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Posted By el nino
Ok gang - an environmental question for which I need some help.
I have looked through the regs and the guidance and once again drawn a blank.
When is an oily rag not an oily rag for the purposes of special waste disposal?
Does it have to be dripping with oil or just slightly soiled before it gets to go in the special waste bin?
Should employees be encouraged to take their rags home with them for domestic disposal ( like they have been doing with sections of our damaged asbestos roof ) or would I be risking another conversation with the magistrate?
El Nino demands your help.
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Posted By J Knight
I'm not sure I like the term 'demand' here; having mopped my fevered brow because of the anxiety attack caused by el nino's bullying approach I find that I have a potentially infectious tissue to dispose of. Maybe el nino and I could combine wastes and that way comply with environmental law,
John
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Posted By Alias
My understanding is that a slightly soiled rag, which has been soiled with a substance that would be disposed of as special waste, must also be disposed of as special waste.
Although if the cost implications of this are superfantastic I would assess it and then submit that to the EA for feedback with an eye to seeking some kind of exemption.
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Posted By el nino
John - I demand that you stop having anxiety attacks right now!
El Nino
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Posted By J Knight
That's two sweaty tissues; there'll be enough for a regular waste collection soon; just avoid the carcinogenic dust:)
John
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Posted By Jim Walker
Again, el Nino raises an important issue here.
It has set me thinking. If I take my oily boiler suit home (yes, I'm not just a paper shuffler); does my missus need a waste disposal contractor's licence before she washes it?
And does Château Walker need to be a licensed waste processing site?
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Posted By J Knight
It is an important issue and it's a similar question to teh one I asked a while back about whether a garden pond is protected water. Industrial waste is rightly controlled, but one rag?
Burn it, is what I say (but what about the dark smoke...):)
John
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Posted By el nino
It will be more than one rag.
El Nino did think about burning the rags but the cost of an incinerator that meets the current EU limits is frightening ( 250K, or so I'm told ). If a splosh out that much money I won't be able to keep the Aston running.
Come on gang, what do you all do with your oily rags?
El Nino
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Posted By Jeff Manion
Depends on how many oily rags.
Is it okay for you to place them in a sealed container and then when full.
Special Waste Regulations 1996.
These control the movement of waste that is potentially hazardous or dangerous. They will be replaced from July 2005 with the “Hazardous Waste Regulations”, which bring for most producers of hazardous waste to notify their premises to the “Environmental Agency”.
JM
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Posted By Merv Newman
Buy industrial "wipes", have the used ones collected and washed by an industrial laundry firm and returned for use. Cheaper than an incinerator though not as cheap as disposable rags. (and what can you catch from them, I ask ?)
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Posted By Jim Walker
If el Nino gets his company registered as a religous organisation, you could then burn the rags to signal the appiontment (or otherwise) of new HS&E director.
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Posted By stephen J Smith
Would the potential smoke need to be assessed via the ringelmans chart or other comparative measure to determine pollution content?
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Posted By Barry Cooper
My company have ISO 14001 accreditation. We dispose of oily rags via our waste contractor as special waste.
They provide a skip, and when full come and take it away then dispose of the rags, usually to landfil.
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