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- Introduction
- Legislation
- Definition of waste
- The European Waste Catalogue (EWC)
- The Hazardous Waste Regulations
- What is hazardous waste
- The Hazardous Waste Regulations (and domestic waste)
- The Hazardous Waste Regulations (and business waste)
- Duty of care
- Health and safety
- Environmental permitting
- Landfill
- Staff competencies
- Ozone Depleting Substances Regulations
- Restriction of Hazardous Substances Regulations
- International shipment of waste
- Manufacture and use of chemicals
- Regulations in the devolved administrations
- European legislation in development
- Producer responsibility
- Key issues
- Contracts and service specifications
- Risk assessments
- Site security
- Segregating HHW from households
- Minimum service provision
- Separation of HHW items from mixed waste containers
- Disposal costs
- The Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) (Amendment) CHIP Regulations 2005
- Staff competences and training
- Communication with householders and businesses
- Acceptance and storage of household hazardous type waste
- Storage and segregation options
- Asbestos
- Automotive batteries
- Clinical waste
- Explosives
- Fire extinguishers
- Gas bottles
- Household and garden chemicals
- Household batteries
- Motoring products
- Oil and oil filters
- Paints and related products
- Waste Electrical Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
- Fluorescent lighting tubes (gas discharge lamps)
- Cooling appliances containing refrigerants (fridges and freezers)
- Display equipment containing cathode ray tubes (TVs and monitors)
- Smoke alarms
- Other problematic wastes
- Key
issues for businesses
- Duty of care
- Storing and managing hazardous waste at your site
- Transfer and transportation
- Using electronic consignment notes
- SMEs and the Landfill Regulations
- Asbestos
- Portable batteries
- Automotive batteries
- Vehicle owners and operators
- Clinical Waste
- Fire extinguishers
- Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
- Gas cylinders
- Chemicals and solvents
- Tyres
- Motoring products (including oil)
- Paint
- Vegetable oil
- Potential support and solutions for buisness
- Case studies
- Minimising trade abuse at Haverton Hill HWRC
- Managing HHW at Redbridge Household Waste Recycling Centre
- Communicating with SMEs
- Accepting SME wastes in West Sussex
- Collecting IT WEEE from business in Scotland
- Distributor Take Back Scheme (WEEE)
- Battery collections
- Hampshire County Council's Waste Acceptance Policy
- Cost of collecting chemicals and other HHW at HWRCs
- Communication with the public on HHW issues
- Corporation of London householder and SME collection
- Dealing with traders at Durham County Council HWRCs
- Fly-tipping
- Private sector collections from SMEs
- Community RePaint
- Case Studies available on external websites
- Links
- Household Hazardous Type Waste Products List
Abbreviations
BAMA |
British Aerosol Manufacturers' Association |
BRC |
British Retail Consortium |
CFL |
Compact fluorescent light bulb |
CHIP |
Chemicals Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply |
CIWM |
Chartered Institution of Wastes Management |
COSHH |
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations |
COTC |
Certificate of Technical Competence |
DCF |
Designated collection facility |
Defra |
Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
EEE |
Electrical and electronic equipment |
ELV |
End-of-life Vehicle Directive |
EWC |
European Waste Catalogue |
HHW |
Household hazardous waste |
HSE |
Health and Safety Executive guidance |
HWRC |
Household waste recycling centres |
LA |
Local authority |
LPG |
Liquid petroleum gas |
NHHWF |
National Household Hazardous Waste Forum |
NIEHS |
Northern Ireland Environment and Heritage Service |
ODS |
Ozone-depleting substances |
OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OPRA |
Operator and Pollution Risk Appraisal |
PAN |
Pesticide Action Network |
PPC |
Pollution Prevention and Control |
PPE |
Personal protective equipment |
RoHS |
Restriction of Hazardous Substances |
RPE |
Respiratory protective equipment |
SEPA |
Scottish Environment Protection Agency |
SME |
Small and medium sized enterprise |
TCP |
Technically competent person |
TFS |
Transfrontier shipment of waste |
UN |
United Nations |
WAC |
Waste acceptance criteria |
WAMITAB |
Waste Management Industry Training and Advisory Board |
WCA |
Waste collection authority |
WDA |
Waste disposal authority |
WTN |
Waste transfer note |
WEEE |
Waste electrical and electronic equipment |
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