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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
Hazardous Waste Regulations (and business waste)
This Section deals with the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 and business waste in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
Hazardous waste is generated in one form or another by most businesses and includes items such as fluorescent tubes, computer monitors as well as more obvious materials such as solvents and chemicals. The EWC provides a full list of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes.
Premises must be registered with the Environment Agency before hazardous waste leaves the site. However, some premises will be exempt if:
- a premises produces less than 200kg of hazardous waste in any 12-month period
- the premises is an office, a shop, used for the collection of waste electrical and electronic equipment, or a dental, veterinary or medical practice
- the premises use a registered carrier (or one exempt from being registered) to remove hazardous waste from where it was produced.
If the premises are not exempt, it must register, even if it produces less than 200kg of hazardous waste in any 12 month period.
If a premises is a farm it does not need to register unless it produces more than 500kg per year. This limit is likely to be reviewed and farm premises should be aware this figure may alter in the future. For more guidance on exemptions and advice on whether your business needs to register visit the Environment Agency.
All hazardous waste must be transferred using the consignment note system, visit the relevant section of the Haz Guide.
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