Garage Waste (PDF-3169 kb) - Mayo County Council

Smart Garage Brochure:Layout 1 27/10/2010 21:15 Page 30regardless of whether you are having large volumes of waste taken off site or justa small amount, each person that takes away your waste should be able to give youa copy of an up to date waste collection permit. This protects you from any legalissues that may arise if it is found that some of your wastes are managedinappropriately.All wastes that are removed from your garage by a third party, including general rubbishmust have an accompanying written record. remember, for hazardous waste youshould get a waste consignment Note (c1).an inspector from you local authority can call at yourgarage and ask to see your records for the past three years!Your local authority can call at your garage and ask to see your records for the past threeyears. Having all of these records on hand is a tricky thing in most garages - book keepingnot being the strength of most!It is much easier to keep a summary of the relevant information. Across is an exampleof summary sheets for all your waste records. The first table records all the relevantinformation that you must have for your waste contractors and the second willsummarise all the information you should have for the wastes taken from your garage.Remember, you must still keep the original records for at least years.0