Agricultural waste: waste from premises used for agriculture within the meaning of the Agriculture Act 1947
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Legislation
Waste Management (England and Wales) Regulations 2006
banned the burying and burning or farm waste (including plastic and cardboard) meaning that farmers have the legal duty to send waste off-farm, either to recycling or a landfill site
The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011
applies to businesses that: produce waste, import or export waste, carry or transport waste, keep or store waste, treat waste, dispose of waste, operate as waste brokers or dealers.
should be a hierarchy of waste management options: prevention, preparing for re-use, recycling, recovery (e.g., energy recovery), disposal
From 28th September 2011, whenever waste is passed onto someone else a declaration will have to be made in the form of a waste transfer note
waste transfer notes must include the SIC code of the person transferring the waste
The Environmental Protection (Duty of Care)(England)(Amendment) Regulations 2003
impose requirements on any person who is subject to the duty of care as respects the making and retention of documents and furnishing copies of them
breach of the duty of care is a criminal offence
imposes duty of care on any person who imports, produces, carries, keeps, treats, or disposes of controlled waste or, as a broker, has control of such waste
The Nitrates Directive 1991
aims to reduce waste pollution caused or induced by nitrate from agricultural sources
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Environmental Protection Act 1990 (amended 2008)
deals with issues relating to waste on land
defines all aspects of waste management and places duty on local authorities to collect waste
as a business, there is a duty to ensure waste of the company is handled safely and lawfully
this is your 'duty of care' and applies to anyone who produces, imports, transports, stores, treats or disposes of controlled waste
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DEFRA
the government department responsible for safeguarding the environment
supports world-leading food and farming
sustains a thriving economy
plays a significant role in people's day to day lives
from food we eat, and the air we breathe, to the water we drink
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What hazardouse waste is produced on farms?
chemicals such as herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides
Medicines: expired, used or partially used doses, dips, wormers, dry cow and mastitis tubes, needles, syringes
Waste paints - both solvent and chromate-based paints
coolants and anti-freeze
oil and air filters
waste engine and hydraulic oils
aerosols
contaminated gloves, rags, clothes and overalls - used when administering medicines, spraying pesticides, handling oils or any other hazardous materials
any waste electrical equipment - including broken power tools, monitor etc. - anything that is operated by a plug or battery
asbestos and asbestos sheeting
Creosole - the remains of burnt wood, tar, coal or other fossil fuels
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Legalities
waste can by given only to an authorised person and a Waste Transfer note must be collected to show lawful disposal
farm assurance schemes also require records to be kept for waste disposal
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What is recyclable on the farm?
clear plastic film (e.g., clear shavings bale shrink wrap)
silage sheet
silage wrap
plastic feed bags
paper feed bags
woven polypropylene bags (fertiliser or seed bags)
net wrap
plant trays
baler twine
dry cardboard
plant pots
spray and dairy chemical containers
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Disposal of Fallen Stock
fallen stock: any animal that has died of natural causes of disease, or that has been killed for any other reason that for human consumption
not permitted to burn or bury fallen stock on farms due to risk of disease spread through soil residues, ground water or air pollution
ban also covers animal by-products, including afterbirth and stillborns
only exceptions:
in remote areas - parts of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, Bardsey and Caldy Islands in Wales, and the Scilly Isles, and Lundy Island
during outbreaks of notifiable disease if there is a lack of capacity at rendering plants and incinerators
all fallen animals must be collected by an approved transporter and taken for disposal or treatment to an approved knacker, hunt kennel, maggot farm, incinerator or renderer
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Secret Life of Landfill
will be monitoring the site for at least another 60 years to allow methane to neutralise
trying to get the public to understand how they are contributing to waste
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