BAN ON CO-DISPOSAL
The ban on the disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes together in the same landfill now makes the practice co-disposal illegal. The Environment Agency has produced a list of landfill sites that are licensed to accept hazardous wastes and those who will be operating a cell for Stable Non-Reactive Hazardous Wastes and this can be found at
www.environment-agency.gov.uk/commondata/103601/hazpermit_296_677379.xls
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY FAQ'S ON HAZARDOUS WASTE
The Environment Agency has issued a briefing paper detailing frequently asked questions surrounding the end of co-disposal and Waste Acceptance Criteria. The FAQ's include the arrangements for the so called interim year before full WAC is implemented, Stable Non-Reactive Hazardous Waste issues, asbestos, high sulphate bearing wastes and tyre disposal. See
www.environment-agency.gov.uk/commondata/105385/lfillfaqv1.0jul04_824575.pdf
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY ENFORCEMENT PRIORITIES
The Environment Agency has detailed its enforcement priorities following the ban on co-disposal. The main priority will be on illegal disposal and mis-description of wastes. Other priorities include ensuring hazardous liquid wastes are kept out of landfill and former co-disposal sites are complying with the ban See www.environment-agency.gov.uk/subjects/waste/232021/799638/800073/800111/824620/?version=1&lang=_e
SEPA has also issued a reminder on the ban on co-disposal and that there will be no landfill available in Scotland to accept hazardous/Special wastes.
See www.sepa.org.uk/news/releases/view.asp?id=90&y=2004
NEW WEB SITE TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON HAZARDOUS WASTE
The CIWM has been assisting in the production of a web site to provide information for those with queries on hazardous waste. The web site contains guidance for all sectors affected by changes to hazardous waste management and also signposts to other sites that may contain the answer to queries.
See www.hazardouswaste.org.uk
CIWM HAZARDOUS WASTE REGULATIONS SEMINAR
Shortly after the Landfill Directive has brought about an end to the co-disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste within the same landfill DEFRA will be releasing a consultation paper to replace the Special Waste Regulations with Hazardous Waste Regulations in England. This will increase the number of wastes classified as hazardous and bring about changes to the way in which the movement, recording, inspection and enforcement of hazardous waste will take place.
These regulations will have implications for all sectors involved in waste management and the CIWM is holding a seminar to examine the consultation document in greater detail and will hear from a DEFRA official, Environment Agency Officers and a range of speakers examining what these changes will mean for their sector. For further information on this event contact events@ciwm.co.uk
CLEANER NEIGHBOURHOODS CONSULTATION
Away from hazardous waste DEFRA has issued a consultation on Cleaner Neighbourhoods proposing to introduce a raft of new measures to help keep local amenities clean and crime free. Measures include extending powers on graffiti, fly-posting, nuisance vehicles, chewing gum, smoking related materials, penalties for putting waste out at the incorrect time or for failure of businesses to produce waste transfer notes when requested, to name but a few.
See www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/clean-neighbourhood/consultation.pdf
Those wishing to contribute to a CIWM response should contact tina.benfield@ciwm.co.uk
DEFRA BENEFITS FROM SPENDING REVIEW
DEFRA received a 1.2% annual real terms increase in their budget from this weeks Government spending review. This will allow an extra £20 million per year for the waste management performance reward grant and an extra £155 million will be available for PFI credits.
See www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/spending_review/spend_sr04/press/spend_sr04_press06.cfm
QUALITY PROTOCOL FOR AGGREGATES
WRAP has published a quality protocol for the production of aggregates from inert waste. The document should help identify the point at which inert waste has been fully recovered, and no longer considered a waste along with ensuring standards common to both recovered and primary aggregates are achieved.
See www.wrap.org.uk/publications/QualityProtocolAgg.pdf
NORTH EAST CENTRE OPEN MEETING
The next meeting of the North East Centre will be held on Thursday 22nd July 2004 at Londonderry Garage, Northallerton. The meeting will include presentations on: Options for diversion from landfill, DEFRA's new capture rate model for waste, BACCs scheme & pesticides tax covering weed control and alternative waste treatment technologies for residual waste. There is also a vehicle and equipment demonstration being held on Wednesday 21st and Thursday 22nd July 2004 at the same location. For further details please contact John Skidmore jskidmore@wakefield.gov.uk
JOINT IWO/CIWM VISIT TO GREEN WASTE PLANT AT RUISLIP
Members of CIWM are invited to a joint meeting with the Institute of Water Officers at the Barn Hotel, West End Road, Ruislip, followed by a visit to West London Composting, a newly constructed, operational, major waste plant, on Thursday 29th July 2004. Further details can be obtained from Martin or Julie Strudwick, Tel: 01353 778288 or by e-mail at mail@martin-strudwick.co.uk
LARAC 2004
Raising awareness and increasing participation in recycling schemes. 2-3 November 2004 at the International Centre, Telford. To register or for further information about the conference, please visit www.laracconference.co.uk or email laracconference@emap.com or call 020 7505 6044
EXPORT NEWS
Export leads provided in this section are forwarded from TradeUK, which is the Department of Trade & Industry's Internet based export service for UK companies. It uses the global network of British Embassies and Consulates to source and deliver by e-mail export sales opportunities direct to desktops. The TradeUK website (www.tradeuk.com) also contains an archive database of all the export sales leads, enabling companies to conduct independent searches for export leads for their products and services.
FCO TRAVEL ADVICE: Advice on travel to any country is available on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's travel advice website; http://www.fco.gov.uk. If you are planning any business trips abroad you are strongly advised to check the website for the latest update or telephone the FCO on 0870 6060290.
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HAZARDOUS WASTE PROJECT MANAGEMENT.
http://www.tradeuk.com/1/plsql/a_s.main?n=96212391&c=75542&s=TradeArea
WASTE AWARENESS CERTIFICATE - Train the Trainer - 24th August 2004
The CIWM has a training initiative designed to make employees 'aware of waste'. If you are interested in becoming a registered trainer, this is the course for you. You will become qualified to run Waste Awareness Certificate courses that enable delegates to:
Understand what is waste
Reduce, re-use, and recycle waste
Know about disposal routes for remaining waste
Deal with waste safely
Know the legal responsibilities for waste
Identify sources of help for those difficult waste questions
For further dates and locations please contact the WAC Team on 01604 620426 or e-mail wac@ciwm.co.uk
