NFER adopts a “Circular Recovery Process”, reducing the use of non-renewable resources which lowers Carbon Emissions and promotes zero waste
NFER adopts a “Circular Recovery Process”, reducing the use of non-renewable resources which lowers Carbon Emissions and promotes zero waste
Waste is defined in the Waste Management Act 1996, as amended, and in the EU Waste Framework Directive 2008/98, as any substance or object that the holder discards, intends to, or is required to discard. This is a complex area of environmental law.
The collection and transport of waste is an activity for which a Waste Collection Permit is required. This type of authorisation is issued by the National Waste Collection Permit Office. For further details, see their website below.
It should be noted that an authorisation such as a waste facility permit may be required if collected waste is brought to a facility for storage or further processing. The authorisation may be required even if the activity involves temporary storage prior to removal offsite for recovery.
Any activity that involves the acceptance, storage (including temporary storage), processing, recycling, recovery or disposal of waste. “Activity” includes operation.
The EPA is responsible for the environmental regulation of large industrial and waste activities. Their objective is to ensure that operators carry out their activities in accordance with their EPA licences.
The Office of Environmental Enforcement (OEE) works to achieve this objective through a combination of promoting compliance, providing guidance and assistance, monitoring compliance, inspections and sampling, and by taking enforcement actions where necessary. For more information on our activities, see Enforcing Licences, Permits and Authorisations.
Recovery’ in relation to waste is defined in the Waste Framework Directive 2008/98-A, as “any operation the principal result of which is waste serving a useful purpose by replacing other materials which would otherwise have been used to fulfil a particular function, or waste being prepared to fulfil that function, in the plant or in the wider economy” and includes the recovery operations listed in the Fourth Schedule of the Waste Management Act 1996-A.
Preparing waste for re-use is defined in the Waste Framework Directive 2008/98, as amended, as “checking, clearing or repairing recovery operations, by which products or components of products that have become waste are prepared so that they can be re-used without any other pre-processing
A Waste Facility is any site or premises used for the purpose of the recovery or disposal of waste.
The site at which the waste originates, in terms of Fire Fighting Equipment it would be the site in which the equipment was used, and ultimately condemned.
Anyone who has a Valid Waste Transfer Permit specific to the waste codes applicable.
Yes and no. All waste is treated the same with respect to restrictions on transport and storage however some waste like C02 and Dry Powder can be classed by the EPA as Bi-Product and can be recycled, metals and plastic the same. AFFF Foam however must be incinerated.
If the Fire Fighting Equipment has reached end of life or has been condemned during its periodic inspection it would be regarded as waste.
