Disposal of Hazardous waste – what you need to know

For most in the building profession and individuals that maybe involved with property development clearing sites and ensuring that they are free from previous impediments to creating a new Commercial workspace or domestic living space. It is not widely known but coming across specific ,materials, gases, toxins in these circumstances puts the party who is responsible for the clearing work under a legally established 'duty of care. We at https://www.thelearningstation.co.uk/  believe that the risks of not knowing your responsibilities with regard to these matters are great in the current climate. Substantial fines can be imposed on organisations or individuals who fail to follow the legally established best practice, and with Green Issues/Environmentalism being more on the agenda of topical areas that businesses should be looking to stay onside with, we feel that both a general and specific knowledge of these matters is vital to those in Building and associated trades.

Our Basic Hazardous Substances Awareness course is a bite-sized piece of learning that we offer. It covers who is responsible when it comes to Hazardous waste clearance (there are specific responsibilities provided for in UK law for those who transport and dispose of the waste as well as those who handle the names substances on site.

Waste is generally considered hazardous if it (or the material or substances it contains) are harmful to humans or the environment. Examples of hazardous waste include:

• asbestos
• chemicals, e.g. brake fluid or print toner
• batteries
• solvents
• pesticides
• oils (except edible ones), e.g. car oil
• equipment containing ozone depleting substances, e.g. fridges
• hazardous waste containers

How you assess waste to check if it's hazardous changed on 1 July 2015 and the new regulations are complex covering how to store Hazardous waste, the restrictions around mixing materials that are considered by the law to be 'hazardous' and those which are not, obligations regarding the specifically labelling of waste and the handling of specific materials, European codes for the storage and representation of substances and more. We hope through your choice of The Learning Station as your training provider of choice that we can educate and inform you and your colleagues or employees/contractors what you need to be aware of to staying with legal requirement for working with and handling Hazardous Materials. In an era of consumer empowerment and the rapid negative publicity that can be brought to bare on Social Media we believe that ensuring that your business is empowered to carry out it's day to day functions with regards to Green Issues and Environmentalism is a must. Having the correct specific policies and practices can be achieved by speaking t or contacting https://www.thelearningstation.co.uk/  online and signing up for our accredited course;

'Basic Hazardous Substances Awareness'