Duty of Care

It is a legal requirement for all businesses that produce waste to provide a waste transfer note under section 34 of with the Environment Protection Act 1990. Anyone who imports, produces, carries, keeps, treats or disposes of waste is subject to a duty of care whereby they must take all reasonable and applicable measure to ensure that transfer of the waste only occurs to an "authorised person" and that the transfer is accompanied by a written description of the waste. This helps to ensure that waste producers can prove where their waste is going and ensures that waste will be dealt with in a proper manner.

The Duty of Care was amended in February 2003 to allow Waste Collection Authorities, in addition to the Environment Agency, to check whether businesses are completing and retaining their Duty of Care transfer notes correctly. The act was further amended in 2005 to include householders within its remit, meaning that it is the householders responsibility to ensure that any waste passed on goes to a registered carrier.

Cutts Recycling offers to manage the Duty of Care compliance on behalf for our Customers. Our database has been updated in accordance with these regulations and should our Customers want us to keep the information on their behalf, we can provide them with the cover they need in order to show compliance with the system.