The Hazardous Waste Regulations
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The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 define
hazardous waste as:
a) ny waste listed as hazardous in the List of Waste (England)
Regulations 2005
b) any specific batch of waste that the Secretary of State determines
is exceptionally to be classified as hazardous
c) any specific batch of waste produced in Wales, Scotland or
Northern Ireland that the Welsh Assembly Government, the Scottish
Executive, or the Northern Ireland Department of the Environment
determines is exceptionally to be classified as hazardous.
The Secretary of State can also declare additional types of waste
as hazardous by virtue of making regulations under Section 62
of the Environment Protection Act 1990.
The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 can be
viewed at www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2005/20050894.htm
The List of Waste (England) Regulations 2005 can be viewed at
www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2005/20050895.htm
There are separate regulations for Scotland, Wales and Northern
Ireland, although the Welsh regulations will contain the same
provisions as for England.
Waste consigned has to be allocated the relevant code that describes
the waste and these are defined in the List of Wastes Regulations.
Most waste deposited at HWRCs is mixed municipal waste, for which
the appropriate code is 20 03 01.
Most waste that was previously classed as special waste is now
classed as hazardous. There are some wastes that were not defined
as special but are now defined as hazardous (otherwise known as
“changed status” waste). These include CFC-containing fridges,
fluorescent tubes, and some other electrical and electronic waste
(e.g. televisions and computer monitors containing cathode ray
tubes); all these wastes are also subject to the WEEE Regulations.
All premises generating HW will need to register before HW can
be collected. Offices, shops, surgeries will only have to register
if they generate more than 200kg of HW within any 12 month period.
Registration fees will be £18.00 for electronic, £23.00 for phone
and £28.00 for paper applications.
Registration must be made by any producer who qualifies prior
to producing the waste or at least 4 days prior to collection.
Certain types of premises (including dental, vets etc) where there
is a limited amount of image producing activity may be exempt
from the need to notify – the Environment Agency’s document Site
Premises Notification Guide may be helpful and can be viewed at:-
www.environment-agency.gov.uk/commondata/acrobat/site_premises_1069529.pdf
Where several activities take place on one site, operated by more
than one organisation, for example within a supermarket; each
operation requires separate registration.
For further information about registration go to:-
www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/waste/1019330/1029396/
The COPPICE website www.pic.uk.net/coppice/index.htm gives complete
information on waste disposal for the photo processing industry
and includes contact details of all our member waste management
companies.
Note: Waste management companies may charge a small administration
fee, as is the current practice, to cover the costs of completing
all pre notification of waste movement documents on behalf of
customers and preparing the periodic data reports as required
by the EA based on wastes produced/transported for each waste
producer (customer).
