Q: Where to recycle hazardous waste?
At Recycling Lives we aim to achieve a 100% recycling rate, which means that anything that can be recycled will be recycled. This includes hazardous waste containers and packaging.
Working with businesses to create total hazardous waste management solutions
Recycling Lives offers comprehensive hazardous waste disposal solutions.
We can facilitate the collection and disposal of all hazardous waste, ensuring that all waste streams are disposed of responsibly and with full compliance.
We incorporate hazardous waste disposal into a total waste management solution tailor made to your business, managing all waste streams, including general waste, dry mixed recycling, cardboard and packaging as well as hazardous waste.
We assess your waste streams to find more efficient ways to manage your hazardous waste while ensuring full compliance throughout the disposal process. We aim to reduce waste creation and increase recycle rates through effective hazardous waste management.
The Duty of Care Regulations state that as a waste holder you must take all reasonable steps to:
In addition, any waste holder must ensure that waste is transferred to a business or individual that is:
Find the answers to all your questions about hazardous waste disposal below.
At Recycling Lives we aim to achieve a 100% recycling rate, which means that anything that can be recycled will be recycled. This includes hazardous waste containers and packaging.
Breach of the Duty of Care is an offence, with a penalty of up to £5,000 on summary conviction or an unlimited fine on conviction on indictment.
The mixing of different categories of hazardous waste or the mixing of hazardous waste with non-hazardous waste is prohibited under the regulations, unless the mixing is authorised by a permit or exemption.
All hazardous waste must be transferred with an accompanying consignment note, which is prepared before the waste is moved.
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