Business Waste and Recycling
Legal Obligations
Business waste and recycling is not funded through
Business Rates
All businesses have a Duty of Care under the
Environmental Protection Act 1990 to take all reasonable steps to
keep waste safe and arrange for its legal disposal.
This Duty applies to waste:
- of any nature, associated with your business.
- from your business premises, a work place or even a residential
property.
You are legally obliged to dispose of your
business waste safely and this usually entails entering into a
Trade Waste Agreement with a contractor.
Documents
Your contractor will supply you with copies of
the Duty of Care and waste transfer documents. You need to
keep these in a safe place as you could be asked to produce them by
the Council or the Environment Agency, to prove that you are
disposing of your waste legally.
If you are caught fly
tipping or disposing of waste illegally, you risk a
heavy fine or up to five years imprisonment.
Remember your Duty of Care and have a look at our tips
below:
- Reduce or reuse the rubbish that your business produces
- Recycle as much as you possibly can
- Arrange a collection for your commercial waste with a licensed
carrier
- Contain your waste in sacks or wheeled bins
- Store your waste in a safe place within your premises until
your collection day
- Do not put your rubbish out before 7am on your collection day
and only in Trade Waste Bags or with Trade Waste Labels on
- Do not dispose of business waste in public recycling banks
- Do not dispose of business waste at the Household Waste
Recycling Centre
- Do not take your business waste home, you must not dispose of
it with your household rubbish or recyclables
Contact
Dover District Council Wasteline:
01304 872428
E-mail: waste@dover.gov.uk
