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Health, Safety & Environmental Bulletin No 010

M Mott – 01 August 2005

Hazardous Waste Regulations 2005

The first part of the Hazardous Waste Regulations 2005 came into force on 16 April 2005. This part
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states "Where hazardous waste is produced at or removed from, any premises other than exempt
premises, the premises must be notified to the Environment Agency".

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The second part of the regulations came into force on 16 July 2005 and requires all transport of
hazardous waste to be recorded.

Hazardous waste is essentially waste that contains hazardous properties that may render it harmful to
human health or the environment. The main hazardous wastes that we deal with are fluorescent lamps
and paint / solvents. However the sites we work on will have various other hazardous wastes that they
will be responsible for disposing of (for instance the disposal of fuel from interceptors).

Certain types of premises (e.g. Shops / offices) are exempt from the requirement to register if less than
200kg of hazardous waste are produced per year. 200Kg is equivalent to approximately 500 fluorescent
tubes.

Therefore most fuel stations will have to be registered as hazardous waste producers. We have been
notified that Esso are currently in the process of notifying all their stations and a list of the unique
hazardous site number for each station will soon be issued.

This unique site number is required for the consignment notes that are required in order to log the
transport of hazardous waste. Until the unique numbers for each site are available, the number EXEXXX
must be used for all site numbers on consignment notes.

Where we are required to remove hazardous waste from a site, then it is our responsibility to ensure that
that site is registered or exempt. If necessary, we must register the site before the waste is removed.

All transport of hazardous waste must be logged by the use of a consignment note. These consignment
notes must be completed in triplicate and issued to the waste producer, the carrier and to the recipient.
This requirement is required even if the waste is produced and transported by the same person. The
consignment notes have to be kept safe for three years, so ensure that your copies are returned to the
office with the job sheets. All transport of hazardous waste must be delivered to the consignee promptly
and without undue delay.

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