Title: Hazardous Waste Are we nearly there yet
1Hazardous Waste-Are we nearly there yet?
CIWM 2006
- Roy Watkinson
- Environment Agency
2Contents
- is it all sorted?
- if not, why not?
- what next ?
- changing times developing regulation
- current impacts
- hazardous waste in 2010
- the response
3Changing times - Hazardous Waste, international
evolution
- 1978 - Directive 78/319/EEC on Toxic and
Dangerous Waste - 1983-89 OECD Decisions on hazardous waste
- 1984 - Directive 84/631/EEC on Transfrontier
Shipment of Waste - 1989 - Basel Convention on the Transboundary
Movement of Hazardous and other Wastes and their
Disposal - 1991 - Directive 91/689/EEC on Hazardous Waste
- 1992 - OECD Decision C92 (39) Final on the
Control of Wastes Destined for Recovery
Operations - 1993 - Regulation 259/93/EEC on the Transboundary
Movements of Waste (WSR) - 2001 - OECD Decision revised C2001(109) Final
- 2006 - WSR Revised
4Changing times- Hazardous Waste, national
evolution
- 1972 - Deposit of Poisonous Waste Act
(1st tier Local Authority regulation) - 1980 Control of Pollution Act 1974 S.17 Special
Waste Regulations Waste Management Paper 23
(2nd tier Waste Disposal Authority
regulation) - 1996 Special Waste Regulations (as amended)
(national Environment Agencies regulation WM1 - 2005 Hazardous Waste Regulations WM2
5Guided by
- 1981 WMP 23 - Special Waste
- 1996 - WM1 - Special Waste
- 2003 - WM2 - Hazardous Waste
- 2005 - WM2 - Hazardous Waste (revised)
6Changing regulations - impact on complexity
7- impact on amountA Growing Challenge 2004
8Total special waste 2000 to 2005
9Landfill 2004 to 2005 by month
10HWR 2005- key issues and implications
- emphasis shifted towards inclusion of
environmental hazards as well as human health
hazards - Mirror entries need to be assessed against all
fourteen hazardous properties - possible need for testing
- therefore more wastes will be covered by the
ecotoxicity property (H14)
11Newly Hazardous - changed status waste
- Examples
- Agricultural
- Waste Electrical/Electronic Equipment
- End of Life Vehicles
- Batteries
- Separately collected domestic fractions
12Move From Special to Hazardous
- In 2002
- 200,000 producers of special waste
- 90,000 active producers
- 500,000 shipments per year
- 6.1 million tonnes of special waste dealt with in
England Wales in 2000 - on implementation of new list expected
- 1.5 million shipments per year
- increase to c.600,000 producers of hazardous
waste (plus farmers)
13Registered Producers
- original estimate c.110,000 registration in first
year - initial peak of 33,000 at the outset.
- estimate exceeded by August - 145,000 registered
- still registering around 3000 new sites per week.
- total to end of March 06 228,305
14Top three registering -Hazardous Waste producers
15Whats next- agenda drivers
- Who is setting it? Who is in control? Is there
any? - civil society- public opinion NGOs
- scientific - technical progress
- institutional -the Basel Convention, the European
Commission - political - developing countries
- regulatory
- All interact
16Hazardous Waste in 2010
- Reasons for change
- Rationality and rationalisation BaselHWD
- proportionality
- two-tier distinction still tenable?
- Inconsistencies of a borrowed regime
- hazardous versus polluting
- acute vs chronic
- environment vs man
- management vs intrinsic property possession
17More changeHazardous Waste in 2010
- Reasons why not
- no major drivers
- tried and tested
- stability and certainty
- cost to business and regulator
- inertia
- Cost-benefit analysis of change?
18Hazardous Waste in 2010
- what could be affected
- mixed substance /process list
- hazard characteristics
- Chapter 20 Domestic
- anything ecotoxic
- ashes
19Whats next- opportunities
- Opportunities for changing scope
- Hazardous Waste/Framework Directive review
- Household Hazardous Waste
- Waste Shipments Regulation
- Basel Convention/OECD/Transport
- review of characteristics
- H9 - infectious
- H13 - yielding after disposal
- H14 - eco-toxic
- New characteristics ?
20Whats next- opportunities
- Opportunities for changing systems
- GHS/REACH/
- restricting substance use
- specifying or restricting treatment options
- EWL - adaptation/additional codes
- refinement of testing methods
- easing burdens?
21Summary
- Keep your eye on the ball!
22Its All Over Now Thank You