The project, to increase ICT collections in Falkirk Council’s two Household Waste Recycling Centres (HWRC), Roughmute and Kinneil Kerse; provide materials for an Education Centre to raise general awareness of how to responsibly dispose of WEEE; deliver school and community workshops on options for reuse for electronic equipment, and collect functional Small Domestic Appliances (SDAs) to distribute to charity groups in the community was selected from fantastic entries from the sector in Scotland.

Kevin Culligan, Re-tek’s co-founder (3rd from left) was on hand to collect the award with our partners in Edinburgh.

“I am both delighted and honoured to take on the role of Managing Director of Re-Tek UK Ltd. Having been part of our hugely successful team over the last few years and witnessed our incredible growth first hand, I have no doubt that we are in a position to continue that strong performance with the excellent team we have in place, allowing us to continue to deliver the first class service our customers currently receive.”

Gordon Lowrie, Managing Director

Since 2016, Scottish Business Insider and the University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre have annually awarded companies and individuals that make, invent and innovate in Scotland. Our award was sponsored by the Scottish Institute for Remanufacture and was presented at a ceremony at Glasgow’s Science Centre.

Our Co-founder Kevin was delighted to accept the award on behalf of a very strong management team and staff at Re-Tek who are being recognised for their efforts and skill in a rapidly evolving sector. Congratulations to all the other winners. #MiSAwards

Scott-Moncrieff kindly donated 17 PCs and 34 Laptops from their office in Glasgow and 17 PCs and 20 Laptops from their office in Edinburgh to support Social Bite’s fantastic efforts to eradicate homelessness in Scotland.

Re-Tek collected the units on behalf of Social Bite, securely wiped the data, refurbished and sold into our reseller network. With the funds generated, Re-Tek secured 25 high spec laptops and 4 PCs and installed Windows 10 and Microsoft Office to support the Digital Inclusion project.

Social Bite said: “This is a generous and practical donation from two respected businesses which will be a huge help to us in training and support not only in the number of people we can help, but also how efficiently we can do it.”

If any organisation would like to donate their redundant IT equipment to support Social Bite’s great causes then please contact Ewain Black at Social Bite ([email protected]) or Billy McPherson at Re-Tek ([email protected]).

Global Recycling Day aims to change the mind-set of governments, businesses, communities and individuals around the world, to see recyclables as “resource – not waste.” We all know the six major natural resources on the planet: water, air, coal, oil, natural gas and minerals. Now, recyclables have joined them, as the world’s Seventh Resource.

Without reuse and recycling, all our used and discarded IT equipment, fridges, plastic bottles, packing boxes, cars, cell phones and paper cups will contribute to the growing waste mountains, to be incinerated or go to landfill – never to be used again. Without reuse and recycling, we have no option but to continue stripping the earth of her finite natural resources.

Each year too many phones, computers & electronics are wasted to landfill. This e-waste is a rich resource of precious metals and rare earth elements which we must reuse and recycle!

Please consider donating your redundant, but working electrical equipment, to your local charity shop and someone else can benefit from the use of your pre-loved equipment.

Be part of the solution, not the problem. Remember the 3 R’s – Reduce – Reuse – Recycle

For more information visit www.globalrecyclingday.com

Re-Tek were delighted to welcome a deputation from Kenya who were in Scotland attending a Waste Management course presented by University of the West of Scotland in Paisley.

The visitors, some directly employed by the Kenyan Government, were given a tour of Re-Tek as an example of a best in class circular economy re-use organisation. Re-Tek were delighted to host the delegates and be part of their educational experience in Scotland.

Partners were chosen for being leaders in their geographic region in secure disposal. Our crack audit team of Directors travelled across the world throughout 2017 conducting audits and signing agreements – so we thought it was about time we told you all about it.

With the ability to provide our services in all the main regions of the world, we can now manage the entire global asset chain-of-custody seamlessly to provide a highly secure, cost-effective disposal service for our UK clients.