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4.123. Whilst sustainable waste management practices are not part of the legislation package that affects many commercial companies, the reuse of materials to avoid waste, along with waste minimisation and recycling are now well enshrined in best practice and Government policy. However, two recent surveys (Brook Lyndhurst 2004; SMEnvironment 2003) indicate that the majority of SMEs do not know where to turn for advice and assistance on environmental issues. Brook Lyndhurst also suggests that even with available information, SMEs may well be reluctant to address environmental issues due to commercial or other pressures. 4.124. Larger commercial enterprises are perhaps better placed to implement waste management practices than SMEs as many will have appointed a designated person to handle environmental issues. In our experience, the main drivers for large companies are perhaps reputation and public relations. Also, we have noted that an enthusiastic person(s) with appropriate influence can have a significant affect on the internal environmental culture of an organisation through championing sustainable approaches to work. Whilst potential cost savings are obviously higher than for SMEs, they may well not be highly significant when compared to other potential forms of cost saving for office based sectors. This may be especially so in certain professions such as the financial sector where salaries, rent and transport are likely to be far higher costs in comparison to waste management, and hence perhaps the first area to consider when costs savings are required. This should be part of good practice management. For retail, wholesale, education and hospitality, however, it is envisaged that costs would be an increasingly important driver but, again, perhaps not of immense significance. Industrial Sector 4.125. The industrial sector SMEs have a much wider range of applicable legislation. Of particular interest is the Packaging Waste Regulations 17 since this includes a requirement to recover and recycle wastes. However, this does not apply to smaller companies (i.e. those whose turnover is below £1m per annum and who handle less than 50 tonnes of packaging per year). However, the practical impact of these regulations has arguably been limited in some cases by companies who discharge their liabilities through joining a registered compliance scheme. 4.126. In practice, there is a far greater driver for industry than commerce to implement sustainable waste management practices, not just from a legislative perspective, but in many cases due to costs. In general, industry produces a greater amount of waste per employee and has more diverse waste streams than the commercial sectors. Many industrial sectors also produce special waste and will be hit to a far greater extent by the forthcoming Hazardous Waste Regulations which are expected to significantly increase costs for much of industry (see chapter on hazardous wastes). Industry is also faced by the requirement for discharge consents which can have a bearing on the amount of wastes that they produce. 4.127. Larger enterprises are subject to a considerable raft of legislation under the Pollution, Prevention and Control Act 1999 (PPC) which implements the EU Directive on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (96/61/EC) (IPPC). This is aimed at preventing and controlling pollution from major industrial plants. This legislation is being implemented over a number of years on a sector by sector basis. 4.128. The PPC regulations require that industrial processes are permitted by the Regulator. In determining a permit, the Regulator will require that the operation is being operated in 17 Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 1997 as amended. 46
accordance with Best Available Techniques (BAT). The European Commission is producing a set of BAT Reference Documents (BREF Notes), of which a number have been produced to date. The Environment Agency is also producing additional guidance. Assistance and aids to best practice 4.129. The above section has identified incentives for enterprises to go beyond legislative compliance. The purpose of this section is to consider the aids available to promote best practice on waste management and to examine the wider assistance available to the waste recycling and materials reprocessing sectors. Much of this assistance is currently targeted at C&I waste generators, so it is discussed in this Chapter, but where there are links to C&D and hazardous waste these are noted. 4.130. Current and potential activities by publicly funded bodies operating in London other than the GLA are considered in relation to the waste life cycle, from waste minimisation and recycling by waste generators through to product development and market stimulation. Table 4.9 summarises the life cycle stages at which interventions currently take place. The activities of private sector providers of advice and other services, such as consultants assisting businesses to develop an EMS, are not included in the table but are discussed at the end of the section. Table 4.9: Summary of waste life cycle stages at which national and local bodies promote sustainable waste management Bodies with direct involvement Minimisation and recycling by generators Collection and transport Reprocessing Product development and market stimulation WRAP √ √ √ √ Envirowise √ Waste Watch 18 √ Business Link √ Environment Agency √ LWA √ √ London Remade √ √ √ √ WCAs √ √ Bodies with supporting roles LDA Integration of sustainable waste management within economic planning, funds London Remade and other initiatives, dialogue with other bodies, partner in LWA. LDA assisted GLA in development of London Plan. London First Integration of sustainable waste management within business activities, partner in LWA, dialogue with members and other bodies 18 Including Wastebusters 47
Page 1 and 2: Policy & Partnerships London Wider
Page 3: CONTENTS 1. Introduction 1 2. Waste
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‘Technical Assessment for Waste M
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accurate record of hazardous waste
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Figure 6.2: Breakdown of recorded h
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wastes to London are the closest, i
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Figure 6.4: Breakdown of hazardous
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6.47. There are a range of views fr
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Table 6.5: In-house landfills which
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equirements for the ‘new’ hazar
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options to improve treatment, such
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6.80. However, the new hazardous wa
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6.90. The future treatment of asbes
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7.7. London’s total hazardous was
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7.19. There is only limited composi
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waste management obligations and be
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construction and demolition compani
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the precise amount of landfill capa
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R.14 In order to more effectively t
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R32 It is recommended that a reduct
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measurement of wastes from construc
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Future Actions Table 7.1: Summary o
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Theme 3: Support for Existing Initi
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for contaminated soils within Londo
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Appendix A: Waste policy and legisl
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• whole used tyres (from 2003);
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UK Policy The majority of UK waste
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• Requires consents to discharge
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• Prohibits certain types of wast
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Green Paper on PVC Key Features •
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Chris Searles, Searles Associates D
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Table C1. Data by Number (from Smal
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Appendix D: Results of Further Anal
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Total 100 598.8 70.7 423.4 29.8 178
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Appendix E: Local Authority C&I Col
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All of the respondents said that th
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proportion of waste collected from
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Finally, the authorities were asked
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The authorities were asked how the
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All authorities were asked how they
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Table E11: Do you expect to meet th
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Table E15: What is the situation re
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Appendix F: Consultees for Construc
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Appendix G: Policy, legislative and
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Measure Germany Denmark Belgium The
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