The Hazardous Waste England and Wales Regulations 2005

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The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales)
Regulations 2005

• Implementation of the Hazardous Waste Directive
  91/689/EC
• 2 Sets of Regulations
• Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations
  2005 (transpose the Directive into UK law)
• The List of Wastes (England) Regulations 2005
  (as amended) transpose the European Waste
  Catalogue into UK law

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The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales)
Regulations 2005

• Full regulations came into force on the 16th July
  2005
• Repealed the Special Waste Regulations 1996
• The term special is replaced by hazardous
• Increases the types and amounts classified as
  hazardous e.g. refrigeration equipment,
  fluorescent tubes, CRTs (TVs, computer monitors,
  not plasma screens), undepolluted ELVs,
  contaminated soil
• POMs are not automatically hazwaste
• Separately collected household hazardous waste is
  covered by the regulations

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The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales)
Regulations 2005

• Three types of entry in the List of Wastes
• Absolute entry - hazardous irrespective of
  concentration e.g. 13 07 01 fuel oil and diesel
• Mirror entries dependent on whether they
  contain dangerous substances at or above
  certain threshholds
• 06 05 02 sludges from on-site effluent treatment
  containing dangerous substances
• 06 05 03 sludges from on-site effluent treatment
  other than those mentioned in 06 05 02
• Non-hazardous entries 03 01 01 waste bark and
  cork

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The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales)
Regulations 2005

• Producer Requirements
• must register all hazwaste premises annually with
  the EA
• exempt from registration if producing lt200kg p.a.
  of hazwaste but only if from certain premises
  e.g. shops/offices/designated collection
  facilities under WEEE/medical practices
• no exemption for industrial premises
• must not mix hazardous waste with
• other types of haz waste i.e.different code
• non-hazardous waste
• any other material

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The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales)
Regulations 2005

• Premises Notification
• can be carried out by third party
• charge varies from 18 - 28 depending on format
• receive premises code from the EA
• offence to remove hazwaste from unregistered
  premises
• mobile producers must register main business
  premises

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The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales)
Regulations 2005

• Standard Consignment Procedure
• Requires up to 4 copies of consignment note in
  almost all cases only three required
• There is no standard format
• Requires more detailed info than S62
• Premises Code
• Unique consignment code based on EA coding
  standard
• EWC
• SIC
• ADR information required for Dangerous Goods
  Note
• No pre-notification requirement EA is out of the
  paper chase loop
• Separate procedure for multiple collections

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The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales)
Regulations 2005

• Standard Consignment Procedure (cont.)
• Consignor/Producer completes Sections A B
• Carrier completes section C
• Consignor completes section D
• Consignor retains one copy, gives one copy to
  producer if required
• Carrier takes remaining two copies to Consignee
• Consignee completes Section E, gives one copy to
  carrier, retains one copy

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The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales)
Regulations 2005

• Consignees duties
• Send quarterly return to the EA
• The consignee will be charged by the EA for every
  load of hazardous waste accepted (5 - 19)
• Must send quarterly return to each producer
  detailing the amounts and types of materials
  received.
• This may include a copy of the Consignment note

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The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales)
Regulations 2005

• Rejected loads
• Consignee must state on form why rejected.
• Carrier must inform the EA
• Producer must find an alternate consignee
• If not found within 5 business days, waste can be
  returned to producer
• Further consignment note must be raised

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The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales)
Regulations 2005

• Registers
• Producer keeps consignment notes and Consignee
  returns for three years
• Consignor must keep consigment notes for three
  years
• Carrier must keep copy for one year
• Consignee must keep register until permit is
  surrendered or revoked

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The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales)
Regulations 2005

• Implications
• There will be a large increase in the number of
  hazardous waste producers many of these will
  have to register with the EA
• All hazwaste streams must be segregated from non
  haz waste and other haz waste streams e.g. paint
  tins and contaminated rags will lead to smaller
  amounts of segregated hazardous waste
• The EA will be regularly visiting hazwaste
  producers, carriers and disposers