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98 Mayor of London Making waste work in London The Mayor’s Draft Business Waste Management Strategy excellent opportunity for healthcare organisations with local authority waste services to increase their recycling. 4.70 The Department of Health has drafted a best practice guide 218 for the management of healthcare sector waste. The guide’s key recommendations include: ■ conducting waste audits to assess the composition of a waste stream and for monitoring waste segregation and prevention strategies ■ introducing a revised colour-coded best practice waste segregation and packaging system. Adoption of this system will achieve standardisation across the UK and aid the identification and segregation of healthcare sector wastes. 4.71 The NHS has nine regional Strategic Health Authorities, including one for London. There are approximately 65 hospitals in London and around 70 other large health trusts, along with hundreds of doctors’ surgeries, nursing homes and private health clinics that produce clinical waste, however there is no organisation that has overall authority over the operation of these facilities to ensure good waste management practices are employed. Proposal 23 The Mayor expects the London Strategic Health Authority to take responsibility for implementing the waste aspects of the Department of Health sustainable development policy.
Making waste work in London The Mayor’s Draft Business Waste Management Strategy Mayor of London 99 4E Avoiding fines Introduction 4.72 Failure to comply with environmental legislation can potentially result in court action, fines and in some cases imprisonment. In 2006, the Environment Agency prosecuted 380 businesses for environmental damage resulting in total fines of £3.5 million that averaged £11,800 per business, compared to a total of £2.7 million and an average of £8,600 in 2005 219 . Five of the top ten fines were for illegal waste activities 220 . 4.73 Many businesses, particularly small businesses, have poor knowledge of their environmental obligations and are failing to take the sustained action needed to reduce their environmental impact. A City and Guilds survey 221 of 600 employees in small manufacturing businesses found that 46 per cent of those in management roles were unaware of the environmental laws affecting their business, with one in seven not knowing that the company could be fined for failing to comply with environmental regulations. Fly-tipping and the Duty of Care 4.74 Fly-tipping impacts badly on London’s image and costs local authorities in London almost £1 million every month to clear up 222 . The Environment Agency estimates that 15 per cent of fly-tipping incidents are business waste, particularly construction waste, which accounts for about one fifth of fly-tipped waste 223 . 4.75 Businesses have a legal duty to ensure that any waste they produce is handled safely and within the law. This is the Duty of Care. Businesses must check that an authorised waste carrier is collecting their waste. If a business does not check that their waste carrier is authorised and their waste is illegally disposed of, the business could be held responsible. 4.76 One of the aims of the Duty of Care legislation is to prevent waste producers simply handing their waste over to anyone prepared to take it away, without giving consideration to where it is going and whether it will be dealt with properly. Businesses need to be made aware of their responsibilities so that they are able to comply and business support organisations, particularly those advising start-up businesses, should be equipped to provide relevant information. The Environment Agency manage an online register of authorised waste carriers to enable businesses to check their waste carrier is legal. London’s businesses should use the Environment Agency’s register of authorised waste carriers to ensure they are using a registered business to collect their waste and keeping transfer note records in good order to facilitate inspection.
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