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Compliance Health Check

The range of legislation that companies have to be aware of is complex and increasing. It is simply not enough to claim ignorance or to assume that once waste has passed to someone else, it is not your problem.

There are numerous prosecutions that demonstrate that as far as the enforcement bodies are concerned, every business has a duty to understand their obligations and to apply a Duty of Care all the way down the line.

The Health Check below applies 41 questions to your business. Once you complete it, you can print it off as a reminder or you can put comments in the box on any issues you want particular help with and submit it to us. We will either then help by email or suggest a visit.

Remember, ignorance is no defence.

Duty of Care
1	Is your waste securely stored in containers?	YesNoNot Sure
2	Is your waste collector a registered Waste Carrier?	YesNoNot Sure
3	Have you a valid transfer note for all waste collections including recycling?	YesNoNot Sure
4	Have you confirmed that the EWC code and waste description on the transfer note are correct?	YesNoNot Sure
5	Have you and the waste contractor signed the transfer note currently in use?	YesNoNot Sure
6	Do you keep copies of transfer notes for two years?	YesNoNot Sure
7	Does your waste meet the pre-treatment requirements?	YesNoNot Sure
8	If not, is it taken to a sorting facility that satisfies the pre-treatment requirement?	YesNoNot Sure
9	Other than food prepared for consumption on site, if your site produces raw meat waste, are you disposing of it under the Animal By-Products Regulations?	YesNoNot Sure
10	If you have gypsum/plasterboard waste, are you sure it is not going to landfill?	YesNoNot Sure
11	If you use a third party to organise any of your waste collections, are they a registered Waste Broker?	YesNoNot Sure
12	Have you checked that the disposal facilities your waste is taken to is correctly permitted?	YesNoNot Sure
13	If you produce more than 500kgs of hazardous waste, is your site registered with the EA?	YesNoNot Sure
14	Is all hazardous waste collected from your site covered by a consignment note?	YesNoNot Sure
15	Is the waste described correctly on the consignment note?	YesNoNot Sure
16	Are you sure no hazardous waste – such as fluorescent tubes, computer monitors and oily rags - is mixed in with your general waste?	YesNoNot Sure
17	If your lighting is managed by a lighting contractor, have you checked they are following the correct consignment procedures for fluorescent tubes?	YesNoNot Sure
18	If you are storing used fluorescent tubes for other sites, have you registered an exemption?	YesNoNot Sure
19	If you are dismantling waste electrical equipment or vehicles, does your site have an Environmental Permit?	YesNoNot Sure
Packaging Regulations
20	Does packaging you place onto the UK market meet the Essential Requirements for minimisation?	YesNoNot Sure
21	If your turnover in the previous year was greater than £2m, have you confirmed you did not place more that 50 tonnes of packaging on the market last year?	YesNoNot Sure
22	If you did, are you registered with an environmental Agency, either direct or through a Compliance Scheme?	YesNoNot Sure
23	If you are obligated, is your data ‘as accurate as reasonably possible’?	YesNoNot Sure
24	Have you checked your PRN costs to ensure they are competitive?	YesNoNot Sure
WEEE Regulations
25	Regardless of your turnover, do you manufacture, import or supply under own brand, any electrical products into the UK market?	YesNoNot Sure
If Yes
26	Are they marked with the crossed out wheelie bin symbol and bar?	YesNoNot Sure
27	Does the product show your company logo?	YesNoNot Sure
28	Are you registered with an approved compliance scheme?	YesNoNot Sure
29	Is your data ‘as accurate as reasonably possible’?	YesNoNot Sure
30	Are you confident that you are reporting products under the correct category?	YesNoNot Sure
31	Have you checked your compliance costs to ensure they are competitive?	YesNoNot Sure
If you sell electrical equipment of any sort or quantity for household use:
32	Are you displaying the correct WEEE information signage in store?	YesNoNot Sure
33	Have you registered with the Distributor Takeback Scheme?	YesNoNot Sure
34	If not, are you offering free in-store takeback to customers?	YesNoNot Sure
Batteries Regulations
35	Do you import portable batteries (eg AA, button etc) either stand alone or in products?	YesNoNot Sure
36	If yes, are you registered?	YesNoNot Sure
37	If you sell more than 32kgs/year of portable batteries for household or business use, are you aware that from 1 February, you must offer free take back?	YesNoNot Sure
38	Do you import industrial or automotive batteries either stand alone or in products?	YesNoNot Sure
39	If yes, are you registered?	YesNoNot Sure
40	If batteries are collected from you, are they covered by a consignment note?	YesNoNot Sure
41	Are you clear on the reporting requirements for batteries if you are a registered producer?	YesNoNot Sure