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Learn how waste legislation affects your organisation, how to keep up with changing requirements, and how to identify the action needed to maintain compliance, with our IEMA approved Waste Management training course.

This 1-day course includes interactive workshops covering key topics such as the benefits of compliant waste management and the requirements of key UK waste legislation.

Students will leave the course with a better understanding of waste management requirements, enabling them to make a positive contribution to their organisation’s environmental performance and management system. Application of these new skills will also assure customers and other stakeholders of your commitment to waste management.

This 1-day course is suitable for:

  • managers and supervisors who have responsibility for managing waste in their organisation
  • anyone who is new to operational management of waste
  • those with responsibility for implementing an environmental management system and who need to gain an understanding of waste legislation and controls

Topics covered on the course include:

  • benefits of compliant waste management
  • waste hierarchy and how it applies in practice
  • mechanisms for determining legal requirements relating to waste and how to access further information
  • key UK legislation and the key issues in relation to the definition of waste
  • Duty of Care, the role of the producer and practical actions for compliance
  • environmental permits and waste exemption, including when they may be required and signposting the process for application
  • overview of hazardous waste regulations
  • compliance considerations when organising waste contracts

Over the course of the day delegates will explore the following topics in a flexible agenda:

  • WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
  • Module 1 Why Manage Waste?
  • Module 2 History of Waste Legislation
  • Module 3 What is Waste?
  • Workshop 1 Is it Waste?
  • Module 4 Waste Hierarchy
  • Module 5 Waste Classification
  • Module 6 Environmental Permits, Exemptions and Registrations
  • Workshop 2 What Exemptions and Registrations are Needed?
  • LUNCH
  • Module 7 Duty of Care
  • Workshop 3 Would You Accept the Waste Transfer Documentation?
  • Module 8 Hazardous Waste
  • Workshop 4 Is it Hazardous?
  • Module 9 Controls on Specific Types of Waste
  • Module 10 Enforcement and Penalties
  • Module 11 Keeping Up To Date
  • Module 12 Compliance in Practice
  • Workshop 5 Your Action Plan
  • Q&A and Summary
  • CLOSE

On completion of this course delegates be able to:

  • explain the benefits of a compliant waste management
  • describe the waste hierarchy and how it applies in practice
  • outline mechanisms for determining legal requirements relating to waste and how to access further information
  • list key UK legislation and the key issues in relation to the definition of waste
  • explain the importance of Duty of Care, the role of the producer and practical actions for compliance
  • recognise when an environmental permit or a registered exemption may be required and the process for application
  • outline the key requirements of the hazardous waste regulations including the completion of consignment notes
  • list key compliance considerations when organising waste contracts.

In recognition of their new knowledge and skills, all delegates who finish the course will be presented with a Certificate of Completion.

Waste Management Certificate