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This act was introduced to control fly tipping in city centres and led to the Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers & Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991.
This was the most important piece of environmental legislation since the Control of Pollution Act 1974. Section 34 of this act formally introduced the concept of a Duty of Care in Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regs 1991.
These regulations give a definition of household, commercial and industrial waste and what waste falls into each specific category.
DUTY OF CARE REGULATIONS 1991- these apply to all firms which produce or handle waste, and control its storage, handling and disposal. They require that waste is kept secure, that it is only passed to an 'authorised person'-someone licensed to take it-and that there is an adequate description of the waste, normally a transfer note, to help others in handling it properly;
Introduced the registration of carriers of controlled waste and the power to seize vehicles that were engaged in illegal activities. All controlled waste movements have to be accompanies by a Duty of Care waste transfer document.
This changed what had previously been site licenses to waste management licenses. These regulations specifically defined which activities had to be licensed and which were exempt.
Controls the movement of dangerous goods by road in containers (drums etc.) or packaged containers. Drivers have to be trained and certificated to carry the dangerous goods.
Covers the movement of dangerous goods in bulk loads (i.e. in excess of 3 cubic metres), and the requirement for the placarding of vehicles to indicate the specific hazard of the dangerous goods being carried.
Covers the requirements of all packages to be fit for purpose and for certain containers to meet UN standards in packaging groups 1,2 and 3. Also defines the parameters for labelling in line with an approved carriage list.
IPPC- the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control regime regulates emissions to air, land and water from industrial processes. It is gradually superseding the existing regimes of IPC (Integrated Pollution Control) and Air Pollution Control (APP and of waste management licensing for larger facilities, including all landfills;
LANDFILL DIRECTIVE- this introduced regulations on the disposal of waste at landfill, including initiatives to reduce biodegradable materials entering landfill and preventing the mixture of hazardous and non-hazardous wastes in landfill;
PACKAGING WASTE REGULATIONS 1997- these make producers responsible for reducing and recycling the packing they generate. They affect certain firms that manufacture, pack, sell or import more than 50 tonnes of packaging a year and have a turnover of more than f2 million a year;
SPECIAL WASTE REGULATIONS 1996- these control the movement of waste that is potentially hazardous or dangerous. They will be replaced from July 2005 with the Hazardous Waste Regulations, which bring in a requirement for most producers of hazardous waste to notify their premises to the Environment Agency- and
WEEE2003- the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive aims to increase recycling and recovery of waste from equipment; the UK is due to introduce legislation in early 2006.