Things to Consider With Hazardous Waste Removal

THINGS TO CONSIDER WITH HAZARDOUS WASTE REMOVAL Hazardous waste includes quite a significant number or articles and materials . It includes a number of objects that you would clearly expect to be hazardous – and by this we refer to certain famously toxic or dangerous chemicals from various manufacturing processes. However, hazardous waste can also include waste that arises in very usual day-to-day business and home activities. These include fluorescent tubes, CRT monitors and TV sets (Cathode Ray Tube), LCD screens from computing and TV equipment, laptops, refrigerators and freezers containing CFCs, specific types of batteries and mineral oils.

If you have a business or any other kind of enterprise that produces waste of any of the above types, it is legally forbidden to place it in general waste and it must be collected by professionals in this field according to very strict consignment procedures regarding the movement of hazardous waste.

Generating a certain amount of hazardous waste per year (500kg at the last count) if operating within England or Wales and it is required that you register as a producer of hazardous waste in order to get a code to use for consignment notes, without which a hazardous waste collection company cannot receive the waste.

If you store hazardous waste anywhere on your premises, no matter for what period of time, there are essential requirements that you must observe before its collection. These chiefly being that it is securely stored, labelled clearly and correctly, that it is kept separately in a dedicated area, that it is checked regularly for leaks or other risks and that an accurate inventory is maintained to keep track of the movement of all hazardous waste through your premises. Although it may be tempting to attempt to try and dispose of hazardous waste through your own efforts to cut down on costs, there is no replacement for a professional waste removal firm who are familiar with all aspects of the removal of such waste and are prepared for every eventuality concerning it.

It is important to note that the requirements in play for dealing with hazardous waste are different depending upon whether you are located in Scotland, Northern Ireland, England or Wales, and you should investigate procedure carefully according to local regulations. In England and Wales hazardous waste falls under the remit imposed by the Hazardous Waste Regulations in which the above mentioned rules on the 500kg threshold is specified and also the 2011 Waste (England and Wales) Regulation Any business or concern that creates waste which is classed a hazardous is compelled to register as a producer of hazardous waste before they are able to contact a reputable hazardous waste disposal firm in order to have it removed from the relevant site.

Remember that there are, indeed, exemptions from the need to register as a producer of hazardous waste, and where you produce less than 500kgs per year a hazardous waste removal company will be able to dispose of your waste without any other requirement than your say-so.