Waste disposal authorities

WDAs (waste disposal AUTHORITIES) Body responsible for planning and making aiTangements for waste disposal in their area with the waste disposal companies and for providing household waste dumps under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. 

Discharge with the EPA and Agreements with the water companies. Discharges to controlled landfill sites are by agreement with the local waste disposal authority. In all cases the Consents and Agreements will impose conditions on the quantity, rate of discharge and chemical composition of the trade effluents acceptable for discharge. 

Disposal of industrial effluents to controlled landfill sites is generally confined to slurries and sludge. The quantity and composition of the wastes acceptable for disposal is controlled by licenses issued by the waste disposal authority. 

The possibility to classify processes and couplings according to their importance is the main feature of the developed coupled numerical model. Thus, the execution of assessment procedures and the supply of decision criteria for public waste disposal authority can be simplified with these tools. 

Local Government Services Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority Integrated Waste Management Strategy, Coopers and Lybrand, 1997. 

North West Waste Disposal Officers (Liners sub-group) (1986) Guidelines on the use of lamffill liners. Lancashire Waste Disposal Authority. 

In order to reduce land pollution the Act places duties on local authorities and gives them wide powers to control the disposal of waste. Waste may not be deposited except in accordance with a licence granted by the disposal authority. Waste disposal authorities, usually County Councils, must make arrangements for the disposal of waste and this will entail a survey to establish the extent to which waste materials arise within or from outside their areas, plans for its disposal or reclamation and they should consult with other authorities who may be affected. A licence is required even for a works to dispose of waste on its own land. Disposal of waste elsewhere may necessitate using disposal contractors since a collecting authority is not obliged to provide a service for the collection of industrial waste. 

This Act was gradually introduced over a 14-year period using 19 commencement orders. The Act was the first attempt to deal with the various aspects of pollution, i.e. waste disposal on land, litter, water pollution, noise and atmospheric pollution. For the first time, waste disposal authorities were required to provide waste disposal plans for their area. These plans were envisaged to be far-reaching and very detailed but the response by waste disposal authorities has been very mixed. Under the Act, licences are issued for the disposal of waste having regard for the prevention of water pollution or danger to public health. 

The Waste Disposal Authorities continue to exist mostly as County Councils in England, District Councils in Wales and Islands or District Councils in Scotland. These bodies do not undertake disposal themselves but will contract this service to private operators or Local Authority Waste Disposal Companies. 

The waste producer or holder should ensure that waste is only transferred to an authorised person such as a Waste Collection Authority (WCA) or a Waste Disposal Authority in Scotland, a holder of a waste managemenf licence (or someone who is exempt from holding a licence) or a registered carrier of confrolled waste (or someone who is exempt from registration). Details of carrier s requirements are set out in the Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991. 

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