Waste disposal is a required part of service that APS has had to offer our clients, however they are unaware of the regulations that we have to follow, the guidelines are always changing and public awareness is not always good.

This page has been developed for everyone's information. This page is for waste management guidelines and general information to enhance public knowledge for waste disposal and collections within their homes, these sites which have been linked are responsible for there own advice and content.

Already Property Service has provided this web page for our clients and the publics right to find all relevant information easily and promote knowledge, also to show the concerns of change which may affect the current ways we dispose of our every day waste.

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Please always remember to use respectable companies that give waste transfer notes and dispose of your waste correctly, under law you are as responsible as they are for disposal under the DUTY OF CARE LEGISLATION.

One of the UK's largest bed and mattress recycling facilities has started operating in the West Midlands.

Bed retailer Dreams has installed two new multi-million pound state-of-the-art bed shredders at its distribution hub, to crush and shred old beds and mattresses.

The mattresses come from Dreams customers who can pay a small fee for them to be collected as their new beds are delivered.

FEAT Enterprises

The Executive offered FEAT Enterprises £50,000 in 2004-05, £44,000 in 2005-06 and £40,000 in 2006-07 for a mattress recycling project based in Fife - covering Fife, Clackmannan and Falkirk - preventing unwanted beds going to landfill. This was the first such project in Scotland, and indeed by 2007 was still the only one in the UK. There was assistance also from the National Lottery's Transforming Waste programme.

Residents in Plymouth are being urged to double their recycling efforts ahead of the closure of the city's only landfill site.

On 31 March 2008, the last lorry will tip rubbish into the ground at Chelson Meadow landfill site, which the council claims marks the "end of an era".

Council appeals for public support in war on eco crime

Fly tipping in Plymouth cost taxpayers nearly £140,000 in just six months, the City Council revealed today.

From the beginning of December 2007 to the end of May 2008 the Council recorded 3,424 incidents of fly tipping in the city. The total cost - including staff time, vehicles and waste disposal - was £137,424.

Local residents and businesses are now being urged to join the Council in its war on what has become the UK’s biggest eco crime.

Councillor Michael Leaves, Cabinet member for Streetscene and the Environment, said: "This problem is just too big for the Council to tackle alone. Everyone in the city needs to play their part in beating a crime which blights our streets and neighbourhoods, damages the environment and in some cases puts people’s health at risk.

"Those who turn a blind eye to fly tipping or think it’s nothing to do with them should remember they’re ultimately paying the price. Taxpayers have to pay for the clean-up which diverts considerable sums of money from frontline services.”

The Council is determined to prosecute fly tippers who face a maximum fine of up to £50,000 and a jail sentence of up to five years for the worst offences.

But it needs local people to report incidents as they occur, to provide evidence and be prepared to be called as witnesses.

"We have managed to prosecute a few individuals for fly tipping in the last couple of years but it's usually difficult to bring a prosecution because of a lack of hard evidence,” said Councillor Leaves. This is something we really need the public’s help with and we want to get across the message that this is everyone’s responsibility not just the Council’s.”

Members of the public who witness fly tipping are urged to report it immediately by calling the Council on 01752 304147.

City residents also need to be aware they are committing a crime by using cheap but unscrupulous 'man and van' services for house clearances.

The Council often has to deal with dumped bulky items which appear to be the result of house clearances carried out by rogue traders who sell valuable items and fly tip the rest.

Householders should always check that anyone offering to their remove household or construction rubbish is a registered waste carrier licensed by the Environment Agency.

Before paying someone to remove your rubbish, you should always ask to see their registration document or ask them for their unique carrier number. You can check that this is valid on the Environment Agency website or by calling them on 08708 506 506.

Householders who break these rules face a £300 fixed penalty fine from the Council or prosecution with a maximum fine of £5,000 if convicted. Council officers who deal with fly tipped rubbish always search for evidence which may link it either to the fly tipper or to the house or commercial premises it came from.

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE Directive)aims to minimise the impact of electrical and electronic goods on the environment, by increasing re-use and recycling and reducing the amount of WEEE going to landfill. It seeks to achieve this by making producers responsible for financing the collection, treatment, and recovery of waste electrical equipment, and by obliging distributors to allow consumers to return their waste equipment free of charge.

The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive was agreed on 13 February 2003, along with the related Directive on Restrictions of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS).

The implementation of the WEEE Directive in the UK has been delayed. It was due to be transposed into Member State legislation by 13 August 2004 and come into force by 13 August 2005.

The UK Regulations implementing the WEEE Directive were laid before Parliament on 12 December 2006 and enter into force on 2 January 2007.

Amending Regulations were laid before Parliament on 11 December 2007 and will enter into force on 1 January 2008. The WEEE (Amendment) Regulations 2007 will clarify how reuse can be counted as part evidence compliance and the recording of WEEE arising. There are no major policy changes. A report is available on the provisions of the WEEE (Amendment)Regulations 2007 and progress on the development of the UK WEEE system (see below).

Non-Statutory Guidance was published on 28 February, revised in August and updated in December 2007. The main changes in the guidance document reflect the amendments to the WEEE Regulations and the chapters relating to scope, reuse, local authorities/DCFs and evidence.

What is WEEE? There are ten categories of WEEE.?

1. Large household appliances
2. Small household appliances
3. IT and telecommunications equipment
4. Consumer equipment
5. Lighting equipment
6. Electrical and electronic tools
7. Toys, leisure and sports equipment
8. Medical devices
9. Monitoring and control equipment
10. Automatic dispensers.

The WEEE Regulations apply to electrical and electronic equipment (EEE)in the above categories with a voltage of up to 1000 volts AC or up to 1500 volts DC.

Schedule II of the WEEE Regulations provides a list of products falling within these categories.

Hazardous waste
What is hazardous waste?

Hazardous waste is waste that may be harmful to human health or the environment. Examples of hazardous wastes include:

asbestos
chemical wastes
healthcare wastes
electrical equipment containing hazardous components such as cathode ray tubes or lead solder
fluorescent light tubes
Lead-acid batteries
oily sludges
pesticides
solvents.

The European Waste Catalogue (EWC) contains a list of all types of waste and each waste type is given a six-digit code. Hazardous waste is identified in the EWC with an asterisk (*):some wastes, called 'absolute entries', are always classed as hazardous, for example inorganic wood preservatives, waste paint or varnish remover and wastes from asbestos processing other wastes, called 'mirror entries', are classed as hazardous if they are present in amounts above certain threshold concentrations, for example some wastes containing arsenic or mercury. Your environmental regulator has produced guidance that: will help you determine if your waste is hazardous lists the waste types in the EWC provides advice on classifying and assessing hazardous waste.
http://www.netregs.gov.uk/

Trade waste legislation

Duty of care waste transfer notes

As of 16 July 2005, every business is legally required to classify their waste in accordance with the european waste catalogue which uses 6 digit codes for each type of waste. By law, the new EU legislation now means that all trade customers must complete their waste transfer notes using these codes. As a registered waste carrier, Plymouth City Council cannot accept your trade waste without this coded declaration.

www.plymouth.gov.uk

Specialised cleansing

Plymouth city council services

The Street Sweeping Team will remove any hazardous waste by the next working day after it has been reported.

The Street Sweeping Team will give advice on how to dispose, or collect hazardous waste such as clinical waste, broken glass, medicines, car batteries, gas cylinder, spillages, dead animals, asbestos and syringes, call the Waste Enquiry Line on 01752 668000

Waste and Street Services
Dept. of Development
Plymouth City Council
Plymouth PL1 2AA

Phone :
01752 668000

Email :
streetcleansing@plymouth.gov.uk

Fax :
01752 304786