If/when employing a business or person to dispose of your waste, ensure that you fulfil your duty of care, including auditing any paperwork that you should receive for the disposal of the waste – do not be afraid to ask the necessary questions.
After the prosecution of “asbestos specialists” who issued faked transfer notes and dumped the hazardous waste, you are urged to audit waste contractors’ paperwork.
If/when employing a business or person to dispose of your waste, ensure that you fulfil your duty of care, including auditing any paperwork that you should receive for the disposal of the waste – do not be afraid to ask the necessary questions.
Under UK law, a duty of care applies to every organisation involved in handling waste, from the producer to the person who finally disposes of/or recovers it.
Organisations must complete a Waste Transfer Note for every load of waste moved from one party to another, which includes details of the type and quantity of waste being moved, as well as the details of both parties.
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