Duty of Care
In adherence with environmental legislation, all businesses are obliged to fulfil their duty of care obligations when disposing of waste.
It's important for businesses to keep an audit trail and fulfil their duty of care
The same applies to any kind of waste, whether it’s scrap metal, WEEE, such as computers and televisions, or plastics. Businesses have a legal responsibility to ensure that their waste is stored, transported and disposed of without harming the environment. This is called ‘duty of care’.
If your business produces any kind of controlled waste you must comply with the duty of care. Most types of business waste are classed as controlled waste including household, commercial and industrial waste.
You must ensure that you:
- store and transport your waste appropriately and securely so it does not escape
- check that your waste is transported and handled by people or businesses that are authorised to do so
- complete waste transfer notes (WTNs) to document all waste you transfer and keep them as a record for at least two years.
If a waste carrier takes your waste away, you may also need to check that the site it is taken to is authorised to accept it.
Recycling Lives is a fully authorised and approved waste manager. When you dispose of your waste with us, you can be sure that:
- All transactions are made under Duty of Care requirements
- All purchase transactions are recorded in our systems
- All weighbridge transactions are recorded, manually and electronically
- All our vehicles are tracked by GPS
All these factors ensure a transparent audit trail and fully compliant paperwork.
Health & Safety and Quality Assurance
Our busy scrap yards and recycling centres are managed with efficiency and process quality in mind, as well as the highest standards of Health and Safety procedures.
