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Posted By Richard Altoft
I have for some years supported a local builder with H&S advice, CHAS applications, CDM Coordinator role, etc. He has above average standards and he listens and acts on what is said to him. Generally involved in new build building and joinery which he gets through Local Authority, schools bodies, local architects etc and he is well thought of. BUT he has for some months been doing up residential properties for sale for someone who is retired and away most of the time. He has now been asked to start to do maintenance for this guy on properties he lets out and also responding to call outs and requests for repairs. Now my question is about waste disposal. Generally on new build and major refurb work he uses skips from reputable company and waste notes are in order. BUT on the repairs and call out he is going to be sending electricians and gas fitters to houses (reputable subbies or individuals, CORGI etc) but it seems they are proposing either leaving waste in dustbin at house concerned such as broken light fittings etc or bigger stuff they are thinking of bringing away and putting in skips either in his yard or on a bigger job of his somewhere nearby. When that includes as I suspect it might in the future old storage radiators or old boilers with asbestos gaskets possibly and certainly scrap metals, soots, old wiring, old plaster board, artex etc then I think he is doing wrong. Can anyone advise the specifics to dealing with often quite small quantities of waste from private houses after repairs and call outs like this.
Sorry it is a long question but best to give a full scenario so as to get the best answers back.
Many thanks
R
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Posted By Steve M Granger
Richard - I believe that its waste, and trade waste at that. Those leaving it behind are clever in their contract but dodging the law and I believe and the householder could be caught out or will also try to bend the rules at the tip.
They are getting very clever at spotting this now with numberplate recognition at household sites, public licences and so on.
As such it needs a licence and a licenced waste carrier and a licenced transfer station. Each of these will specify the type of waste permitted.
You cite the very reason for this -cowboys who mix their waste and 'inadvertently' slip in a few broken 'plasterboard' sheets or dust bags, oil filled rads fluorescent tubes etc.
I think they will have to take it seriously - maybe time to form a small co-operative between local trade companies to reduce the burden?
I would have thought the regional local authority had plenty of info on their website to help sort out how to deal with this.
Steve
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Posted By Robert K Lewis
Richard
This is a common "dodge" to avoid managing the wastes. It rests on trying to say the waste is the property of the householder and therefore it must be left behind. Legislation however looks to the Producer of the waste ie the contractor.
Bob
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Posted By Barry Cooper
I would say the producer of the waste is the client, as it comes from the client's property.
Who removes the waste is down to the contract between the client and the contractor.
If the contractor removes the waste then he will require a waste carrier licence, then he can take it to a waste transfer/disposal site, that must of course be licenced to handle the type of waste.
Barry
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Posted By D H
Hi Richard - may I offer this discussion topic;
The property you discuss belong to the "owners"
They contract the workers that removes the now unneeded stuff which is now classed as "waste"
Under the regs, the owner of the waste is responsible for it till its end disposal.
The onus is on the owners of the waste to ensure that it is transferred to a registered waste contractor and get transfer notes etc.
Failure to ensure safe transfer will go back to the owner of the "waste" in the first place.
Dave
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Posted By D H
Sorry Barry - must have been typing while you posted :)
Dave
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Posted By Richard Altoft
I am grateful to you all, I was being a bit careful not to apply my instinct for this which is very much derived from big sites and big demolitions to much smaller almost domestic situations. Thanks for the clarity of your answers and taking the time to help
R
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Posted By Exdeeps
Richard,
Slightly off topic, and you may well know this, but it's worth pointing out that you mention CORGI registration in your original post. From 1st April this year CORGI registration will be replaced by the "Gas Safe Register" and CORGI will no longer be recognised as proving competence in domestic installations.
Jim
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Posted By Richard Altoft
Thanks for that, some of work might be in Scotland, is it different up there
R
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