Jamie Murray
Jamie Murray
2023-01-28
Quality fast and reliable service with a cracking bunch of lads definitely recommended
Bill Mitchell
Bill Mitchell
2021-09-14
Contracted this company to clear the flat of my deceased mother. Two young guys cleared EVERYTHING out of the rented property, including furniture, carpets, ornaments, white goods and food/household products, politely, efficiently, and respectfully. Excellent service.
Charles winter
Charles winter
2021-05-21
The guys from Northern House Clearance have just cleared a house for me in Scotland. The house was packed not only with a lifetimes worth of memories, but all the clutter that goes with it. Within 2 days it was emptied down to the floorboards. A great job from a good team of lads. Highly recommended.
Graeme hatton
Graeme hatton
2021-02-24
An excellent 5 star service. Firstly the compassion shown due to the circumstances which resulted in having to use their services, not just on the phone but by the team who arrived, on time, to perform the job. Above all a friendly attitude goes a long way in stressful times. Professional from the start to the end of the day and due to the amount of clutter a second day was needed. I could not believe how much was cleared in just one day, it was as if the clutter had it's own clutter to clear. Hope that I never need to use them again, but if I have to clear another property they will be the only people that I call. Highly recommend them. G.Hatton. Cheshire.
Lorna Hamilton
Lorna Hamilton
2021-02-05
Fantastic service. Highly recommend. The team was so helpful.
Richard Foster
Richard Foster
2020-11-26
The guys from Northern house clearing cleared my deceased brothers house which was in a state. They were very discrete and great guys very understanding at such a sad time. Great job guys thank you.
Xiu Yun Chen
Xiu Yun Chen
2020-11-25
This is a good company would highly recommend these guys. Very efficent and helpful.
Laura
Laura
2020-11-05
Highly recommended. From my initial enquiry I found them to be efficient and professional and was given an immediate quote. On the day the guys arrived promptly and were friendly, helpful and thorough. I would not hesitate to use this company again and I would recommend to others. I felt in good hands and I, m very happy with the service I received.
Ruth Lawrence
Ruth Lawrence
2020-08-22
The team arrived bang on time and began work immediately. They continued for five solid days and completed the entire clearance of my late uncles house, which was a case of extreme hoarding over many decades. They even removed carpets, curtains and swept up so the house was ready for sale. They were exeptionally hard working, polite and charged a reasonable price for this incredibly difficult job. Terrific service, absolutely recommended.

Electronics Recycling – Northern House Clearance

An announcement about European legislation on electrical and electronic waste is expected this spring,’ explained Claire Snow, Director of industry group ICER (Industry Council for Electronic and Electrical Equipment Recycling).

So we feel it is important to show the UK Government what recycling can be achieved in this country through voluntary, industry-led initiatives. We are interested in schemes which are either up and running or will start within the next two years. The information we receive on individual schemes will be kept strictly confidential: only the overall results will be made public.

ICER wants to find out how many commercial recovery schemes are already established in different sectors of industry, how much equipment is already being recycled. They also hope to discover which approach works most effectively, and what problems people face. The results, ICER hopes, will help to identify the measures that could be taken to achieve more recovery through such schemes. The survey will also provide some of the data which the Government has requested.

ICER is a industry led group that focuses on finding solutions for different kinds of used electronic and electrical equipment, this issue has been made particularly pertinent in the light of the Government’s producer responsibility initiative, European developments and environmental and commercial considerations.

The present recycling rate for electronic and electrical equipment is virtually impossible to calculate; it varies dramatically from region to region. Products that fall into this category include almost everything with either a plug or a battery. The trial which has been in operation in West Sussex and Worthing for the past few months has thrown up some surprising facts already: one unexpected fact is the age of electronic and electrical goods which are thrown away. Televisions recovered are more likely to be in the region of thirty years old rather then the ten or so you might expect. Parts from equipment of such an advanced age are often difficult to reuse. Another problem encountered is the theft of household goods left out for kerbside collection; they may be in a dangerous state and yet some people are prepared to take risks to get a bargain. Such goods may also be sold on in car boot sales; indeed containers full of scrap electrical items have been stolen from fragmentiser premises.

The schemes in West Sussex and Worthing are helping to establish exactly what is being thrown away and on a practical level what can be usefully recovered. It seems that more electrical goods are currently being reclaimed that was previously thought. White goods and televisions are often stripped of valuable metals before being shredded. Partners in the schemes include Mayer Cohen, who are helping to establish the feasibility of one method of recovery in which goods are dismantled and sorted into categories such as electric blankets, kettles etc. Sims Bird is also helping to evaluate the worth of different recycling and recovery methods. Samples of used goods are dismantled and the results collated; facts and figures from this initiative are helping to establish the benefits of dismantling, value of materials recovered, cost of labour etc. versus shredding.

Another possibility being explored is a combination of shredding and dismantling to secure the best method of recovery, both on environment and commercial terms. However, one fact that the schemes in operation at the moment have shown is that unwanted goods vary according to the socio-economic circumstances of the people living in the area involved; rich pickings obviously come from rich people.

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