1. DUTY OF CARE
Duty of Care legislation applies to all waste producers. In essence the law requires you to take responsibility for waste produced by you or your company...

2. LANDFILL DIRECTIVE
The recent transposition of the European Landfill Directive into UK Law has lead to many changes in the way that some wastes can be disposed of...

3. TYRES
As of July 2003 whole tyres were banned from landfill. Shredded tyres may still be tipped at landfill but only until 2006 at which point there is an outright ban on tyres to landfill...

4. W.E.E.E. DIRECTIVE
The Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment Directive bans the use of certain hazardous components in newly manufactured goods in this category...

5. FRIDGES
Banned from landfill some time ago now the ‘fridge mountains’ are now subsiding as the infrastructure to deal with them in the UK develops...

6. FLUORESCENT LIGHT TUBES
Currently these may still be disposed of to landfill however there are recycling options available which recycle all component parts including the harmful mercury content ensuring a minimisation of harm to the environment...

7. ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS
Food Retailers and Manufacturers may not send raw meat to landfill. It must go to an approved plant for high temperature treatment eg: rendering or incineration prior to landfill or composting...

8. PACKAGING WASTE REGULATIONS
These require companies with turnover in excess of £2 million and handling over 50 tonnes of packaging material annually to prove recovery and recycling of your obligation...

9. HAZARDOUS WASTE
From July 16th 2005 the Special Waste Regulations was repealed and the UK adopted The Hazardous Waste Regulations 2005. All sites producing hazardous waste should have pre-registered with the Environment Agency on or before 16th July 2005…