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Your Duty of Care - Giving your waste to other people

If you have waste you have a legal ‘Duty of Care’ to see that it doesn’t cause problems. There are some simple rules to follow including keeping it secure so it doesn’t leak or blow away and If you give your waste to someone else (like a waste contractor) it is your duty to make sure that:

1. The person can take it – check that they are authorised;
2. The waste goes to a proper site - licensed or exempt; and
3. You give the person a transfer note - this needs to include a description of the waste.

This website lists waste contractors that have sites that can take some or all of your waste. The sites listed in the Directory are all correctly licensed or exempt and are therefore authorised to take waste (duty 1 above).

This website cannot be relied upon to discharge duties 2 and 3 above.

You will need to check that the waste contractor can accept the type of waste that you are seeking to dispose of. This also applies to waste contractors that offer a collection service. The waste management licence or exemption determines what the site can take or not.

For more guidance about the waste duty of care, you can order Waste Management, The Duty of Care, A Code of Practice (ISBN 0-11-753210-X) from the Stationery Office bookshops, phone 0870 600 5522.