£300
FIXED PENALTY NOTICES TO BE
IMPLIMENTED BY THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
From the 2nd April 2007 the Environment Agency will implement
its powers to issue Fixed Penalty Notices for certain environmental
offences under the Hazardous Waste regulations and enabled
by the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environmental Act 2005.
CONTROVERSY
AS MUNICIPAL INCINERATORS GET SET TO BURN HAZARDOUS WASTE
Concerns have been raised about potential toxic emissions from
municipal incinerators, after it emerged that the Environment
Agency has consented to them being used for Hazardous Wastes.
TO
MANY SITES POSE A DANGER TO
THE ENVIRONMENT
Operators of oil and fuel storage sites need to do more to
protect the environment, according to the new report on the
environmental standards.
The review looked at 86 sites across England and Wales. The
findings show that at 22% of sites there was evidence that
measures were significantly below a good level of practice.
DEFRA
HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED FOR NEW FINANCIAL
INSTRUMENTS TO INCREASE RECYCLING
A senior Defra official has spoken of the need for
new financial instruments and targets to drive a “very
substantial” increase in recycling within a
new English waste strategy that will link waste recovery
more clearly to reductions in carbon emissions.
HOW
WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR WASTE
As part of your duty of care, and responsibility for
the correct storage and segregation of the Hazardous
waste on site it is important that your knowledge is
up to date and accurate.
So…. Put your brains to the test with the following
questions
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