This is a test for ISD-93
This is a test for ISD-93 on staging edited version
As a business you have a duty of care to ensure you produce, store, transport and dispose of your waste without harming the environment.
Businesses have a legal responsibility to:
All written descriptions and Transfer Notes must be:
You may be prosecuted if you do not keep records of waste disposal.
For practical guidance on how to meet your waste duty of care requirements see GOV.UK: waste duty of care code of practice.
For further practical advice on how to manage waste safely and efficiently visit Right Waste, Right Place.
If you have received information from us about the duty of care, please read it carefully as it contains important information. Check you are meeting your responsibilities under the duty of care to prevent your business from receiving a Notice or Fixed Penalty notice (see enforcement below).
Any waste created in a business premise or by a business is business waste and cannot be treated as household waste. Even small businesses produce business waste, for example, mail, office waste, food waste or packaging from deliveries.
We cannot collect business waste. This means all businesses need to make their own waste collection arrangements through a private waste collection company. Waste collection companies should provide records as soon as they start collecting waste.
It is an offence to take business waste home and put it in your domestic bin, or to take it to a household waste and recycling centre.
If any waste linked to your business is found illegally disposed of, or incorrectly stored (and escaping from your control) it is still an offence and you may be prosecuted.
We will give advice and work with businesses to make sure they dispose of their waste legally.
We may visit your business as part of a routine inspection or a survey of businesses in your area.
Our external litter enforcement contractor, Kingdom, may visit your business at any time. Kingdom can issue a Fixed Penalty Notice (set nationally at £300) if you are unable to produce Waste Transfer Notes.
As there is a legal duty on businesses to have the correct records, you cannot appeal a Fixed Penalty Notice.
The council has powers to give a Notice to a business because:
The Notice will set out:
If you haven’t kept records of your waste or ignore the Notice, you may be prosecuted and liable to a fine of up to £5,000. However, in most instances, we will issue a Fixed Penalty Notice (set nationally at £300).
If your business has no records or partial records, you must tell us as soon as you receive the Notice. We urge you to set up arrangements for waste collection immediately and to tell us about these arrangements, with evidence, in your reply to the Notice.