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#1 Posted : 16 November 2000 18:50:00(UTC)
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Posted By Chris Sprigg Can asbestos, particularly cemented sheeting, be reused, given away or sold for reuse by others, or must it be disposed of once it is no longer used or wanted in its present form?
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#2 Posted : 18 November 2000 07:46:00(UTC)
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Posted By Adrian Watson Dear Chris, Regulation 7 of the Asbestos Prohibitions Regulations 1992 state that: [7 Prohibition of products containing chrysotile] [(1) Subject to the provisions of the Schedule to these Regulations, no person shall supply or use- (a) chrysotile; or (b) any product to which chrysotile has intentionally been added, unless it was in use before 24th November 1999. (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) above, no person shall use- (a) asbestos cement; (b) any board, panel or tile, all or part of which has been painted with paint containing chrysotile; or (c) any board, panel or tile, all or part of which has been covered in a textured finishing plaster used for decorative purposes and containing chrysotile, unless it is installed in or forms part of any premises or plant and, before 24th November 1999, it was installed in or formed part of those same premises or that same plant. Your answer is therefore, no you may not sell it, give it away etc or use it in the premises, unless you reuse it within the same premises and it was in use before 24th November 1999.
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#3 Posted : 18 November 2000 14:17:00(UTC)
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Posted By Bruce Sutherland The latest interpretation appears to be that you may reuse cement sheet on the same building (site?) but not on different site. ie if the roof sheet blows off, and you can put it back on then that would be premissible, but you can certainly not sell / give away (supply) or even strip, dismantle the frame and reerect and reclad on another site. Cheers Bruce Sutherland
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#4 Posted : 18 November 2000 20:44:00(UTC)
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Posted By Adrian Watson Bruce, That is correct, because it is being used within the same premises. Regards Adrian Watson
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#5 Posted : 19 November 2000 10:20:00(UTC)
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Posted By Chris Sprigg Thanks Guys, That answers my question nicely.
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#6 Posted : 19 November 2000 15:43:00(UTC)
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Posted By Paul Craythorne Chris, Surely the underlying principle of the legislation is, over a period of time, to rid us all of the plague that is asbestos. Re-using it is therefore:- a. likely to expose workers at some future point. b. guaranteed to be more more costly when the company does eventually dispose of it (nothing gets cheaper). c. not being a responsible employer. Regards, Paul
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#7 Posted : 19 November 2000 16:09:00(UTC)
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Posted By Adrian Watson Paul, There are a number of points, I would like to make in response to your comments. 1. Asbestos was not ever a plague. Whilst the use of asbestos undoubtedly cost lives it also saved lives! There is such thing as a safe or dangerous substance; there are only harmless or harmful doses of substances and safe and dangerous ways of using substances. Whilst, one should always use a less hazardous substance, we frequently replace a substance with what we believe to be a less hazardous substance which subsequently proves itself to be more hazardous as we become more knowledgeable about it. 2. Leaving it in situ is less hazardous than removing it and may be a reponsible option. Furthermore, costs are always relative; it is sometimes cheaper to leave removal to a later date when removal and disposal technologies are more developed and disposal becomes cheaper! Many regards. Adrian Watson
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