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- Duty of care
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- Environmental permitting
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- Ozone Depleting Substances Regulations
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- 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 Environmental Permitting Programme aims to reduce red tape for industry and regulators, by streamlining and consolidating the processes of obtaining, varying and transferring permits. The first phase came into force on 6 April 2008, whereby the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007, replaces over 40 statutory instruments with a single set of Regulations. The environmental permitting programme delivers more flexibility for industry, a simpler risk-based system for regulators and continued protection of the environment and human health.
Any site that required a Pollution Prevention and Control (PPC) permit or waste management licence prior to 6 April 2008 will require an environmental permit under the new regulations.
The Regulations that are now covered by environmental permitting include:
- End of Life Vehicles Directive
- Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Directive, Part A(1) (including the Titanium Dioxide Directive)
- Large Combustion Plant Directive
- Solvent Emissions Directive
- Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive
- Waste Framework Directive
- Waste Incineration Directive
- Landfill Directive
- Hazardous Waste Directive
Further guidance is available on the Defra and Environment Agency websites.
Some permits are valid only for certain kinds of waste or certain activities. If changes are being made to operations at an HWRC (e.g. providing segregation systems for hazardous domestic waste), checks will need to be made with the regulatory body that the changes are allowed under the site permit conditions and for the types of waste concerned.
Whether or not an exemption or permit is required will depend on the specific circumstances of the site.
The deposit and storage of hazardous waste at a HWRC is now subject to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007 in England and Wales. In Scotland and Northern Ireland the system of waste management licences are still in force. All regulators work to ensure that the authorised activities do not cause pollution of the environment, harm to human health or serious detriment to local amenities.
If a site is operating under an environmental permit there will be site-specific requirements attached to the permit which are determined by the regulator. Any changes will have to be agreed with the regulator. The following resources offer further advice and support:
- Defra environmental permitting pages
- Environment Agency environmental permitting pages
- Information on environmental permitting at HWRCs in England and Wales is provided by the Environment Agency, including application forms, guidance and standard permits (i.e. templates).
The Environment Agency has a range of standard permits which cover 28 low to medium risk activities that previously required a waste management licence, such as waste transfer stations and civic amenity sites. The draft standard permit for waste operations can be found here.
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