Legislation that is likely to apply to all businesses includes:
- Landfill Regulations;
- Pre-treatment of Waste Regulations;
- Hazardous Waste Regulations;
- Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE); and
- Climate Change Levy
Other legislation the may apply to your business includes:
- Site Waste Management Plans;
- Integrated Pollution and Prevention Control;
- Packaging regulations;
In addition to these, there are many other pieces of environmental legislation that may apply to your business.
There is a huge amount of environmental legislation that affects all types and sizes of businesses. It can be extremely difficult and time consuming to keep up to date with all the relevant legislation. Failure to comply with environmental legislation could lead to fines and even imprisonment.
Being pro-active to ensure that you are compliant with legislation ensures you avoid penalties and responsibly manage your environmental impact. Because knowing where to look and finding the time to do so can be difficult we offer services to help keep you up to date:
- We can provide a register of legislation as part of an EMS through one of our services.
- We can keep you updated through our Green Network
- We can provide on-site support to advise on any specific issues
To discuss environmental legislation that may affect you and how we can help, contact us.