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Waste Broker Jargon Buster
Waste Broker Jargon Buster
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WASTE BROKER
- Waste brokers are people who make arrangements on behalf of others to handle, transport, dispose or recover controlled waste.
- They do not handle, transport or dispose or recover the waste themselves.
- A broker shares responsibility for the proper transfer of the waste with the holders before and after its transfer.
- As they control what happens to the waste, brokers are legally responsible for the arrangement.
- Waste brokers include waste dealers who acquire waste and sell it on.
Waste brokers and dealers may include;
- businesses that buy and sell scrap metal and other recoverable materials, either operating from a yard or as a ‘middleman’ making the buying and selling arrangements for the transaction.
- businesses arranging the disposal of waste on behalf of another company or waste producer.
- waste disposal operators or carriers arranging the disposal or recovery of waste not covered by their own licence.
Waste brokers should be well informed of the nature of the waste and ensure that:
- the waste producer uses appropriate containment or packaging for the waste.
- the waste is adequately described on the waste transfer note, brokers should not actually complete the note themselves.
- only registered or exempt waste carriers are used to transfer the waste.
- The waste is only disposed of or recovered at an appropriately licensed or exempt site.
(Environment Agency 01/02/2011)
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© GBE NGS ASWS BrianMurphy
aka BrianSpecMan
10th October 2013 – 2nd January 2019
Waste Broker Jargon Buster
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Wikipedia Environment Agency
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GBE GREEN BUILDING SPECIFICATION
- Robust Specification Clause
- Robust Specification Work Section
© GBE NGS ASWS BrianMurphy
aka BrianSpecMan
30th November 2013 – 2nd January 2019
