Waste Disposal

If you have liquid oil contaminated waste we can make the arrangements to have this removed from your premises. It may be more cost efficient to look at other ways of dealing with used oil.

Consider one thing first ‘is the oil really waste or could it be filtered and re-used’ for the cost of 1 analysis you could save a large amount of money and contribute to the Environment. Ask FA-ST Ltd to determine if the oil is fit to recycle.Your site must be registered with the Environment Agency and you must have an up to date waste registration number.

Hazardous waste is waste that is dangerous to people, the environment or animals. Under the Hazardous Waste Regulations 2005, it is an offence to produce hazardous waste at premises, or remove that waste from premises, unless those premises are either registered with us or are exempt. When you register your premises we give you a unique premises number called a "premises code". This is valid for 12 months from the date of registration. If hazardous waste continues to be produced or removed from these premises after expiry then the premises code must be renewed. You can renew a premises code up to one month in advance of the expiry date. You can read guidance on how to register your premises in HWR02B 'How to register your premises' .

See pdf file ‘How to Register your Premises’

The Duty of Care is set out in section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and associated regulations. It applies to anyone who is the holder of controlled waste.
Persons concerned with controlled waste must ensure that the waste is managed properly, recovered or disposed of safely, does not cause harm to human health or pollution of the environment and is only transferred to someone who is authorised to receive it. The duty applies to any person who produces, imports, carries, keeps, treats or disposes of controlled waste or as a broker has control of such waste.

Breach of the Duty of Care is an offence, with a penalty of up to £5000 on summary conviction or an unlimited fine on conviction on indictment.

Click here to download the .pdf Duty of Care transfer note

Under the Duty of Care Regulations 1991 (the 1991 Regulations), parties transferring waste are required to complete and retain a 'transfer note', containing a written description of that waste. Defra has provided statutory guidance on the completion of the duty of care transfer note. Regulations now require waste to be described on the transfer note by reference to the European Waste Catalogue (EWC) and its appropriate code number.

These amendments to the 1991 regulations were brought in to meet the landfill Directive’s requirements on monitoring the acceptance and treatment of waste, and will also help to fulfil the UK’s obligation to implement the EWC.