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Office Waste & other Waste information

Fire at EMR

August 24, 2012

Scrap Yard Blaze Extinguished After 2 Days
Fire crews have managed to extinguish the blaze that broke out at the beginning of the week at a Scrapyard in Birmingham.
At approximately 19:00 BST on Monday, 100 tonnes of scrap metal caught fire at the EMR yard in Landor Street, Nechells.
At its peak more than 45 firefighters from [...]

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May 3, 2010

Duty of Care – Your Waste Responsibilities
 All the waste that is produced by your business or within your work place is regulated by waste laws. This means that you must make sure that you produce, store, transport and dispose of the waste that your business produces without it being hazardous to the environment. This process [...]

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Office Waste

February 28, 2010

Office Waste
What types of hazardous waste do you produce?
All business will produce some hazards office waste  
Example

Fluorescent tubes, energy-saving light bulbs, sodium lamps,  
Toner and ink jet cartridges from printers and photocopiers
 Old computer monitors

Printing waste
Save Money by recycling or reusing your printer cartridges rather than disposing of them in landfill or incineration.
Cut your costs [...]

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Revised Waste Exemptions

January 26, 2010

The government is revising the list of waste activities that are exempt from environmental permitting.
Draft regulations have been published and are expected to come into force on 6 April 2010
Who will the revised waste exemptions affect?
The new regulations will affect you if you:

Operate a waste recycling, recovery or disposal business
Currently operate under an exemption
Operate under an EA [...]

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Handling, Transfer and Transport of Waste

January 26, 2010

The government now proposes to bring two new sets of regulations dealing with the handling, transfer and transport of waste in 2010
Who will the new waste controls regulations affect?
The proposals will affect businesses that:

Produce waste 
Import waste 
Carry or transport waste 
Keep or store waste 
Treat waste 
Dispose of waste 
Operate as waste brokers or dealers.

This will affect most businesses. In [...]

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