What is Duty of Care in waste management?
What is Duty of Care in waste management?
You have a legal responsibility to ensure that you produce, store, transport and dispose of controlled waste without harming the environment. This is called your duty of care. It describes how to segregate and store your waste safely, who can deal with your waste, and the records you must keep.
What is a waste transfer certificate?
A waste transfer note (WTN) is a document that details the transfer of waste from one person to another. You must ensure every load of waste you receive or pass to others is covered by a WTN. WTNs ensure that there is a clear audit trail from when the waste is produced until it is disposed of.
What is a waste transfer form?
A Waste Transfer Form (WTF) is a tracking document which must be used whenever hazardous waste is shipped or transferred within the State.
What are the waste management procedures?
There are four tiers to waste management to reduce its environmental impact: pollution prevention and source reduction; reuse or redistribution of unwanted, surplus materials; treatment, reclamation, and recycling of materials within the waste; and disposal through incineration, treatment, or land burial.
What is a waste transfer document?
What do ‘duty of care’ and ‘waste transfer note’ mean?
If you’re responsible for managing your company’s waste management or have dealt with it in the past, you’re likely to have come across the terms ‘Duty of Care’, and ‘Waste Transfer Note’ – what do these mean? When talking about waste management, duty of care refers to the responsibility you have over your business waste.
What is a duty of Care Certificate?
A Duty of Care certificate or Waste Transfer Note is a legal document which businesses that produce waste are legally required to have. The document covers the business and the owner under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
Who is a waste holder under the duty of care?
The duty of care applies to anyone who imports, produces, carries, keeps, treats, disposes of, or are a dealer or broker that has control of, controlled waste (referred to below for the purpose of this Code as a “waste holder”). Waste holders are a: waste producer – any person whose activities produce waste.
How do I register for a waste transfer note?
It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use. You can register online to fill in, sign and store your waste transfer notes, or use alternative documentation with the required information. You may want to use the attached forms. Added Duty of care: waste transfer note (Welsh language form).
