Section 34 is the part of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 that creates the waste duty of care. It requires anyone who produces, keeps, carries or disposes of controlled waste to prevent its escape, transfer it only to an authorised person, and describe it in writing. Breaching it is a criminal offence.
Defined in the Commercial Waste Glossary.
Other terms
- Fly-tipping
- Waste carrier licence
- SIC code
- Dry mixed recycling
- WEEE
- Anaerobic digestion
- Waste transfer note
- EWC codes
- Waste hierarchy
- Transfer station
- General waste
- Digital waste tracking
- Energy from waste
- Simpler Recycling
- Landfill tax
- POPs
- Commercial waste
- Wait and load
- Trade waste
- Hazardous waste consignment note
- Materials recovery facility
- Duty of care
- Residual waste
- List of Waste code
- Controlled waste
- Upper tier waste carrier
- Pre-paid sack
- Annual waste transfer note
- All terms