Posted By Ron Impey A staff member at one of my office premises in Wales was recently advised by someone from the local Council that they 'may have to prepare duty of care notices for their general waste; though he wasn't sure'. The waste consists entirely of things like sandwich wrappers, tea bags and maybe even the odd snotty nose wipe tissue. Any clinical wastes that may be created, e.g. the contents of the sanibins, are disposed of separately and correctly from the general waste. Is the Council bloke correct? If so, is this normally insisted upon? http://www.defra.gov.uk/...nt/waste/management/doc/ This is not one of my areas of expertise (GASP!!!) so advice please! Ron

Posted By J Knight Ron, Transport of all waste is covered by a need for consignments notes and so on, though as Heather says an annual note will usually suffice. Movement of waste within the curtilage of a domestic premises is covered by a special derogation so you don't need a consignment note for moving your wheelie bin or taking the contents of the wastebasket into the garden and emptying them into the bin (and no, I'm not joking and this isn't a wind-up), John