https://www.PR.com/ Latest news releases from PR.com for Waste King. Sun, 09 Aug 2026 09:35:13 -0400 © 2026 PR.com 60 en-us https://www.PR.com/images/logo_white.jpg https://www.PR.com/ 68 69 PR.com provides press release distribution, and is a unique directory of businesses, products and services. Find full company profiles. https://www.pr.com/press-release/934093 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 03:00:00 -0400 The UK-wide waste management specialist and equal opportunities employer, Waste King, has revealed that a substantial number of its growing workforce are women. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/934093 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/933648 Fri, 14 Mar 2025 12:27:00 -0400 Waste King, the UK-wide waste management specialist, is bucking the trend within the UK waste industry for previously independent companies being subsumed into European-owned conglomerates. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/933648 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/901652 Wed, 06 Dec 2023 03:00:00 -0500 At a ceremony held in the Houses of Parliament, at the Palace of Westminster, in London, at the end of November, Waste King was named a winner of this year’s Green Apple Environment Awards. The awards celebrate environmental best practice and are open to any organisation, community or individual. Having competed successfully with over 800 other nominations in this year’s International Green Apple Awards, [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/901652 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/895737 Fri, 15 Sep 2023 03:00:00 -0400 Hightown Housing Association (HHA) has increased its commitment to working with Waste King to improve the efficiency and cleanliness of its waste collection and disposal processes, while also being environmentally friendly and keeping the charitable housing association’s carbon footprint to a minimum. HHA currently manages over 8,000 homes – supporting over 16,000 residents - including operating more than 90 [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/895737 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/893130 Thu, 10 Aug 2023 03:00:00 -0400 Waste King, the environmentally friendly waste collection and recycling services specialist, is experiencing huge growth in its business despite the current challenging market conditions. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/893130 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/846728 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 03:00:00 -0400 Waste King, the environmentally friendly waste collection and recycling services specialist, has started regenerating its vehicle fleet by investing in its first electrically powered trucks. In addition, it has added two "junk removal" vehicles to its fleet, which is growing following continued increasing demand for its services. Glenn Currie, Waste King’s Managing Director, explained, “The new [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/846728 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/832052 Thu, 04 Mar 2021 03:00:00 -0500 Waste King, the environmentally friendly waste collection and recycling services specialist, has collaborated with its near neighbour and competitor company, Camiers Waste Management, to clear up litter from the verges and hedgerows of roads close to both companies’ headquarters, in Long Marston, near Tring, Hertfordshire. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/832052 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/821280 Thu, 17 Sep 2020 03:00:00 -0400 Chart-topping centenarian Captain Sir Tom Moore, who raised some £32m to help the UK's National Health Service during the coronavirus pandemic, has become a Waste King customer - thanks to the BBC. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/821280 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/800711 Wed, 04 Dec 2019 03:00:00 -0500 Waste King, the environmentally friendly waste collection and recycling services specialist, was named a winner in this year’s Green Apple Awards, at a ceremony held in the Houses of Parliament, at the Palace of Westminster, in London on November 25. Rewarding environmental best practice and open to any organisation, community or individual, this year’s Awards were presented – in their 25th anniversary [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/800711 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/796212 Sat, 05 Oct 2019 03:00:00 -0400 Waste King, the environmentally friendly waste collection and recycling services specialist, has become one of the sponsors of the 2019/20 PSA World Tour, the international squash circuit organised by the Professional Squash Association (PSA). This month, the PSA World Tour tournament comes to Tring Squash Club, in Hertfordshire – close to Waste King’s headquarters. The winner of the tournament – which [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/796212 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/788384 Fri, 28 Jun 2019 03:00:00 -0400 Waste King recently signed a sponsorship deal for the 2019/20 season with Pitstone and Ivinghoe Junior Football Club’s Under 15 Girls’ Team. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/788384 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/769304 Thu, 08 Nov 2018 03:00:00 -0500 While the thousands of visitors to this year’s London Oktoberfest got stuck in to authentic German beer and food, as well as finding time to listen to live music and enjoy the ambience of the festival, the event posed different challenges for the environmentally friendly waste collection and recycling services specialist, Waste King. Waste King was responsible for waste collection and recycling at the manifestation [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/769304 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/768831 Fri, 02 Nov 2018 03:00:00 -0400 Waste collection and recycling services specialist, Waste King, is one of four companies which have collaborated to help Tristan, a five-year old boy in Milton Keynes who has Down’s Syndrome, to play safely in his own garden. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/768831 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/761105 Sat, 04 Aug 2018 03:00:00 -0400 Waste King, an environmentally friendly company specialising in waste collection and recycling services for both domestic and commercial customers, has joined forces with local organisations to help Tristan, a young boy in Milton Keynes who has Down’s Syndrome and has faced a number of tough challenges - including heart and respiratory disease as well as open-heart surgery - in his short life. Currently, Tristan [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/761105 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/623022 Sun, 07 Jun 2015 03:00:00 -0400 Waste King, the specialist collections, clearance and recycling company, has announced that its office staff are achieving above average levels of customer service. According to Debbie Mamo, Waste King’s Sales and Customer Service Manager, the industry standard for telephone calls being answered within 30 seconds is 80 per cent. Yet, in April this year, Waste King’s office staff answered 90 per cent of the [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/623022 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/592163 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 03:00:00 -0500 Recently, the proud possessor of an NVQ Level 3 in Customer Service, Ben Brimson, Office Supervisor/ Team Leader at Waste King - a specialist collections, clearance and recycling company that focuses on providing a service which is highly environmentally friendly – is now continuing his studies by embarking on an NVQ level 5 in management and leadership. On leaving the Army Air Corps, Ben spent some time as a car [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/592163 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/582879 Tue, 23 Sep 2014 03:00:00 -0400 Waste King - a specialist collections, clearance and recycling company that focuses on providing a service which is highly environmentally friendly – is moving its headquarters from the Frogmore Industrial Estate at Two Waters, Hemel Hempstead, to the Old Ministry Airfield, in Cheddington. Waste King’s Operations Director, Andy Cattigan, explained: “For some time, Waste King has been experiencing a [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/582879 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/527108 Wed, 13 Nov 2013 03:00:00 -0500 Waste King - a specialist collections, clearance and recycling company that focuses on providing a service which is highly environmentally friendly - has recently undertaken four projects. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/527108 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/522516 Sat, 19 Oct 2013 03:00:00 -0400 Waste King, the specialist collections, clearance and recycling company that focuses on providing a service which is highly environmentally friendly, has renewed its corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy for the forthcoming year. “Having an active CSR strategy is extremely important for us - and for any business,” commented Glenn Currie, Waste King’s managing director. “Helping others [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/522516 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/516936 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 03:00:00 -0400 Waste King, the specialist collections, clearance and recycling company, has won a second Gold Award from the National Recycling Stars Scheme. It won its first Gold Award from the Scheme last year and, in 2011, it won a Silver Award. The scheme, run by E2B Pulse, the UK carbon reduction network, rewards an organisation’s commitment to increasing the amount of waste it recycles and to improving the environmental [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/516936 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/514962 Wed, 11 Sep 2013 03:00:00 -0400 More than 50 commercial customers of Waste King - the specialist collection, clearance and recycling company based in Hemel Hempstead – are now using the company’s waste pods to segregate and remove their waste. This is in preference to using skips in which to put the waste. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/514962 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/514548 Sun, 08 Sep 2013 03:00:00 -0400 Many people know of the UK’s current involvement in Afghanistan but less well known is the work that The Afghan Association does in this country to represent the interests of the UK’s Afghan community. In addition to providing an advice and referral service for Afghans, particularly in the fields of immigration, health, welfare benefits and housing as well as promoting education among the Afghan community in [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/514548 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/513582 Wed, 04 Sep 2013 03:00:00 -0400 When it came to clearing up after a Cricket Festival, the organisers turned to Waste King, the specialist collection, clearance and recycling company based in Hemel Hempstead. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/513582 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/509534 Wed, 14 Aug 2013 03:00:00 -0400 When the National Trust (NT) wanted to clear rubbish that had collected on Dunstable Downs, it thought to hire a skip - but Waste King explained that clearing the rubbish by hand is both a "greener" and more cost-effective option. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/509534 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/504726 Wed, 24 Jul 2013 03:00:00 -0400 In recent weeks, Waste King has: * Won a contract from the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), * Delivered two of its waste pods (empty) to, and collected them (full) from The Grove * Cleared two sites containing eastern European illegal immigrants [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/504726 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/495433 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 09:36:55 -0400 Despite so many of us being familiar with The Wombles – making good use of the things that other people throw away – as a society, we still throw away valuable parts of our community heritage. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/495433 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/502496 Fri, 12 Jul 2013 03:00:00 -0400 Among the recent projects for Waste King, a specialist collections, clearance and recycling company based in Hemel Hempstead, has been completely clearing the recently closed Amersham & Wycombe College. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/502496 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/497411 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 03:00:00 -0400 After two men were jailed for operating a cannabis factory at a house in Harrow, which produced an almost "industrial" quantity of the class-B drug, the house’s landlord engaged Waste King, a specialist collections, clearance and recycling company based in Hemel Hempstead, to make it fit, once more, for human habitation. Having discovered more than 500 cannabis plants growing in four rooms of the house [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/497411 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/488682 Thu, 02 May 2013 03:00:00 -0400 More than 40 commercial customers of Waste King - the specialist collection, clearance and recycling company based in Hemel Hempstead – have now switched from using skips to waste pods to segregate and remove their waste. Waste King’s managing director, Glenn Currie, explained: “When it comes to waste storage and then recycling as much of that waste as possible, the waste pod is highly efficient and [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/488682 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/486882 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 03:00:00 -0400 Since moving to its current premises a couple of years ago, Waste King, a specialist collection, clearance and recycling company based in Hemel Hempstead, has now achieved the milestone of processing 10,000 orders. Of even more significance is that this growing number of orders has contributed to doubling the company’s turnover within a year. “Despite the currently challenging economic climate – and [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/486882 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/486250 Sat, 20 Apr 2013 03:00:00 -0400 According to Waste King, a specialist collection, clearance and recycling company based in Hemel Hempstead, its fluorescent tube "coffins" are proving attractive to customers who want to dispose of their spent tubes in the most environmentally friendly way. Waste King’s operations director, Andy Cattigan, explained: “We offer customers a nine-step process to help them recycle their waste fluorescent [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/486250 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/475182 Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:00:00 -0500 When HRH the Duchess of Cornwall was about to visit Medical Detection Dogs, a Milton Keynes-based charity that works with researchers, NHS Trusts and Universities, the charity contacted Waste King to arrange for its operatives to collect some old, waste carpet tiles. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/475182 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/474870 Wed, 27 Feb 2013 03:00:00 -0500 The final of the hit ITV diving show "Splash!" – which saw Eddie, the Eagle, Edwards win in spectacular style – was the signal for Waste King, the specialist collections, clearance and recycling company, to spring into action. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/474870 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/471612 Sat, 09 Feb 2013 03:00:00 -0500 Waste King, the specialist collections, clearance and recycling company, is seeing increasing numbers of its corporate and care sector customers opting for "waste pods" as a means of storing and disposing of their waste. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/471612 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/468582 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 03:00:00 -0500 Waste King, the specialist collections, clearance and recycling company, has reported a substantial increase so far this year in Hertfordshire-based businesses switching to its wheeled bins (known as Euro-bins). [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/468582 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/466449 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 03:00:00 -0500 Waste King, the specialist collections, clearance and recycling company, is continuing its working relationship with the film and television industry – most recently by carrying out some waste collections at Teddington Studios, in Middlesex, for Two Four Studios, working on behalf of the ITV1 network. Among its other contracts from that sector, was one to supply a 40 yard waste container to Elstree Film Studios in [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/466449 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/462079 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 03:00:00 -0500 To enable even more people to recycle a wider range of their unwanted goods, Waste King, the specialist collections, clearance and recycling company, has added an extra bin outside its headquarters in Hemel Hempstead’s Frogmore Industrial Estate. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/462079 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/460481 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 03:00:00 -0500 Waste King, the specialist collections, clearance and recycling company, is introducing steel waste hoarding containers for its regular customers. [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/460481 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/458962 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 03:00:00 -0500 Waste King, the specialist collections, clearance and recycling company, has recently enlarged its workforce with the addition of three further office staff. They are Richard John, who has become Operations Supervisor; Cheryl Peters, who has joined as a Customer Service specialist, and Matt Elliot, who has responsibility for Account Management and Sales. Andy Cattigan, Waste King’s operations director, commented: [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/458962 Waste King https://www.pr.com/press-release/457143 Sun, 25 Nov 2012 03:00:00 -0500 Having pledged to give 30 per cent of its business turnover in one, nominated, day to the Milton Keynes-based charity, Medical Detection Dogs, Waste King - the specialist collections, clearance and recycling company – has recently handed over a cheque for £350. Medical Detection Dogs trains dogs to help people with life threatening health conditions, giving these people greater independence and a higher [PR.com] https://www.pr.com/press-release/457143 Waste King