LEGAL
Waste management, disposal, and changes to UK legislation
Brexit remains a hot topic within the business community. While subjects such as gender pay gap reporting and freedom of movement are getting their fair share of headlines, other less publicised areas, such as EU waste management law, are of equal importance. Chris Sellars (pictured), Executive Director at Banner Jones Solicitors, looks at the issues facing waste management.
The majority of law in this area has been transposed into domestic law in the UK by way of statutory instrument, meaning the relevant legislation will not be automatically or immediately affected by Brexit. Businesses operating in the
waste management and disposal area may be faced with enforced compliance by the Environmental Standards and, ultimately, increased costs running their business. The Circular Economy package is designed to move towards an economy in which valuable materials stay within the supply cycle as long as possible. In turn, the industry has become more
stringent, with harsher repercussions. In addition the Landfill Directive
- introduced in 1996 at just £7 per tonne - has risen by £8 on average each year since, reaching £86.10 in April.
‘Running a waste management business can be costly and lead to increased consumer prices’
In 2016, new targets were
formulated requiring that, by 2030, the entire EU - UK included -
achieves targets driven by an emphasis on reuse and recycle, including 65% recycling of municipal waste, 75% recycling of packaging waste and only ten per cent sent to landfill. With such expectations, what does
this mean for businesses involved in waste management and disposal? Ever-increasing fines and
compliances are enforced to reduce the reliance on landfill as a disposal option. These can relate to site infrastructure, staff training and business-compliance standards which are costly to adhere to. Such standards, and the
increased expenditure to keep up with the site infrastructure improvements, mean running a
waste management business can be costly and lead to increased consumer prices. What hasn’t been enforced is the
‘third-party accountability’ of the public who should be restricted in what they put in skips. Without such measures, waste management businesses have become responsible for extensive sifting and sorting; another costly endeavour. While the consumer only sees the cost of a skip increasing, this is a result of waste management companies investing to comply with polices. A business legal services lawyer
can help decipher whether the figures are weighing up in your favour.
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