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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
The Duty of Care is laid down in Section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act (1990) and relates to all forms of controlled waste (not just hazardous waste). The legislation requires holders of waste to keep the waste safe and only pass it on to an authorised person.
The Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations 1991 requires all transfers of waste to be recorded in a Waste Transfer Note (WTN). The Landfill Regulations amend the Duty of Care Regulations to require that a Duty of Care transfer note identifies the waste to which it relates by reference to the appropriate codes in the EWC. In the case of hazardous waste, WTNs are replaced by consignment notes.
The Waste (Household Waste) Duty of Care (England & Wales) Regulations was introduced in November 2005, placing a duty on householders to take reasonable measures to ensure that household waste produced on their property is passed on to an authorised person. There is no requirement for householders to complete waste transfer notes.
Practical guidance on the Duty of Care for everyone who is under the duty can be found in the Defra summary leaflet, or by accessing the web pages.
The current Duty of Care system is being reviewed by Government, with the aim of introducing new regulations in 2009.
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