Welcome to ‘Waste Wednesday’ – a new feature here on the Wheelie Bins Direct2U blog. For the next three weeks we will be covering the essentials of waste from household waste to industrial waste. The first post will be covering the basics of legislation.
Industrial waste and household waste:
In the UK there are many types of Waste legislation and regulations and it can be really confusing. Here is our breakdown of types of waste for businesses and organisations including how waste management and disposal is regulated and what they have to do to comply.
“The directive requires all member states to take the necessary measures to ensure waste is recovered or disposed of without endangering human health or causing harm to the environment and includes permitting, registration and inspection requirements”.
The directive also needs member states to take appropriate measures to encourage the prevention or reduction of waste production and its harmfulness. It also requires the recovery of waste by means of re-use, reclamation or recycling (or any other process that extracts secondary raw materials or uses waste as a source of energy).
The Waste (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 were laid before parliament and the Welsh Assembly on 19th July 2012 – being enforced from the 1st October 2012. From January 1st 2015 waste collection authorities must collect waste paper, metal, plastic and glass separately. It also imposes a duty on waste collection authorities when making arrangements for the collection of such waste, to ensure that those arrangements are a way of waste separation.
These duties have been introduced for where separate waste collection is necessary to ensure that waste undergoes recovery operations that comply with the directive and to aid and improve recovery. Particularly where it is environmentally, economically and technically practical. The duties apply to household waste and commercial/ industrial waste. The amended regulations also replace regulation 14(2) to reflect the changes to regulation 13 to create a consistent approach. Consequential changes are also made to reflect changes in paragraph numbering in the new regulation.
Keep an eye out for the next Waste Wednesday. If you can’t wait til then and need more info now visit Gov.co.uk/waste-legislation-and-regulations