Highlander International recycling are a certified accredited exporter, registered with The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) for both paper and plastic Packaging Export Recovery Notes (PERN's).

This accreditation gives peace of mind to our clients that we are exporting our recovered materials to responsible end users, who operate to broadly equivalent standards as European re-processors (Waste Framework directive 75/442/EEC).

Our long - term agents regularly visit our re-processors to ensure that their high environmental and quality standards are being met and to ensure that the recovered materials being supplied by Highlander meet their specifications.

The verification of our nominated re-processors as having broadly equivalent environmental and quality standards as European re-processors was a stipulation recently introduced by SEPA, the EA and EHS as a means of ensuring all recovered materials are processed properly and do not cause harm to the local environment. Highlander International Recycling only supplies recovered materials to re-processors who meet these directive 75/442/EEC standards.

Highlander are also registered waste brokers and carriers, certified by both SEPA and the Envionment and Heritage Services (EHS) of Northern Ireland. In Northern Ireland, we operate our own internal haulage system through our nominated haulage contractor, to ensure that the collection service we offer is unrivalled in the area and so the haulier is working directly for Highlander and not through a third party.

Highlander are also registered waste brokers in the Republic of Ireland, certified by the TFS office in Dublin. In the Republic of Ireland, we operate using only vetted and approved haulage contractors, to ensure that the collection service we offer meets our customer requirements.

We are able to offer Packaging Export Recovery Notes (PERN's) to many of our clients who either have a direct obligation or are acting on behalf of an obligated company, under the stipulations of the packaging regulations.

Highlander can assist any obligated company to meet all their obligations under the packaging regulations, by offering a complete package which ensures that our customers can concentrate on their business, without the potential problems that the regulations can bring.

We calculate obligations, liase with the local enforcement agencies, draft operational plans, source the proof of compliance and prepare all documentation required for the successful discharge of the packaging regulations obligations.

As we generate our own Packaging Export Recovery Notes (PERN's) and also advise clients on how to increase their recycling and reduce landfill reliance, we can ensure complete control of the process from start to finish.

Many of our clients have taken advantage of our premium obligation service since the regulations came into force and still utilise this service today.

Highlander are currently working towards achieving ISO 9001 quality accreditation for our entire operations. This will provide further assurance to our customers that we deal with all orders and enquiries efficiently and in line with company practice, while ensuring the service provided is second to none.

Highlander also offer the peace of mind of our Spec Check service within our website and as a hyper-link option, that details the grade specification required for all types of waste paper we purchase. Simply click on the grade links within the Highlander web-site, weekly price quotations or material purchase orders for the appropriate grades and you will instantaneously have the presented the full grade specification and sample pictures of each grade as an illustrative reference.