The Duty of Care (Environment Protection Act, 1990 Section 34) applies
to anyone who produces or imports, keeps or stores, transports, treats
or disposes of waste. It also applies if you act as a broker and arrange
these things.
You have a Duty of Care to ensure you take all reasonable steps to keep
waste safe. If you give waste to someone else (a waste contractor for
instance), you must be sure they are authorised to take it and can transport,
recycle or dispose of it safely. This Duty of Care applies to householders
too.
If you break this law, you can be fined an unlimited amount.
If you have an application/process that might be able to use someone else's waste visit our sister website WasteWorks.org.uk
If after talking to the Lancashire BEA Waste Advisor you cannot find another use or recycle your waste there are a number of options available to you:
Contact a skip hire company and have a skip delivered,
Arrange for a private waste disposal or recycling company to collect
your waste
Take your waste to a private disposal/recycling facility or
Arrange for your local authority to make regular pickups (see below).
Please be warned there will be a charge made for any
of these services. Whichever service you elect to use you should ensure
the provider complies with the Duty of Care requirements.
Let your local authority help!
Each authority can provide containers of various sizes which usually
range from 120 to 1280 litres.
They are made of durable material, fitted with a plastic lid, and are are easy to manoeuvre as shown in the picture above from Preston City Council. The majority of containers have lockable lids to prevent odour escape, pest infestation and scavengers.
They are suitable for most types of waste (e.g. food waste, dry non-hazardous waste, commercial waste). Refuse collection vehicles will ensure the containers are emptied quickly and cleanly on a schedule to suit you.
Costs
Local authority prices are usually highly competitive and there are no hidden costs.
It is usually a contract service with the option of flexible billing.
Charges usually include one collection per week, and the hire of container.
Flexibility with the collection service can range from once a week to 6 times a week, whatever meets your requirements.
There is no initial large outlay.
It is in the interests of each local authority to be highly flexibility – if your requirements change just ring them and they will do their best to assist.
Contact the Cleansing Department or alternatively the Town Hall for your
local authority to get the full details of your local services.
