many congratulations to the deserving winner, Closed Loop Recycling. Hopefully next year will be third time lucky for AnyJunk!

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Jason Mohr video interview with Freshbusinessthinking.com

Jason Mohr speaks to Marcus Leach of the entrepreneurs website, Freshbusinessthinking.com on how and why he founded AnyJunk.

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AnyJunk on the Apprentice

We were delighted to be involved in the latest series of The Apprentice. The teams were set rubbish clearance as their challenge and AnyJunk helped out by providing some top tips about how the junk business works and also how to do it in a safe and legally compliant way.

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AnyJunk on Sky News talking Fly-tipping

Flytipping is on the rise as cash-strapped councils increase costs of residential bulky waste services and cowboy operators seek to avoid the rising costs of legal waste disposal.

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Charging residents to use their local tip – good or bad?

The recent decision by some Somerset councils to charge residents to use their local tip has been met with wide criticism – but here’s a contrarian view. Shouldn’t people who create lots of rubbish contribute a bit more to the costs of disposing of it? Businesses do – so why shouldn’t residents? Why should council …

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AnyJunk chosen as 2011 National Recycling Awards finalist

Great news! We’ve made the shortlist again for ‘Recycling & Waste Management Company of the Year’ in the 2011 National Recycling Awards – the most prestigious awards in the UK waste management sector.

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Happy Christmas to London Zoo’s Reptile House

We love interesting reuse challenges. Our Christmas pressie to the snakes and lizards at London Zoo was 100 tropical plants that we cleared from The Department of Transport as part of their office clearance. Senior zoo keeper Matthew Fagg said: “We were delighted to get a call from Any Junk offering us these plants and …

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Recycling Christmas Presents

Thank you to the 1000 customers we surveyed about recycling at Christmas. Here are the results.

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AnyJunk on BBC Saints and Scroungers

Tommy Passade talks to the BBC about the physical requirements of bulky waste collection and being an AnyJunk employee.

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Waste Transfer Notes

Waste disposal regulation made simple by AnyJunk, the responsible rubbish clearance company – PART III What is a Waste Transfer Note? A waste transfer note is a document that records a transfer of waste from one party to another. It includes details of the place, date and time of transfer, the parties involved, the license …

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