Monthly Archives: January 2024

Our Partnership With Bolondi Cleaning Heads

Fleetclean are proud to announce our new partnership with Bolondi Cleaning Heads. We are pleased to introduce this new affiliation that will allow us to distribute and deliver a new brand of tank and IBC cleaning heads. Bolondi Cleaning Heads are well known for producing high quality, technologically advanced, innovative and reliable products and we are delighted to be working alongside them.

Bolondi

Who are Bolondi?

Bolondi Cleaning Heads are a long established, highly recommended manufacturer and distributer of rotating heads and nozzles for washing and sanitizing in industrial cleaning processes. With over 30 years of experience in the production of tank washing heads and volumetric heads they are a sound partner for the variety of washing solutions proposed for high pressure applications in industrial washing and tank cleaning.

 

What do they do?

Bolondi Cleaning Heads have developed a large number of technological innovations over the past 30 years in the production of washing heads and cleaning nozzles. Their achievements and innovative practices have resulted in streamlining many of the cleaning procedures used today, making the overall process highly efficient. Today they offer a complete range of products for low and high pressure on the market, able to meet the needs of all companies that need a product suitable for sanitisation and cleaning, from small containers to large environments.

 

What makes them great?

Bolondi Cleaning Heads have as its primary objective the constant innovation and continuous improvement of its production, while maintaining a particular attention to social issues. This drive to constantly refine, improve, and advance its products are what makes them one of the best in the industry. Officina Meccanica Bolondi invests a significant part of its profits into research and development in order to offer increasingly cutting-edge solutions in the production of nozzles and self-propelled heads. The aim is to obtain significant advantages such as: better washing results, reduction of washing time, reduction of water consumption, reduced use of chemicals and reduction of manpower. All these reductions ultimately lead to reduced costs, increased profits, and more sustainable practices to better serve the environment.

We believe Bolondi makes some of the highest quality cleaning heads available and we are proud to be an official distributor and work alongside such giants in the industrial cleaning industry. Fleetclean and Bolondi together make the perfect combination so if you’re looking for the best cleaning nozzles and washing heads, get in touch now to see what we recommend for you.

Your Guide to the Plastic Packaging Tax

One of the key contributing factors to climate change is the sheer volume of single-use plastic making its way to landfill or the ocean where it stays for potentially hundreds of years. The UK Government is committed to a future of recycling and reducing the amount of plastic packaging and waste that is entering landfill. They are specifically keen to target businesses and manufacturers to use recycled goods where possible.  So, to enforce and encourage this, the HMRC has introduced a tax to be applied to some plastic packaging manufacturing and imports. In this blog we will look at this in more detail and see the impact this may have on your business and how we may be able to help you solve your plastic tax problems.

Plastic Packaging Tax

What is the Plastic Packaging Tax?

UK HMRC is introducing a plastic packaging tax. It covers plastic packaging products that do not contain at least 30% recycled content and targets both UK producers and importers of plastic packaging. The tax also covers packaging that is already “filled” when imported into the UK.

The tax came into force on 1 April 2022 and is charged at a rate of:

  • £200 per tonne from 1 April 2022
  • £210.82 per tonne from 1 April 2023

There is a threshold of 10tonnes per year, meaning some small businesses may not be affected. Current estimates show that around 5million tonnes of plastic are used annually in the UK, predominantly plastic packaging, but with only a very small amount of this being recycled. The plastic packaging tax aims to minimise plastic waste and generate an investment in recycling.

There are 2 types of packaging that qualify for the plastic tax; that which is used in a supply chain or that which is single use for consumers. Focusing specifically on the impact for the supply chain, the government states if it does any of the following functions: contain the goods, protect the goods, handle the goods, present the goods, or deliver the goods, then it will be subject to the plastic tax.

 

Who does it affect?

The plastic tax is effectively aimed at the manufacturers, importers, and retailers rather than the consumer. The main objective being that by targeting the issue higher up the supply chain the plastic tax will tackle the large volume of plastic waste by encouraging more businesses to include more recycled plastic in packaging. It is hoped that ultimately a shift in demand will stimulate investment in recycling processes, infrastructure, or better yet sourcing alternative materials. By introducing this tax, the hope is it will force businesses to become more eco-friendly and consider more sustainable long-term solutions for packaging their products.

 

What can we do to help?

Of course, switching to using recycled materials or alternative materials is great in principle but is not always an option. IBCs are not currently exempt from the plastic tax, so maybe it’s time to think outside the box? Our state-of-the-art IBC cleaning station and dedicated cleaning processes allow us to clean a large number of IBC’s a day using our unique ultra-efficient high pressure omni-directional spinner cleaning heads. Utilising our extensive cleaning processes means that your IBC is no longer single use. As the IBC is now reusable use you can potentially avoid the tax altogether or drastically reduce any outgoings.

 

It is important that you follow the advice given by the HMRC here to make sure you are registered and ready to comply with the new plastic tax legislation. If you are interested in our professional IBC cleaning services and would like more information on the different services we offer, get in touch now to see how we can help you.