Transferring waste to an unregistered company or person is an offence, liable upon summary conviction to a fine of up to £5,000. This law applies to all businesses, including offices, shops, hotels and anyone working from home. Controlled waste includes anything that is no longer required such as post/used envelopes, food, cardboard, plastic, sweepings and cooking oil.
Do you know where your trade waste is? That question could be worth £5,000 to your business.
Chelmsford Borough Council is currently undertaking visits to businesses in the borough to ensure they are complying with their trade waste duty of care. The law requires all business to keep their waste tidy and safe and to pay for its disposal. This means that businesses must have a trade waste collection agreement with either the Council or a registered waste carrier.
The Council or waste carrier will provide you with Waste Transfer Notes which you should keep for at least two years to prove legal disposal of your waste. If you do not produce your documents when asked to do so you may be issued with a £300 Fixed Penalty Notice. While Chelmsford Borough Council is taking a pro-active stance against improper disposal of business waste, your local council are possibly doing the same scheme near you! Can you be sure that you are adhering to waste legislation?
As a fully licensed total waste management company, Network Waste Solutions can ensure that your business is adhering to all trade waste duty of care laws. All waste transfers are carried out using local depots that are fully licensed and insured, and waste tickets are used and signed on every collection.
As part of our site audits, we also ensure that your premises has suitable containers for waste disposals on-site, such as wheelie bins, RELs and FELs for general or recyclable waste, through to more specialised containers for hazardous waste disposals. When it comes to disposing trade waste legally, choose Network Waste for your waste management solutions, and don’t run the risk of hefty fines.