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Environmental Liability Directive

The Environmental Liability Directive is a piece of European legislation that will bring the principle of ‘the polluter pays’ into legal force. The responsibility of repairing and preventing environmental damage will fall to those who have caused it by their activities.
Landfill Directive: Pre-Treatment Regulations

The landfill directive is in place to prevent and reduce the effects landfill waste has on the environment and human health. It is the responsibility of the business to make sure waste is treated before being sent to landfill.
Control of Pollution

The Control of Pollution is an act to ensure the registration and legality of carriers of controlled waste.

Hazardous Waste regulations

Hazardous waste is waste that may be harmful to human health or the environment. As a producer of hazardous waste you must ensure that you are using the correct facilities and with the appropriate documents. Please click on the link to read on.
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Regulations aim to reduce the amount of this waste going to landfill and improve recovery and recycling rates. If you manufacture, import or distribute electronic equipment, generate or collect electronic waste you will need to be WEEE compliant.
Batteries Directive

Duty of Care: Your Waste responsibilities

Duty of Care regulations place a duty upon producers, importers, carriers and disposers of controlled waste to prevent the unauthorized disposal of Waste. Please click on the link to read more on how Duty of Care may affect you.
Packaging Producer Responsibility Obligations

You must comply with the Producer Responsibility Obligations if your business: handles more than 50 tonnes of packaging in a year and has a turnover of more than £2 million. These obligations are slightly different to the above packaging producer responsibility regulations. If your company fits the above description please click on the link.
Packaging Essential Requirements Regulations

UK businesses use over 10 million tonnes of packaging in the delivery of their products each year. Packaging producer responsibility regulations help ensure that companies are responsible for recovering and recycling UK packaging waste. If your business produces packaged products, or places packaging or packaged goods on the market, please read on.

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The Environmental Liability Directive is a piece of European legislation that will bring the principle of ‘the polluter pays’ into legal force. Click here to read more

UK legislation impacting on waste management gives a frame work and definition for the way waste should be handled and disposed of. Click here to see what your companies obligations are and how SWR can help you meet them. Click here to read more