waste duty of care

How do I classify my Waste?

November 24, 2011

I’m holding on to the attempted ‘clever’ waste/waist line gags which will arise in the run up to Christmas, for now. As part of your waste duty of care you will need to know a lot about your waste, the following information is now required on all waste transfer notes (WTNs) and this information will [...]

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SEPA take action…!

July 21, 2011

Together with Crimestoppers, SEPA have just announced that they intend to target those rogues who flout the WEEE regs. Does this concern the contaminated land folk…well probably not.  So why am i writing about this…?  Well I reckon that a load of fly tipped contaminated soils, or site investigations ste-up to ‘miss’ expected hot spots in order [...]

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Waste Duty of Care in 3 Easy Steps

July 19, 2011

Is your waste duty of care in order? Find space in your diary! Did you know that responsibility lies with you to ensure you look after your waste without harming the environment?  I thought that the people who pick it up auotmatically took some of that responsibility which it turns out is only the case [...]

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Illegal deposition of controlled waste

July 18, 2011

  A £540 fine was handed out by Glasgow Sheriff Court to a representative of a haulage company for knowingly causing the deposit of controlled waste on the site of a former power station at Dalmarnock Road, Glasgow, without the authority of a waste management licence.   The land owners received £11,000 in compensation. It would be interesting to [...]

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