How to apply duty of care in your business

1. How to apply duty of care in your business Right Waste Right Place – Shirley Newman MCIWM

2. What is Waste ? Any substance or object… which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard’ (EU Waste Framework Directive) Other names for waste include: • Scrap • Rubbish • Out of date products • Litter • By-products • Off spec products • And any others you can think of… The Japanese have 36 different words for waste!

7. Waste Hierarchy

8. The waste hierarchy: your duties Waste producers must take all reasonable measures to: • Apply the waste hierarchy when managing your resources: Starting with preventing waste • Waste producers are also required to: Confirm in the Duty of Care Transfer notes that they have taken all reasonable measures to apply the waste hierarchy

9. How do I discharge my Duty of Care? Segregate different types of waste Store the Waste Safely - secure & under control Check Licensing & Registration

10. How do I discharge my Duty of Care? Describe the Waste - use a transfer note for controlled waste or consignment note for hazardous waste • quantity • how packed • type of container • description on Note and container (include hazard information)

11. How do I discharge my Duty of Care? Remain Alert to any Problems Keep Relevant Records & Documents • Transfer or consignment note accompanies the waste at all stages • Copies - allows all parties to retain a record • Final disposal certificate

12. The transfer note or consignment note must show The quantity of waste (usually weight or volume) How it is packed and container type Name of waste producer Name of waste material (do not use abbreviations) Type of activity from which waste was produced

13. The transfer note or consignment note must show The appropriate European Waste Catalogue six-figure code The physical form of the waste Details of the chemical or biological components that make the waste hazardous Information about the hazardous properties that the waste possesses

15. Dealing with hazardous materials Some materials require special handling and sorting because they are designated as hazardous. These include: • Chemical wastes, e.g. brake fluid, printer toner; • Redundant or broken electrical equipment with potentially harmful components such as cathode ray tubes or lead solder , e.g. computer monitors, televisions; • Fluorescent light tubes; • Vehicle and other lead-acid batteries; • Waste oils, including oily sludges; • Waste refrigerators containing ozone-depleting substances; • Solvents, e.g. aerosols; • Lead-acid batteries; and • Pesticides Legal Compliance?

17. Understanding waste arisings In order to make the right decisions about the best ways to deal with wastes, comply with legislation and reduce costs it is essential carry out a waste audit to gain an understanding of: • the types of waste arising in your organisation • the quantities of the different types of waste arising • where those wastes arise

18. What's involved in a waste audit ? A waste audit includes a review of your current methods of handling waste and should help you to identify what improvements can be made to: Gain further value from your waste materials Achieve maximum recycling levels Achieve corporate recycling targets 

19. What's involved in a waste audit ? It is a good idea to carry out waste audits regularly in order to allow you to monitor improvements.  A good waste management partner should be able to help you do this and provide advice on areas of continuous improvement such as:  Segregation of waste Preventing production of waste in the first place Use of equipment such as balers, compactors and bins

20. What are the benefits ? The benefits to be gained from carrying out waste audits include: On-going cost savings Identification of new sources of revenue Improved resource efficiency Improved environmental performance

21. How to carry out a simple waste audit The simplest type of waste audit is to examine the composition of the waste in bins or skips. This involves: • choosing a suitable day (i.e. just before the bins or skips are emptied) • separating the different wastes into separate containers (i.e. paper, glass, metals, general waste) • weighing each of the different waste streams • recording the information • establishing how long it has taken the waste to accumulate and calculating annual arisings for each waste stream (office paper = 5kg per week or 5kg x 52 = 260kg per year)

22. Record Data Waste streams (type and where/ how generated) Annual arisings of each waste stream How each waste stream is currently managed / treated Cost

23. Evaluate the data It is important to evaluate the data against: • Legislation • Waste Hierarchy • Good practice

24. Identify and plan improvements • The results of the waste audit should identify opportunities to improve the management of resources and waste. • The next stage is to develop a strategy for moving up the waste hierarchy • Waste prevention, reduction and a plan for how different material streams and waste streams are to be collected, segregated, stored and treated on site. • How to encourage staff to change behaviour

25. Environmental Resource Forum Used to be known as The Furness Waste Consortium Been established for about 27 years Developed into a Best Practice and Networking Group Meet 5 times a year Share Duty of Care Audits Speakers on relevant topics Like minded companies / colleagues who help each other when the need arises Close relationship with Regulatory Bodies

26. Environmental Resource Forum www.environmentalresourceforum.org.uk Shared Duty of Care Audits Reduce the number of audits each waste contractor has Shared experience of carrying out the audit Helps those not familiar with the auditing process Valued by members, waste contractors and Regulatory Bodies

27. Environmental Resource Forum ERF would like to invite attendees to their next meeting, which will be 12 December 2019, venue to be confirmed.

28. Thank you Questions? Contact details: Shirley Newman MCIWM, MSc. sheassociatesltd@btinternet.com Tel: 07810227479