Licensing, waste management

Producer responsibility obligations 1997 - guidance on evidence of compliance and accreditation of re-processors A new waste management licensing system - what it means - how it affects you... 

The conditions of the exemptions from licensing are in the Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994. If an activity may be exempt this should be discussed with the Environment Agency. 

Licence applications are processed by the Environment Agency using the waste management licensing process handbook which helps to ensure the licensing service is efficient and consistent. 

There will be an annual fee to cover the costs of these visits. The fees for waste management licensing are in the Waste Management Licensing (Oharges) Scheme. 

It is the responsibility of the waste producer to decide whether the substance or object in his possession is waste. This decision is not always straightforward and final interpretation may be a matter for the comts. ITowever, in a case where the holder is in doubt about the status of a substance or object as waste the regulatory authority should be consulted. In order for material to be classified as a certain type of waste, such as a controlled waste, a substance or object should meet the definition of directive waste as set out in the Waste Framework Directive and its amendment and reflected in section 22 of the Environment Act 1995 and Ihe Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994 ". This definition is based on whether the producer or person in possession of the material in question has discarded it, intends to or is required to discard it. ITowever a number of questions can be posed in order to decide whether or not something is a waste ... 

Department of the Environment, Transport and Regions, Circular 11/94 Environmental Protection Act 1990 Part 11, Waste Management Licensing, the Framework Directive on Waste, The Stationery Office, London (1994)... 

Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1994, as amended The Stationery Office, London (1994)... 

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006 923 Waste Management (England and Wales) Regulations 2006 893 Waste Management Licensing Regulations 1 4 as amended 893,... 

There are even sites where excess clean spoil from motorway construction has been used to raise groxmd levels in farmland that have been subject to Waste Management Licensing and will be classified as landfill sites. Thus the nature of landfill sites can be very different depending on the type of waste they have... 

The EPA replaced previous controls in the Control of Pollution Act 1974. It introduced changes in both the waste management licensing system and the bodies responsible for waste regulation and disposal. Local authorities remain the key enforcement bodies, but with extra demands on the waste disposal industry and all producers or handlers of waste. 

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