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Waste management
Published in Stephen Battersby, Clay's Handbook of Environmental Health, 2016
The key section of the EPA is Section 33. It makes fly-tipping illegal and requires that any other waste disposal activity is undertaken only under and in compliance with the conditions of a waste management licence (now environmental permit). Section 33(1) states that a person shall not:deposit controlled waste, or knowingly cause or knowingly permit controlled waste to be deposited in or on any land unless a waste management licence authorising the deposit is in force and the deposit is in accordance with the licence;treat, keep or dispose of controlled waste or knowingly cause or knowingly permit controlled waste to be treated, kept or disposed of:in or on any land; orby means of any mobile plant except under and in accordance with a waste management licence;treat, keep or dispose of controlled waste in a manner likely to cause pollution of the environment or harm to human health.
Waste
Published in Tim Deveaux, Bassett’s Environmental Health Procedures, 2019
There is a duty on any person who imports, produces, carries, keeps, treats or disposes of controlled waste (and extractive waste) or, as a dealer or broker, has control of such waste, to take all such measures to prevent any waste related contravention in the Environmental Protection Act and Environmental Permitting Regulations or of a condition of an environmental permit; to prevent the escape of the waste from his control or that of any other person; and on the transfer of the waste, to secure that the transfer is only to an authorised person or to a person for authorised transport purposes; and a written description of the waste enabling others to avoid a contravention (section 34(1) and (1A)).
Engineering and the environment
Published in Mike Tooley, Engineering Technologies Level 3, 2017
Because of its hazardous nature, toxicity or the possibility of harm to human health or the environment, some waste needs to be treated with special care. This type of waste is strictly controlled and it is referred to as controlled waste. A prime concern with controlled waste is the effects of biodegradation or biochemical degradation and the by-products that might be produced. The Controlled Waste Regulations 2012 (CWR) provides for the classification of waste (household, industrial or commercial waste), and lists the types of waste for which local authorities may make a charge for collection and disposal.
Optimizing the selection of organic waste for biomethanization
Published in Environmental Technology, 2019
A. Gil, J. A. Siles, P. Márquez, M. C. Gutiérrez, M. A. Martín
In Europe, Framework Directive 2008/98/EC [1] on waste highlights the problems caused by waste in today's society and emphasizes the importance of responsible and controlled waste management to reduce pressure on resources and minimize negative effects on human health and the environment. Specifically, the directive establishes a waste hierarchy consisting of reuse, recycling and recovery as important management tools. One of the main options for waste recovery sets out in the document is ‘recycling/reclamation of organic substances which are not used as solvents (including composting and other biological transformation processes)’. An interesting biological transformation process is the anaerobic digestion, which permits the recovery of biodegradable waste to obtain biogas (CH4 and CO2). Depending on the biogas yield obtained during the biotransformation of waste and its proportion in methane, the anaerobic digestion of waste can be considered recovery operation or simply a method to treat waste substances.