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You must make sure hazardous waste produced or handled by your business in England causes no harm or damage.

You have responsibilities known as your 鈥�duty of care鈥�. You must also meet extra requirements depending on whether you鈥檙e a waste:

• producer or holder (you produce or store waste)
• carrier (you collect and transport waste)
• consignee (you receive waste, such as for recycling or disposal)

There are different requirements for exporting waste.

Check if your waste is hazardous

Waste is generally considered hazardous if it (or the material or substances it contains) are harmful to humans or the environment. Examples of hazardous waste include:

• asbestos
• chemicals, such as brake fluid or print toner
• batteries
• solvents
• pesticides
• oils (except edible ones), such as car oil
• equipment containing ozone depleting substances, like fridges
• hazardous waste containers

You must follow these steps in England if your business:

• produces hazardous waste
• holds or stores hazardous waste
• has hazardous waste removed from its premises

1. Classify your waste to check if it鈥檚 hazardous.

2. Separate and store hazardous waste safely.

3. Use authorised businesses to collect, recycle or dispose of your hazardous waste 鈥撀燾heck that waste carriers are registered and waste sites have environmental permits.

4. Fill in the parts of the consignment note that apply to you 鈥� keep one copy and give 2 copies to the carrier collecting your waste.

5. Keep records (known as a 鈥榬egister鈥�) for 3 years at the premises that produced or stored the waste.

Records you must keep

You must keep your copies of:

• consignment notes
• consignee returns 鈥� you鈥檒l get these from businesses that receive your waste (consignees)
• any related documents, for example 鈥榗arrier schedules鈥� (list of carriers when there is more than one), records of rejected loads

Extra requirements

You must meet extra requirements in these situations.

Your waste is rejected

You must follow the guidance on rejected loads if your hazardous waste is rejected by the destination site you sent it to.

You transport your own waste

You must meet the requirements for carriers if you transport any hazardous waste from your own or another business.

You receive, treat or dispose of waste

You must meet the requirements for consignees if you:

• receive hazardous waste 鈥撀爐his includes deliveries of waste from your own business
• treat or dispose of hazardous waste on your business premises 鈥撀爐his includes your own waste

You must follow these steps if your business collects and transports hazardous waste in England (for example you鈥檙e a waste carrier, or you move your own waste).

1. Register as a waste carrier.

2. Check parts A and B of the consignment note and the waste before you accept it 鈥撀爉ake sure the waste is classified correctly.

3. Separate waste correctly when you load it for transportation.

4. Fill in the part of the consignment note that applies to you.

5. Leave one copy of the consignment note with the waste producer or holder and keep 2 copies 鈥撀爐hese must stay with the waste until it reaches its destination.

6. Take the waste to the destination on the consignment note 鈥撀爄t must be an authorised waste site.

7. Keep records (known as a 鈥榬egister鈥�) for one year.

You must keep records at your head office.

Records you must keep

You must keep copies of:

• consignment notes
• any related documents, for example 鈥榗arrier schedules鈥� (list of carriers when there is more than one), records of rejected loads

You鈥檙e a waste dealer or broker

Ask the waste producer or holder for copies of their records. You must keep these for 3 years. Check what other registration requirements and responsibilities you may need to meet.

Your waste delivery is rejected

You must follow the guidance on rejected loads if a consignee rejects the hazardous waste you鈥檙e transporting.

You must follow these steps if you receive, treat or dispose of hazardous waste at premises in England.

1. Get an environmental permit or register an exemption for your premises.

2. Check the consignment note and waste before you accept it 鈥� make sure it鈥檚 classified correctly.

3. Reject the waste if the consignment note is missing, incorrect or incomplete.

4. Fill in part E of the consignment note for any hazardous waste you accept or reject 鈥� keep one copy and hand one copy back to the carrier.

5. Send consignee returns to the Environment Agency, and the waste producer or holder, to report on any hazardous waste you accept or reject.

6. Keep records (known as a 鈥榬egister鈥�).

You must keep records at the site where the hazardous waste was stored, treated or disposed.

Records you must keep

You must keep:

• consignment notes
• any related documents, for example 鈥榗arrier schedules鈥� (list of carriers when there is more than one), records of rejected loads
• a site inventory that records where waste was stored, treated or disposed of at your waste site 鈥撀爇eep this in a secure, marked area that鈥檚 accessible in emergencies

Site inventories for tipped waste

鈥楾ipped waste鈥� (permanent waste storage, for example landfill) includes:

Your site inventory must be a site plan that shows where hazardous waste is stored at your waste site together with its:

• consignment note code 鈥� get this from the consignee return if there鈥檚 no consignment note
• waste description including the waste classification code, its chemical components and hazardous properties

Use either a grid or contour lines to divide up your site plan.

Site inventories for all other waste operations

These requirements are for all waste operations other than tipped waste, including:

• disposal by other methods
• treatment
• recovery
• incineration

Your site inventory can be a site plan or table showing the location of waste at your site together with:

• its consignment note code 鈥� get this from the consignee return if there鈥檚 no consignment note
• information cross-referencing each incoming or outgoing waste (waste transfer activities only)

You must also keep records for each delivery of hazardous waste you accept at your site 鈥� include:

• its weight in kilograms
• its waste description including the waste classification code, its chemical components and hazardous properties
• the name, address and postcode of the waste holder or producer it came from
• the disposal or recovery method you applied to the waste

How long you must keep records

The type of waste site you have determines how long you keep records.

You must send your records to the Environment Agency if you give up or lose your permit.

You must use consignment notes to move hazardous waste.

Fill in a consignment note

Read the consignment notes guidance.

1. Download a consignment note form.

2. Fill in the parts that apply to you.

3. Use a continuation sheet if you need more space.

The part that applies to you depends on your role in the waste process.

You鈥檙e the waste producer or holder

You鈥檒l need to know both the:

• Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code (2007) 鈥� this describes the business activity that produced the waste
• waste classification code, also referred to as LoW (List of Waste) or EWC (European Waste Catalogue) code 鈥� this describes the waste

Get consignment notes another way

You can also:

• use a note from your waste contractor or write your own 鈥� it must include the information on the consignment note form
• buy consignment notices from the Environment Agency 鈥� these have 3 colour-coded copies

Consignee returns are reports on any hazardous waste received, treated or disposed of by a business (the 鈥榗onsignee鈥�).

You鈥檙e a waste producer or holder

You should get consignee returns every quarter from the consignee dealing with your hazardous waste.

You should contact the Environment Agency and stop using a waste business if they do not provide consignee returns.

You鈥檙e a consignee

You must send consignee returns every quarter to the:

• Environment Agency
• the waste producer or holder

Read the consignee returns guidance for help with filling in your consignee returns.

Send consignee returns to the Environment Agency

1. Fill in the consignee returns spreadsheet.

2. Send the spreadsheet to the Environment Agency - either email it to [email protected] or (in Wales email it to [email protected]).

Read the consignee returns guidance for other ways you can send your returns.

Deadlines

Fees

Fees are per consignment of waste and depend on whether the consignment formed part of a multiple collection (if it came from multiple locations) or not. The fees are:

• single consignment - 拢10 (electronic returns) or 拢19 (paper returns)
• multiple collection - 拢5 (electronic returns) or 拢10 (paper returns)

Contact the Environment Agency if you have any questions about hazardous waste.