Waste and resources
Mandatory digital waste tracking
Digital waste tracking replaces paper records with a single UK-wide digital service. In the first phase, operators of permitted and licensed sites that receive waste...
Waste and resources
Every UK business produces waste, and every one of them has legal duties for it. These guides cover the rules that apply from the moment waste is created to the moment it reaches a permitted site: the duty of care, transfer and consignment notes, carrier registration, the new digital waste tracking service, hazardous waste, workplace recycling and the exemptions that let small-scale activities run without a full permit.
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Hazardous waste: classification, consignment notes and returns
Hazardous waste (called special waste in Scotland) includes oils, solvents, paints, batteries, fluorescent tubes, asbestos, many chemicals and contaminated...
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Waste carrier, broker and dealer registration (and the move to permits)
Anyone who transports waste as part of their business, arranges for waste to be moved (a broker) or buys and sells waste (a dealer) must be registered with the...
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Waste duty of care and waste transfer notes
The waste duty of care applies to every business and organisation in the UK that produces, carries, keeps, treats or disposes of waste. You must stop waste escaping,...
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Waste exemptions: when you can operate without a permit
A waste exemption lets you carry out a small-scale, low-risk waste operation without an environmental permit, provided you register it and stay within its limits. In...
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Workplace recycling rules: Simpler Recycling and the devolved regimes
Every UK workplace must now separate recycling and food waste from general waste, but the detail differs by nation. In England, Simpler Recycling has applied to...