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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
There are significant health and safety implications in collecting and handling hazardous waste at HWRCs and transfer stations. Regulations affecting health and safety at such sites include:
- The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
- Environmental Permitting Regulations (in England and Wales)
- Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005
- The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH).
A key aspect of all the regulations is the need for health and safety risk assessments for each element of working practices.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has developed “COSHH Essentials” to help organisations comply with COSHH.
COSHH requires employers to:
- assess the risks to health from chemicals and decide what controls are needed
use those controls and make sure workers use them - make sure the controls are working properly
- inform workers about the risks to their health
train workers.
A COSHH assessment will identify the levels of risk and limitation requirements. Much of this will relate to safe working practices (e.g. manual handling) and the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and respiratory protective equipment (RPE). The Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 (PPEW Regulations) came into force on 1 January 1993. Practical guidance on the regulations is given in the HSE booklet “Personal Protective Equipment at Work: Guidance on Regulations”.
The collection and storage of hazardous domestic waste has specific COSHH implications. COSHH relates to storage arrangements and loading areas (e.g. ventilation requirements) and the following:
- accident/near miss reporting
- chemical packaging
- emergency action/first aid
- fire fighting
- quality systems
- safe loading of vehicles.
There are separate considerations for the handling of asbestos. For further information see the asbestos section and relevant HSE guidance:
The HSE has produced guidance on general health and safety considerations for HWRCs. The HSE document can be found at: For more general Health and Safety advice relating to the waste management industry visit the HSE. Alternatively, HSE inspectors at local offices can be referred to for further guidance and advice on safety matters.
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