Hazardous Waste

Posted on: May 16, 2011

Companies in England and Wales who produce and manage hazardous waste will need to take account of the changes to hazardous waste regulations introduced by the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 and the Waste (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) 2011 Regulations. Some of the changes to the regulations came into effect in the 29th March 2011 whilst others will be effective as from the 28 September 2011.

The changes that take effect immediately, relate to:

1. record keeping: Sites that receive hazardous waste (except landfills) now only have to keep copies of the consignment notes for 5 years after disposal or recovery of the waste. Landfill sites, however, need to keep these records for the lifetime of the site as before. However, dealers and brokers of hazardous waste now need to keep records.

2. a new hazard property “sensitization” which is likely to affect waste that contains adhesives, resins and cosmetics amongst other materials. This new hazard has been numbered H13 (sensitising) with the existing H13 hazard being renumbered H15.

From September 28th 2011 a new format consignment note and procedure will be used for hazardous waste movements. This new consignment note includes two significant changes:

1. it contains a declaration by the consignor of the waste that the “waste hierarchy” has been considered in its management: and

2. the same note can now be used for single or multiple movements but if used for a consignment that is part of a multiple collection extra information needs to be included.

For further information please contact 01443 841760