Trade Waste

 

 

 

• Reduce Waste at Work
• Duty of Care
• Collection Charges
• Trade Recycling Service
  

Benefit your Business

For all businesses, the cost of waste is on the increase. Minimising waste not only makes good business sense, it can also help to reduce risk, create markets and demonstrate environmental improvement to suppliers and customers.

A simple way to make your business more competitive and reduce costs is to seek practical advice on reducing waste.

Reduce Waste, Reduce Costs

Reducing your business waste at source and identifying recycling opportunities reduces the amount you have to spend on waste disposal. Reducing waste can add real value to your business and improve your bottom line. Our Trade Waste web pages have some handy tips on simple things you can do to Reduce Waste at Work.

A Trade Waste Advisor is available to help Aberdeenshire trade customers reduce costs by identifying waste needs and opportunities and share best practice advice on waste reduction.

Duty of Care

The Duty of Care is a code of practice to support the 1990 Environmental Protection Act section 34 (1). Waste can be solid, liquid or gaseous. The code of practice states, amongst other issues, that you must store waste safely and securely.

It applies to anyone who:

• produces or imports
• keeps or stores
• transports
• treats
• recycles
• disposes of waste

If you give waste to someone else, you must be sure they are authorised to take it and can transport, store, recycle or dispose of it properly. Movement of all controlled waste is monitored through Waste Transfer Notes (WTN).

If you break this law, you can be fined an unlimited amount or, in serious cases, be imprisoned.

If you have any enquiries regarding Trade Waste, please contact our Trade Waste Team for assistance.