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Note, fluorescent tubes and paint are classified as waste if they are no longer going to be used as lights /
paint. If you are taking down a lamp and plan to reuse it as a lamp on another site, this is not waste and
does not require a consignment note. If a paint tin is half full and can be reused, it is not waste, however
if it is contaminated or cannot be reused then it is waste and will require a consignment note.

Fluorescent tubes have been given a hazardous waste number (EWC code) of 20-01-21 and this must be
used on the consignment notes to identify the type of waste transported. Paint and solvents has a EWC
Code of 20-01-27.

The new regulations make it illegal to mix hazardous waste with either non hazardous waste or other
forms of hazardous waste. All hazardous waste must be kept separate and wherever possible must be
separated if it is mixed. If the hazardous waste cannot be separated from the non-hazardous waste, then
all the waste is classified as hazardous and must be disposed of as hazardous waste. E.g., if fluorescent
lamps are thrown into a skip with general waste, the entire skip will be classified as hazardous waste and
will have to be disposed of as such, this would be very expensive as the number of land fill sites that are
accepting hazardous waste is very small. These regulations are intended to help increase the amount of
waste that is recycled, where wastes are kept separate it is a lot easier to recycle than having a full skip of
mixed waste.

Any person not complying with these new regulations is subject to a maximum fine of £20,000 or up to
two years imprisonment. For minor offences an investigating officer can impose fixed fines of £300.

Completing Consignment Notes

There are two types of consignment notes, the Standard Procedure (Single Movements) and the Multiple
Collections Notes. The first type is for use when a set of waste is transported from a single location to
the waste depot. The second type is for use when collecting form several sites and returning all the waste
to the waste depot.

For most of our operations, the transport will be carried out as a single movement and this is the
consignment note described below.

The consignment notes are divided into five sections A – E.

Section A Notification details.

1. Consignment node code, this is the unique number for the consignment. Standards for these numbers
have been generated as follows:
Registered Sites with a Premises code:
Use the premises code for the first six characters.
Use a unique five digit code for the last part of the code. Esso have specified that this number
should be the first five digits of their job number for the works (note, if two separate transfers are
required on a site, this will require a separate job number as using the same job number will result in
duplicated consignment numbers. Other clients have not yet specified how they plan to operate
these numbers – these will be forwarded upon receipt.

e.g. XYZ123/00001

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