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Formed in 1974, Loddon Holdings Ltd (and it's subsiduary, Loddon Recycling LTD.)is a transport, logistics and recycling company situated in Alton Hampshire, close to both M3 and M4 motorways and the Hampshire Ports of Portsmouth and Southampton.

The activities of the company are diverse, and in addition to recycling include overnight parcel deliveries, storage and distribution, Pick and Pack, Express sameday, National and International road transport. Loddon Holdings Ltd also operate a fully licensed Waste Transfer Station ref.  No: - EH111, and are registered carriers ref. No: - HAM408362, specialising in the collection of “end of life” batteries and associated equipment for recycling.  Loddon also have approval from the French Government to transport Special/hazardous waste through France to the processing facilities.

Motorola initiated the battery recycling scheme about 15 years ago by commissioning Loddon Holdings to collect on their behalf from their main dealers and end users, “end of life” Ni-Cd radio batteries for disposal in an environmentally acceptable manner, using the recycling technologies pioneered in Europe.

Further schemes from other waste collectors have been instigated. Loddon also now collects household batteries for recycling from local authority amenities throughout the country. With the WEEE directive coming into force Loddon is well placed to provide the full recycling loop for all of its customers.

Loddon Recycling's involvement with recycling has grown to encompass end of life electronic components including circuit boards, computers, mobile phones, two-way radios, lamps and neon/fluorescent tubes and now household electronic waste like kettles mixers etc, all of which are recycled to recover any precious metals. Loddon Recycling, in association with its recycling partners, will provide the closed-loop necessary to satisfy the regulatory authorities and will provide its customers with appropriate documentation to achieve compliance and complete the audit trail.

During 2003 Loddon undertook a structural and financial revaluation and is now committed to providing customers, both new and old, with the knowledge and expertise that has been developed over many years of involvement in this particular field. We have also initiated the collection of household batteries from local amenity sites in partnership with Local Authorities.

A key element of the European Commission’s new strategy will be to create a closed-loop system for all batteries, which means that all EU Member States will have to avoid incinerating used batteries or putting them in landfill sites, and to achieve a high level of collection and recycling. In the UK the authorities have already been pro-active in this respect and landfill of hazardous waste (including such items as batteries, fluorescent tubes, computers/monitors etc) is now prohibited by the Landfill Regulations. The WEEE Directive is scheduled for 2006 and will require that all waste electrical and electronic equipment up to 1000v (AC) & 1500v (DC) be treated to remove any hazardous substances and the resultant material fractions be recycled.