Waste License?

[Robert Tyrrell]

These are probably some of those questions that have very simple answers, I should probably know the answers, and it more than likely makes me look like a bit of a plonker but I have to ask anyway:

Do I need a waste license to transport oil lines, used filters, etc from site to a disposal unit and if so how do I go about getting one?

I used to just drop it all in the yard and someone else dealt with it all but now that I'm on my own it's something that bothers me - a bit 🙂

 

[rpm]

Yes you do need the licence, Environment Agency under regulation 9 of the controlled waste regulations 1991. It`s £150 for a three year licence.
There is something under regulation 3 about seizure of vehicles.
Hope that helps.

 

[townfanjon]

I have one Robert, I was not happy at all but £50 a year to know you cant drive around with scrap in your van and its legal is just about ok LOL. Its a shame a certain race of people who transport scrap pay sod all, or maybe I am wrong and they all have licences after all (of course they do)

 

[rpm]

Passed one of those Ford Transit pick up scrap metal driving people today being pulled over by the police. Also saw HM Coastguard car on motorway nowhere near water, wonder what that was all about, hope he doesn`t know something I don`t 🙂

 

[Robert Tyrrell]

The thing that I'm most concerned about isn't anything to do with scrap metal guys, it's the contaminated waste incurred when you service a boiler so if you have any advice on that subject it would be appreciated, although I do appreciate the scrap metal advice 🙂
BTW: I see the usual suspects around the village that I live in; Ford pickup, or similar, strange musical (?) sound blaring out from the stereo, but I see no stickers sating that they are licensed. Have I seen the police stopping/questioning/arresting anyone? You can guess the answer to that one I'm sure. I am a professional. I do not want to be, and will not be, labelled as a cowboy just for the sake of a few quid.

 

[Soggy]

One that I have come across a few times is the tech who tells the customer that he doesn't have a waste license so has to leave it all for the customer to dispose of.

 

[newcastle phill]

I used to have a waste licence and many years ago was involved with the environment agency
Back then you could transport your own waste. And it mainly pertained to if the waste was for reward.

Now its all fubar'ed

As of 2014 you need one for your own waste too seemingly..


And they say dick turpin is dead.....

 

[lame plumber]

just councils trying to get the money central government isnt passing on now, soon though they wont have enough dosh to prosecute those of us without a waste licence 🙂🙂🙂

 

[Bunker]

I never have had one, never thought about it. Oil lines and old filters I stick in the custards dustbin, what else is there to do with it?

 

[lame plumber]

I never have had one, never thought about it. Oil lines and old filters I stick in the custards dustbin, what else is there to do with it?

dont want a smelly van after all, its their rubbish

 

[Best]

What a load of rubbish (if you pardon the expression!)
What's the difference between a service guy taking a few used oil hoses & filters in his van compared to Joe Public carrying rubbish to a local tip, or carrying a drum of oil in his car? - Nothing.

As to those transit van people, - they know how to beat the law & do it everywhere. I notice nowadays they have vehicles which are near new & legal on the road & the police can do nothing with them.

 

[IDCHAPPY]

What a load of rubbish (if you pardon the expression!)
What's the difference between a service guy taking a few used oil hoses & filters in his van compared to Joe Public carrying rubbish to a local tip, or carrying a drum of oil in his car? - Nothing.

As to those transit van people, - they know how to beat the law & do it everywhere. I notice nowadays they have vehicles which are near new & legal on the road & the police can do nothing with them.

Spot on about the vehicles, most of them look like they just rolled out of a Ford showroom :lol:

 

[Robert Tyrrell]

dont want a smelly van after all, its their rubbish

That's what I have done from time to time but it's contaminated waste and I don't fancy being pulled for it that's all.
I just wondered if it actually stated anywhere that you must have a license for carrying/disposing of this stuff. I can understand having a license to deal in scrap metal (Incidentaly you, as a plumber, do not need one) but not for scraps of pipe etc that you get from a job and are taking to the dealer.
as I've said, just to be clear, it's the contaminated oil waste from a service that I'm concerned about 🙂

 

[newcastle phill]

The environment agency are quite approachable. Best to call them and ask the question.
The ground workers also have these regs imposed upon them to enforce.
They will tell you the best way to handle it

 

[Worcester]

If it's your own waste a waste licence is foc. Buy it from the Customer for £1 and then it's yours 🙂 There again if you're doing more than 80 jobs a year.

Upper tier £250.00 for 3 years
Lower Tier £ree 🙂

Regsiter here https://www.gov.uk/waste-carrier-or-broker-registration

 

[Worcester]

Actually just checked and you are better NOT to buy it from them as if:

Wed deal with
"Waste from other businesses, organisations or households"
AND
"We just dispose of clients' waste as part of another service or trade (eg as a gardener or plumber)"

then its' the lower tier (foc 🙂 )

 

[Worcester]

Add in this : https://www.gov.uk/environmental-permit-check-if-you-need-one
and this: https://www.gov.uk/how-to-classify-different-types-of-waste

 

[newcastle phill]

If it's your own waste a waste licence is foc. Buy it from the Customer for £1 and then it's yours 🙂 There again if you're doing more than 80 jobs a year.

Upper tier £250.00 for 3 years
Lower Tier £ree 🙂

Regsiter here https://www.gov.uk/waste-carrier-or-broker-registration

£1 - Good try but that wont work.
Thats classed as dealing in waste and you need a licence.

 

[Robert Tyrrell]

£1 - Good try but that wont work.
Thats classed as dealing in waste and you need a licence.

You could always add a rider to your paperwork stating that the waste copper etc belongs to you after the job finishes (Very Small Print) that way you aren't dealing, it's just a product of the job and you're transporting your companies waste to the dealer 🙂

 

[newcastle phill]

Also by the letter.... You cant take waste back to your lockup or leave it on the van.

For that you need a transfer station licence. They have you always.

 

[Mike Jackson]

This has been done to death. Any waste we produce in our work is classed as construction debris and you need a licence to transport it. Stuff like used oil lines may even be classed as hazardous waste which needs a different licence.

 

[Centralheatking]

Anything we dont want to keep or is worthless
we dump on the M6 northbound on the way home
- out of the back doors - end of - no fees

centralheatking

 

[newcastle phill]

Anything we dont want to keep or is worthless
we dump on the M6 northbound on the way home
- out of the back doors - end of - no fees

centralheatking

Here here...Thats what we pay road tax for 🙄