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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
In 2004, OCC employed a Commercial Waste Reduction Officer, with the primary role of supporting the local business community to reduce, reuse and recycle (RRR). The first piece of work undertaken involved a survey of Oxfordshire businesses to determine what they wanted or needed to be able to RRR.
A series of recommendations were put forward which OCC aimed to deliver over a 2 year period. These included:
- A commercial waste reduction pack (now called the ‘Business Resource Efficiency pack’).
- The development of a website to include information for businesses.
- The provision of waste audits for small businesses to help them identify how they can RRR and save money.
- The provision of waste workshops for businesses to improve local businesses understanding of their obligations.
- Improvement of business to business resource exchange via NISP workshops.
- Support the development of a bring recycling service at one of the HWRCs. The trade recycling provision is not owned or operated by the authority, but it is an example as to how authorities can work with the private sector to improve services for businesses.
OCC utilised a variety of communication methods to engage with its local business community. For example, the commercial waste reduction role utilises pre-existing local business networks, such as local town chambers network, Chambers of Commerce and local pub networks. They also advertise in a local business magazine and local press if there have been appropriate changes to services e.g. when the trade recycling centre was launched a double page spread was place in the local paper.
With regards to hazardous waste, the workshops and audits help businesses identify the hazardous waste being produced and the pack provides some information as to how they can RRR the hazardous waste. Some district authorities in Oxfordshire provide trade collection services and as part of that service provide a 'Haz Waste Box' for smaller businesses, but the majority leave it up to the private sector to collect.
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