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Overview
- What Is Clinical Waste?
Health and Safety
- Health and Safety at Work Act 1974: http://www.healthandsafety.co.uk/haswa.htm
S 2(3) all organisations should have clearly defined strategies
for the segregation, storage, transport and disposal of clinical
waste.
- The Health and Safety Commission's Health
Service Advisory Committee: http://www.hse.gov.uk/aboutus/hsc/iacs/hsac/
HSAC have classified clinical waste into groups and have produced
HSAC guidance "Safe Disposal of clinical waste" Books,
HSAC, 11886355, £4.50.
- The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health
Regulations 2002, ISBN 0 11 0429192: http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2002/20022677.htm
Requires employers to assess any significant risk to the health
and safety of their employees
- The Management of Health and Safety at Work
Regulations 1992, ISBN 0110250516: http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1992/Uksi_19922051_en_1.htm
Requires employers to assess any significant risk to the health
and safety of their employees.
- People involved: Safety representatives, Safety
Executive Inspectors, HM Inspectors of Pollution, Environmental
Health Officers
Waste Regulations
- The Controlled Waste Regulations 1992, ISBN
0110235886: http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1992/Uksi_19920588_en_1.htm
- The Special Waste Regulations 1996, ISBN 0110545656:
http://www.hmso.gov.uk/si/si1996/Uksi_19960972_en_1.htm
SI 1996 No 972 as amended January 2002. These regulations are
due to be replaced by new regulations which fully implement Council
Directive 91/689/EEC (the hazardous waste Directive)
- Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43),
ISBN 0105443905: http://www.hmso.gov.uk/acts/acts1990/Ukpga_19900043_en_1.htm
Producers of clinical waste must ensure under the Duty of Care
imposed by section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990
that they pass their waste to a waste carrier, registered with
the Environment Agency.
- European Waste Catalogue from the European
Environment Agency: http://www.eea.eu.int/
With respect to the description of the waste the law requires
that the appropriate code from the European Waste Catalogue be
used on the transfer note.
Transporting Clinical Waste
UK Legislation affecting the packaging and labelling
of waste primarily affects the waste producer and the haulier and
it is their responsibility to ensure that the clinical waste transported
on the road meets the requirements of the following legislation:
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