The Health and Safety Executive has issued new guidance for the recovered paper industry.
Entitled “Recover Paper Safely”, the guidance has been produced in consultation with the British Recovered Paper Association and the Independent Waste Processors Association. It is especially designed to help small firms, identifying the main health and safety standards needed to achieve “acceptable and safe working procedures”.
The HSE said it was aware that the industry had a “very high accident rate” with at least 12 accidental deaths since 1988.
The guidance includes information on loading, unloading and tipping operations; skips and containers; maintaining vehicles; sheeting and unsheeting; collections and deliveries as well as machines including saws, balers and compactors.
The guidance, Recover Paper Safely, is available from HSE Books.
Waste campaigning guidance for Welsh councils
A new guide to effective waste awareness campaigning has been produced for Welsh local authorities.
The guide, “7 Steps – A Communication Guide to Increasing Waste Awareness and Participation” has been developed by The Marketing Works on behalf of Waste Awareness Wales (WAW) and Keep Wales Tidy.
It lays out a seven step process from reviewing current communication materials, getting the right people involved, tailoring effective messages to residents and monitoring the outcomes.
Brian Mayne, WAW co-ordinator, explained: “The guide helps officers select different approaches to ensure they match the profile of whatever audience is the target.”
The guide has been funded by Landfill Tax Credits and is available by emailing: brian.mayne@wlga.gov.uk
“Easy Jet” compliance scheme celebrates first year
Budget Pack, which has called itself the “Easy Jet” of the packaging waste compliance sector, is celebrating its first year in operation.
Under UK packaging waste regulations, packaging producer companies that handle more than 50 tonnes of packaging a year or have an annual turnover of more than 2 million a year have to register with the Environment Agency or a compliance scheme. They must then pay for their obligation of packaging waste recovery targets (see legislation section).
South Gloucestershire-based compliance scheme Budget Pack was launched by parent company Worktwice Environmental last April in response to what it called “the unfair prices traditional compliance schemes were charging legally obligated businesses”.
The scheme now has members including Citroen UK, Croydex, Greiner Bio-One and Transbus, the manufacturer of Dennis Fire Engines.
Managing director Stephen Clark said: “Every company has different needs and Budget Pack's innovative low, medium and high support packages have addressed this.”
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