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Putting the Right Waste in the Right Place

Learn how raising awareness and enforcing Duty of Care can prevent waste crime. Discover the impact on the environment, government actions, and the importance of compliance in the waste management sector.

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Putting the Right Waste in the Right Place

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  1. Putting the Right Waste in the Right Place Preventing waste crime by raising awareness and enforcing ‘Duty of Care’ 26 September 2019 Alan Holmes, Waste & Resources

  2. The Session today: • Waste Crime – causes, scale and impact • Action to tackle waste crime • Legitimate industry’s role: - The ‘Right Waste Right Place’ campaign to raiseawareness of Duty of Care - Proposals to overhaul the carriers, brokers, dealers regime

  3. Duty of Care in a Nutshell Waste must • be managed at a permitted site • be managed within permit conditions • not escape • only be transferred to an authorised person • be accompanied by an adequate description • Waste producers must comply with waste hierarchy

  4. Right Waste, Right Place Campaign: To raise awareness across waste producing business sectors of the importance of Duty of Care compliance. Why? • Drives company compliance and a secure audit trail • Duty of Care awareness is key to reducing waste crime • Provide a level playing field • Business benefits

  5. The Waste Chain in 1990

  6. The waste chain in 2019!!!

  7. Waste Crime • Not a victimless crime: Impact on environment and communities; Deters investment by legitimate operators in the sector • Getting worse? - Despite increased attention by Government. • ESA’sRethinking Waste Crime/Government Serious Organised Waste Crime review/Resources and Waste Strategy • Cost of waste crime up to £1 billion a year…. • Fly-tipping: nearly 1 million incidents/yr and £60 million cost to Local Authorities in England and Wales - and rising! • 500- 1000 new large scale illegal waste sites added to regulators’ databases every year

  8. Government action to tackle waste crime: • Additional funding • Sentencing Council Guidelines • Fixed Penalty Notices • Enhanced Enforcement Powers • Landfill Tax for Unauthorised sites • Better Intelligence sharing • Resource & Waste Strategy

  9. RWRP Campaign Survey Survey of 1000 SME’s in construction, agriculture and retail sectors:

  10. A Network of RWRP Ambassadors determined to raise awareness and tackle waste crime

  11. Thank you ! Alan Holmes Website: www.rightwasterightplace.com Email: info@rightwasterightplace.com Follow: @RWRP2016 Like: info@rightwasterightplace.com ESA: www.esauk.org

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