This description is written on a document called a waste transfer note. Home waste transfer notes waste transfer note, environment agency style. Personalised duty of care waste transfer note with your logo, company name and contact details environment agency style forms with your logo, contact details and carrier number. Environment agency and gives the agency and authorised officers of a waste collection authority power to seize vehicles used for illegal waste related activities. For each load of nonhazardous waste you move off your premises, you need a waste transfer note or a document with the same information, such as an invoice. Currently, relevant measures and standards for permitted facilities that take chemical waste for treatment or transfer are set out in published technical guidance note epr 5.
It results in 25 million transfer notes being produced a year with around 50 million pieces of paper being stored by business in filing cabinets, boxes, etc. This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. A completed consignment note must accompany hazardous waste when. Environment agency hwr03a consignment notes standard procedure. Pollution inventory reporting general guidance notes. If you have an annual document then no individual transfer notes. Postcode sic code 2007 section c person collecting the waste. If none of the lower tier criteria apply, a person or organisation will be in the upper tier. A copy of each transfer note shall be kept for 2 years. A note is needed for all movements of hazardous waste, including. Scotland asbestos waste is special waste when it contains more than 0. When a business transfers waste to another party, the transfer should be recorded by a waste transfer note. The environment agency ea provides an example waste transfer note on its website. A lower tier carrier may also include a waste collection, disposal or regulation authority.
The special waste amendment scotland regulations 2004 apply. Transfer waste from your business without creating a waste transfer note fail to keep waste transfer notes for at least two years put your waste in a street litter bin or through the councils household waste. A waste transfer note wtn is a standalone document that records the. Adlib glossary c consignment notes waste transfer notes. Example waste transfer note for use by a waste carrier. Custom waste transfer note with your logo, company name and contact details environment agency style forms with your logo, contact details and carrier number. Transfer station the environment agency, in pursuance of part n of the environmental protection act 1990, hereby grant a waste management licence authorising the keeping and treatment of controlled waste. Duty of care waste transfer note printing personalised. Contact the scottish environment protection agency for more information. Environment agency environmental performance assessment epa methodology version 3 if you have any queries regarding this methodology please contact keith davis, regulatory development manager, keith.
The goal of the electronic duty of care edoc programme is to modernise the way waste. If you arent able to access these phone our customer contact centre for help on 03708 506 506. Alternatives to waste transfer notes and other aspects of waste. We can also assist with fully custom waste transfer notes for your specific requirements. Using the list of wastes to code waste 360 environmental. Section a description of waste a1 description of the waste being transferred list of waste regulations codes duty of care. Environment a agency notice of transfer with introductory. Page 6 policy for the safe handling and disposal of healthcare waste v3 3 definitions government agencies and documentation 3. Notice of transfer and environment agency initiated.
Who provides the transfer note is not important as long as it contains the right information. If you send nonhazardous waste containing any amount of gypsum to landfill it must go to a separate cell for high sulphate waste, or to a nonhazardous landfill where no biodegradable waste is accepted. What is a hazardous waste consignment note dsposal. Form for a duty of care waste transfer note for moving waste. You will need to add a declaration on your duty of care waste transfer notes. Waste transfer notes must be obtained for all waste leaving your premises, which could be either an individual waste transfer note per collection or an annual waste transfer note season ticket valid for 12 months as long as the specifics of the waste transfer remain the same. Environment agency website, by using the search function and searching for waste transfer codes. I enclose a copy of your permit and standard rules lists.
Where the waste is collected from a registered producer the note. An example waste transfer note can be found on and downloaded from the environment agency. Agency sepa and the northern ireland environment agency niea have. Guidance on how to complete a waste transfer note including what a waste transfer.
The hazardous waste transfer note forms part of the waste duty of care. When you collect waste from someone else, ensure you are authorised to take it and provide the person with a waste transfer note. Transfer application number eprfb3608kdt001 1 notice of transfer and environment agency initiated variation with introductory note. The consignment note number to be completed in part a1 of the note must follow the format set out below. You must dispose of gypsumbased materials that are classified as hazardous waste in a hazardous waste. If you would like to check a waste carriers registration contact the environment agency. A hazardous waste consignment note hwcn is a document that details the transfer of hazardous waste from one person to another. A completed consignment note must accompany hazardous waste when moved from any premises. How to complete a waste transfer note the environment agency has produced a sample waste transfer note which contains all the information necessary to comply with waste legislation, available. Hazardous waste must not be mixed with general waste, composting or recycling.
Consignment note hwcn01v112 form hwcn01v112 component concentration % or mgkg 1 consignment note code. We can also assist with fully custom duty of care waste transfer note for your specific requirements. The only exception is when you receive household waste directly from the householder who produced it, but you will need a wtn when you pass that waste. Environmental permitting england and wales regulations 2010.
Please note that the council does not collect hazardous waste. Waste that is harmful to human health or the natural environment is known as hazardous waste in northern ireland and special waste in scotland. A waste transfer note is a document which must accompany every. Both the environment agency and local authorities administer the act, with the environment agency working to ensure that no pollution occurs and local authorities dealing with issues relating to public nuisance. Briefing on the regulation of waste wood version 2, november 2014 and our position on the environmental. Plaster and plasterboard used in construction netregs. Electronic duty of care edoc the new way to record waste transfers. Ea this is the regulatory body responsible for environmental regulation including waste in england a wales 3. All transfers of waste from the organisation to a waste carrier shall be documented on a controlled waste transfer note signed by both parties. Officers regulating waste wood and waste operators conducting waste. Waste transfer notes and how to complete them netregs.
The environment agency has produced a sample waste transfer note which. Repeated transfers of the same kind of waste between the same parties can be covered by one transfer note for up to a year. Higher education the 6 digit waste code see ewc list quantity to be removed, and collection sign the top copy of the waste transfer note and retain for two years non hazardous waste if the above evidence cannot be validated, do not transfer the waste. Conditions may be attached to the for degassing of airconditioning systems. A waste transfer note wtn is a document that details the transfer of waste from one person to another. Waste transfer from january 2014 waste transfer today wrap.
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