Q: Where to recycle hazardous waste?
A:
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.
About our
Hazardous Waste Disposal Service
Recycling Lives offers comprehensive hazardous waste disposal solutions.
- Processing all hazardous waste at Approved Authorised Treatment Facilities, fully licenced by the Environment Agency
- Offering closed-loop solutions to ensure that all hazardous waste that can be recycled will be recycled
- Specialising in the disposal of hazardous WEEE waste
We can facilitate the collection and disposal of all hazardous waste, ensuring that all waste streams are disposed of responsibly and with full compliance.
Total Waste Management Solutions for Hazardous Waste
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.
who we work with
Benefits designed to help your business
- Modern weighbridge systems ensuring total transparency
- Visible weights on all scales and weighbridges
- Camera footage of weighbridges and processing available
- Dedicated account managers; experts in hazardous waste disposal
- Sales support team to handle day-to-day account management
- Monthly reporting on hazardous waste collection and materials recycled
- Compliance Services to ensure you meet all hazardous waste disposal legislation and regulations
Hazardous Waste
REGULATIONS
The Regulations around Hazardous Waste
The Duty of Care Regulations state that as a waste holder you must take all reasonable steps to:
- Prevent unauthorised or harmful deposit, treatment or disposal of waste
- Ensure that all waste is disposed of with a business or individuals that have the correct and relevant environmental permit issued but the Environmental Agency like Recycling Lives
- Prevent other parties from breaching permit conditions relevant to the type of waste they process
- Provide an accurate description of the waste when it is transferred to another business or individual
- Retain waste documentation about hazardous waste for three years
In addition, any waste holder must ensure that waste is transferred to a business or individual that is:
- Registered as a carrier, broker or dealer of waste
- A waste management operator with the relevant permit or registered exemption to accept such waste
Hazardous Waste Disposal FAQs
Find the answers to all your questions about hazardous waste disposal below.
Q: What happens if I don’t fulfil my legal duty of care?
A:
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.
Q: Can I dispose of non-hazardous waste with my hazardous waste?
A:
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.
Q: What waste documentation is needed for Hazardous Waste?
A:
All hazardous waste must be transferred with an accompanying consignment note, which is prepared before the waste is moved.
Learn more about
Recycling Lives
We’ve operated in the recycling sector for 40 years - learn more about our history and impact to date
Get in touch with
Recycling Lives
We’d love to hear from you - contact us about recycling waste, working together or joining our team
What Sectors
we operate in
We service all sectors - see how we can manage your waste for environmental and social benefit
why work
with us
Jeremy Hartley Managing Director Eric Wright Group
The Eric Wright Group has always recognised the importance of supporting the local community and using our business activities to improve people’s lives. Read moreRead less
Martin Chown Supply Chain Director Sellafield Limited
We are committed to ensuring our local communities derive maximum economic benefit from the money we spend at Sellafield, by insisting companies that win work with us to invest to support local growth. Read moreRead less
Josh Steiner Social Value & Sustainability Manager Wates Group
Recycling Lives has reaped the rewards of strong commercial and social credentials to secure large-scale contracts. Read moreRead less
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