June 2010
Click this link to view the consultation draft HTM-07: Safe Management of Healthcare Waste (please note this is a large file and may take a few minutes to download).
March 2010
Click this link to view the minutes from the SWWWG Meeting held on the 24th March 2010. The supporting notes from Tony Ryan, PASA are available to view here
September 2009:
Date for your diary:
The next SWWWG meeting will be held on the 18th December. Further details, including venue and start time to follow shortly.
July 2009:
Radioactive Substances Guidance - Fully Updated
If you keep, use, or dispose of radioactive waste, such as laboratory chemicals, radiopharmaceuticals, or portable soil moisture gauges
http://www.netregs.gov.uk/netregs/63316.aspx?dm_i=2WX,1CCJ,8LI0Z,3Z79,1
Designing Out Waste: A Design Team Guide For Buildings
This document provides information on the key principles that designers can use during the design process and how these principles can be applied to projects to maximise opportunities to Design out Waste. The concepts and information presented apply to all professionals who partake in the design process including construction clients, architects, engineers, design teams and contractors. This guidance should be read in conjunction with other WRAP (Waste & Resources Action Programme) documents relating to efficient use of materials in construction.
http://www.wrap.org.uk/downloads/19279-02_Design_Guide_online_pdf_version.89ea2330.7167.pdf
WEEE Protocol Calculation
Meeting your requirements under the WEEE regulations does not have to be a complex and costly business. The WEEE Calculator is designed to help you understand what your obligations are, demonstrate compliance and to help highlight those categories which have yet to reach the required recycling / recovery rate. Protocol is up and running again at http://www.weeeprotocol.org.uk |