Waste management legislation can seem impenetrably complex. We address the 5 core compliance issues for your business.

1. What Facilities
Managers Need to
Know to Avoid
Prosecution on
Waste Management

2. In May 2016, the UK
government updated its
guidance on the legal
definition of waste.
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Use the guidance to determine whether:
• your business is subject to to
waste handling laws
• you have reached ‘end of waste’
status where waste laws cease
to apply.

3. The Environmental
Protection Act:
Duty of Care
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4. Most waste
material is
subject to the
Environmental
Protection Act.
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5. Businesses must
produce, store,
transport and dispose
of controlled waste
without harming the
environment. This is
called duty of care.
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6. Duty of care sets
out requirements for
record-keeping,
segregating and
storing waste safely.
It also establishes who
is authorised to deal
with waste.
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Bear in mind that:
• There is no time limit on
duty of care
• Accountability for waste
extends throughout the
chain of management
• The business must ensure
that whoever handles its
waste is authorised, and
manages it correctly.

8. Controlled Waste
Regulations 2012
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9. The Controlled Waste
Regulations 2012 categorise
waste as Household,
Commercial or Industrial Waste,
according to:
• Place of production
• Nature of the waste
• Activity producing the waste.
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10. Hazardous
Waste Directive
2011
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11. The European Waste
Framework Directive
(2008/98/EC) specifies
additional record-keeping,
monitoring, and control
for hazardous waste.
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12. It also mandates
careful attention when
different hazardous
wastes are mixed with
each other or with
non-hazardous wastes.
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13. In April 2016, the
UK government
simplified its hazardous
waste reporting for
businesses in England,
eliminating the need
to register with the
Environment Agency.
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14. Instead businesses must:
• Produce a consignment note
when moving hazardous waste
• Use a unique identifier,
comprising the first 6 letters of
your organisation name and a
unique 5-character identifier
• Ensure the hazardous waste is
traceable back to the business.
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15. Takeaways:
It can be challenging for
businesses to remain
compliant with UK waste
management legislation.
Fines have become
sufficiently punitive to
represent a significant threat
to finances.
Businesses must be
aware of their obligations
under the Environmental
Protection Act, Controlled
Waste Regulations and the
Hazardous Waste Directive.
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