Trimming the waste line

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With a raft of seemingly endless waste disposal regulations making ever-growing demands on industry, companies are fast realising that there are opportunities to reduce overheads.

Regulations are a constant  factor for companies dealing with environmental issues, and the need to both comply with current legislation and keep abreast of the latest developments is daunting.

But industry is increasingly coming to realise that regulations covering the production and treatment of waste — both during manufacturing and at the end of product life — are presenting opportunities for cost cutting.

The Waste Acceptance Criteria, which came into force in this country in July, are part of the European Commission’s Hazardous Waste Directive.

Intended to ensure that different types of waste are only sent to landfills and disposal facilities that are equipped to cope with them, the criteria mean that companies producing waste must know all of its properties before it is sent to landfill.

Waste streams must be checked periodically to ensure that these properties have not changed; and each delivery must be checked at the landfill site to verify that it is the expected waste and has not been contaminated in storage or transit.

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