Developments in waste management regulation and practice – Scotland Warren Percival RSKDirector

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Developments in waste management
regulation and practice – Scotland
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Warren Percival
Director

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What we will cover in this session
 Waste information versus waste
transfer notes
 Electronic duty of care (edoc)
programme
 Professional collectors and transporters
of waste
 Scrap metal
 Waste exemptions
 SEPA sustainable reuse of greenfield
soil in construction
 Zero Waste Scotland
 Landfill tax
 Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme
(ESOS)
 Changes to ISO 14001
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Waste information versus waste transfer
notes (WTN)
 From 6 April 2014, WTNs were renamed ‘waste information’ under the Waste
(England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2014
 This was to accommodate the electronic duty of care (edoc) programme
 edoc extends to Scotland and is approved by SEPA; however, no change was
made in the Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) (Scotland)
Regulations 2014 to rename WTNs
 The Scottish regulations allow the preparation of a written description that may
be electronic. However, Regulation 5 states:
“The transferor and the transferee must keep the written description and the
transfer note (or copies of them) for a period of two years from the date of transfer
of the waste.”
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Waste transfers
Must contain
 A written description of the waste
 The European Waste Catalogue
(EWC) code
 The Standard Industry Classification
(SIC) code
 A waste hierarchy declaration
 The waste carrier’s name and
registration No.
 The address of the receiving site
(i.e., landfill) and the environmental
permit or exemption number
 Signatures of the site representative
and the carrier
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Electronic duty of care (edoc) programme
The electronic duty of care (edoc) programme
was launched January 2014 and provides
 Online waste tracking to enable monitoring
of waste flows throughout the UK
 A national, Internet-based store for waste
transfer note records
 A system businesses can adopt in place of the
paper-based WTNs.
The edoc web portal simplifies the completion of a waste transfer records
and includes
 Auto-populating fields, e.g., address and postcode
 Restricting values for a field, e.g., selections from a dropdown list or a user-
configured subset of values
 A keyword search, e.g., use-type matching options are displayed
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edoc – Summary of features
You can
 Create a WTN that can be shared between parties
 Review, edit, sign and store WTNs online
 Receive automatic email notifications when there is an action for your attention
 See a log of the actions performed, by whom and when
 Create a season ticket with the option to include multiple waste types,
containers and collection frequencies
 Receive email alerts if a season ticket is about to expire
 Search and retrieve records quickly and easily
 Create downloadable business reports on the waste transfers you have been
involved in
 Use an optional tracking system to see the fate of the waste.
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Professional collectors and transporters of
waste
Certain businesses are required to register as professional collectors and
transporters of waste, as specified in the Waste Management Licensing
(Scotland) Regulations 2011.
These are operations that are not required to register under the Controlled Waste
(Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991.
The categories of organisation are
 Charitable and voluntary organisations
 Businesses that normally and regularly transport their own waste,
excluding construction and demolition waste
 Carriers of animal by-products.
 Carriers of mine and quarry wastes
 Carriers of agricultural waste
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Scrap metal dealers
 Similar proposals to those introduced in
England and Wales have been under
consultation in Scotland
 Proposals to remove current exemptions
for business with a turnover greater than
£1 million
 Document retention requirements for records
 Compulsory requirement for CCTV proposed
 Current requirement for metals to be retained
for 48 hours under consideration for removal
owing to site size, etc.
 Ban on cash payments
 Will be introduced in Scotland through the Air
Weapons and Licensing Bill, which is
currently at Stage 1 of its progression through
the Scottish Parliament
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Waste exemptions
Several different types of exemption
are available, depending on your
operation
Common exemptions for construction
include Paragraph 19: Waste for
construction and other relevant work:
 Complex exemption and requires a
fee to be paid to SEPA
 21 days notice is required before
work commences
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SEPA sustainable reuse of greenfield soil in
construction
 Relates to the use of naturally occurring topsoil and
subsoil from greenfield sites
 Soil may be used for engineering purposes, providing
there is a capping layer on a brownfield site, in sustainable
urban drainage systems and in the construction of roads
and road verges
 Does not cover the reuse of
 Peat
 Contaminated soil
 Secondary aggregate
 Soil from land that is or was occupied by a permanent
structure and/or associated fixed infrastructure; soil from
land previously classed as industrial; soil for military use;
or general construction and demolition waste
 Does not cover storage of soil at third-party sites awaiting use
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Zero Waste Scotland
 Since 1 January 2014, businesses have had to present ‘dry
recyclables’ for separate collection
 Dry recyclables includes
 Metal
 Plastic
 Glass
 Paper
 Card
 Food businesses that produced more than 50 kg of food waste per week
have had to present food waste for separate collection
 From 1 January 2016, businesses producing more than 5kg food waste
per week must present it for separate collection
 There will be a ban on food waste deposited in drains or sewers from 1 January 2016
 There will be a ban on biodegradable waste going to landfill by 1 January 2021
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Landfill Tax
From 2015, the Scottish government
will be able to levy Landfill Tax directly:
 As of the 1 April 2015, the standard
rate will be £82.60 per tonne
 The lower rate, for materials listed in
the Scottish Landfill Tax (Qualifying
Material) Order 2014, will be £2.60
per tonne
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Using the SWMP Monitoring ToolWRITING A SWMP!INTRODCTION
Other key changes
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Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS)
The ESOS regulations extend to all large enterprises:
those
 Employing at least 250 persons or
 Having an annual turnover in excess of €50 million and
an annual balance sheet in excess of €43 million.
 Determine your total energy consumption over a consecutive 12-month period:
the reference period
 This period must overlap with the qualification date (31/12/14); the end date for
reference period must be before the compliance date (05/12/15)
 You must be certified to ISO 50001 for full operations or
 Have an ‘approved assessor’ confirm 90% of your organisation’s total energy
consumption
 The four-yearly compliance periods end on 5 December 2019, 2023, etc.
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Changes to ISO 14001
January 2015: Final draft international standard
May 2015: The revised ISO 14001 will be adopted and published, and the
transitional period for organisations with certifications will begin.
Key changes in the revised draft standard include
 Understanding the organisation’s strategic context and engagement with
interested parties
 Greater focus on environmental performance improvement across the value
chain
 Evaluating organisational risks and opportunities in the context of external
environmental conditions, e.g., adapting to climate change and resource
availability
 Strengthening requirements on the involvement of top management and the
integration of environmental management/sustainability into core business
processes and alignment with business strategies
 Greater clarity on external communication, including emphasis on data quality
and assurance
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Q&A
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