Details of our policy for dealing with hazardous wastes on consignee returns.
Hazardous waste: consignee return derogations
We have a regulatory position for specific types of hazardous waste. The date identifies when this came into effect:
- recovered refrigerant gases (1 January 2009)
- dry cell portable batteries (1 October 2008)
- air freshener aerosol canisters from toilets or washrooms (1 October 2007)
- agricultural veterinary waste (1 October 2007)
- other hazardous lighting equipment, such as gas-discharge lamps (1 January 2007)
- fluorescent tubes (1 January 2006)
- lead-acid motor vehicle batteries (1 January 2006)
- samples of hazardous waste being sent to a laboratory for analysis (1 April 2010)
- undepolluted end of life vehicles (1 October 2010)
Under the position, you should not enter separate consignments of these types of waste on your consignee return as long as the rules in Section A apply.
You should enter them together as shown in Section B below.
Section A: the Rules
There are general rules that apply in all cases, plus specific rules that apply to the waste types listed above.
General rules
- The position only applies when these types of waste are moved from the original producer to the first collection point (the first consignee, which may be a transfer station or a disposal, treatment or recovery facility). It does not apply when these types of waste are moved from the first collection point to another consignee.
- Where the waste is a separated domestic fraction (SDF), as defined by regulation 14 of the Hazardous Waste Regulations, the first site accepting the SDF waste from the domestic premises waste is treated as the producer for the purposes of the Hazardous Waste Regulations. Therefore the derogation applies from this first site to the next collection point. It does not apply to any subsequent movements to other consignees.
- These types of waste must be recorded on a consignment note unless it is SDF waste when consignment is not required.
- The consignee must hold a waste permit or exemption that authorises them to receive the waste.
- If there is any other hazardous waste in the same consignment as the wastes listed above, you must enter that consignment separately on the consignee return.
1. Fluorescent tubes and other hazardous lighting equipment
- This applies to fluorescent tubes with List of Wastes code (EWC code) 200121* and other hazardous lighting equipment coded 160213*, 160215* or 200135*.
2. Lead-acid motor vehicle batteries
- This applies to lead acid motor vehicles batteries with List of Wastes code (EWC code) 160601*.
- There must be five or fewer lead-acid batteries in the consignment. If there are any more you must enter the consignment separately on your return.
3. Air freshener aerosol cans from toilets or washrooms
- This applies to air freshener aerosol canisters with List of Wastes code (EWC code) 160504*.
4. Agricultural veterinary waste
- This applies to collection and storage at a veterinary practice, pending disposal elsewhere, of hazardous and non-hazardous animal healthcare waste and animal medicines (including cytotoxic and cytostatic medicines) from farms.
- The veterinary practice is the first collection point.
- This applies to veterinary waste from farms with List of Wastes code (EWC code) 180202*, 180205* and 180207*.
5. Dry cell portable batteries
- This applies to dry cell portable batteries with List of Wastes code (EWC code) 20 01 33*.
6. Recovered refrigerant gases
- This applies to recovered refrigerant gases from servicing of refrigeration and air conditioning equipment with List of Wastes code (EWC code) 14 06 01*.
7. Samples of hazardous waste being sent to a laboratory
8. End of Life Vehicles
Section B: completing the consignee return for these wastes
If you are not familiar with how to create a consignee return, refer to the guidance on the receiving hazardous waste page.
You don't have to enter each individual consignment of hazardous waste for which the derogation applies.
Instead, for such wastes, enter one consignment code that summarises all of your receipts that relates to the quarter for which you are making the return.
There can be more than one EWC code included in the details for this consignment note code. In other words, you can enter the details for each waste type as separate EWC entries but against the same consignment code.
Enter these details in the same consignee return used for recording the other hazardous you have received.
You should not send us two separate consignee returns for the same quarter.
The details below are required to complete the information required in the consignee return for the waste to which the derogation applies.
You should give the consignment-note code in the following format.
AAAnnn/QxYYC, where:
- AAAnnn is your hazardous waste registration number (premises code)
- Qx is the number of the relevant quarter (use 'Q1' for January to March, 'Q2' for April to June, 'Q3' for July to September, and Q4' for October to December)
- YY is the year (for example, '07' for 2007)
- C is the country - use 'E' for England and 'W' for Wales.
Put the following information against that one consignment note code:
- In the 'Type of Consignment' (Single or Multiple) field, you must enter 'Single'.
- In the 'Date Received'; field, put the last date of the quarter you received the waste. The date must be in the format DD/MM/YYYY (for example if you received the waste between 1 Jan 2007 and 31 Mar 2007, enter '31/03/2007').
- Enter your producer registration number (premises code).
- Enter your postcode.
- Enter the EWC code for the derogated waste type (e.g. fluorescent tubes (200121*).
For each EWC code, enter the:
- hazard codes for the waste
- 'physical form'
- total weight (in kilograms) of waste with that EWC you received in the quarter
- code for the method you used to dispose of the waste or recycle it.
