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Legislation

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  Environmental Liability Directive

  The EU’s Environmental Liability Directive will make the ‘polluter pays’ principle legally enforceable.

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  Landfill Directive: Pre-Treatment Regulations

  The Landfill Directive was created to prevent and reduce the effects of waste disposal in landfill sites on the environment and human health. Businesses are now responsible for making sure their waste is treated before being sent to landfill.

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  Control of Pollution

  The Control of Pollution Act ensures that carriers of controlled wastes are registered and comply with the law.

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  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.

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  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.

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  Batteries Directive

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  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.

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  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.

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  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.