Hazardous Waste
Under the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005, a business need generate as little as 500 kg of 
hazardous waste per annum, to be required to register as a hazardous waste producer with the Environment Agency.
With a surprising number of common items now legally classed as hazardous, your site may be classed as a Hazardous Waste Producers. Hazardous items include television sets, computer monitors, batteries, many paints and oils, aerosols and also fluorescent light tubes.
If you dispose of 500 kg or more of these items combined per annum, then you need to register with the EA.
Waste Hierarchy
Businesses dealing with waste must now also consider the Waste Herarchy of :
- Prevention
- Preparation for re-use
- Recycling
- Recovery, or disposal
And from 1st October 2011 must declare on waste transfer notes that this has been done.
Reuse & Recycling
Where there is no option for eliminating or reducing waste at source, we will see more and more an increase in re-use and recycling. While re-use is the easier option for some businesses to implement, re-use, as well as recycling usually requires the help of third party specialist companies.
Further down the hierarchy, recovery almost always requires the employment of a third party specialist, as does disposal.
Specialist Service Providers
When applying the waste management hierarchy, businesses, estate managers and business communities are well advised to seek out a specialist service supplier who can help with all steps you need to take to meet the hierarchy legislation and who can provide a range of integrated solutions which will further help to drive down costs to businesses
Regulations
In Scotland and Northern Ireland, the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 operate as the Special Waste Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2004 and the Hazardous Waste (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2005.
Find out more about the Hazardous Waste Regulations and what they mean for you by clicking on the following links, or contact us on 02920 809090
DEFRA
Net Regs
The Environment Agency