Guidance
Advice on moving hazardous waste
All businesses that produce waste have a duty of care to make sure that it is handled safely and transported in compliance with the law. If the waste is hazardous, extra controls apply says the Environment Agency. Skip providers need to be aware of the dangers of transporting such waste.
W What is hazardous waste?
ASTE IS defined as hazardous if it is classified as hazardous in the European Waste Catalogue (or List of Wastes). Generally, waste
is hazardous if it, or the materials or substances it contains, are harmful to human health or the environment.
Examples of hazardous waste Almost all businesses will produce some hazardous waste. Typical examples include waste: • asbestos • chemicals, e.g. brake fluid and printer toner • electrical equipment with potentially harmful components such as cathode ray tubes, e.g. computer monitors and televisions
• fluorescent light tubes and energy- saving light bulbs
• vehicle and other lead acid batteries • oils (except edible oils), e.g. engine oil
• refrigerators containing ozone- depleting substances
• solvents, e.g. aerosols • pesticides As a carrier of waste, you must be
registered with the Environment Agency or Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (
www.environment-agency.gov.uk/ business/sectors/
wastecarriers.aspx) unless you are exempt from doing so.
A hazardous waste consignment note is not needed for radioactive waste
If you accept hazardous waste at your
facility (including waste rejected from another facility), the waste must, as well as keeping to the Hazardous Waste Regulations, meet other regulations. If you have an Environmental Permitting
Regulations (EPR) permit, you should also read ‘IPPC S5.06: Guidance for the recovery and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste’ at
www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/ sectors/39737.
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Hazardous waste is defined as materials or substances that are harmful to human health
Clinical waste Clinical waste that you must deal with as hazardous waste includes: • certain materials, from any activity or business, that contain pharmaceuticals or hazardous chemicals, or present a risk of infection
• any other material from healthcare that presents a risk of infection All types of clinical waste from healthcare
in medical practices or in the community are classed as hazardous waste, except for non- cytotoxic and non-cytostatic medicines.
Domestic waste Domestic waste is waste produced by a household. This means waste from accommodation used purely for living purposes (and without commercial gain) and which is disposed of via the normal mixed
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domestic refuse collection. Domestic waste may contain small quantities of hazardous waste but hazardous waste controls only apply to domestic waste when you are dealing with asbestos or waste that has been separated from other domestic waste.
Dealing with other people’s hazardous waste Keeping records of hazardous waste If you hold, transport, receive, recover or dispose of hazardous waste, there are certain records that you need to keep. Record keeping for moving or receiving
hazardous waste If you are involved in the movement of
hazardous waste, you must maintain records in a register of each waste. This includes: • its removal from your premises • transport
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