As a business, you can produce a wide range of hazardous waste, depending on the type of business and any manufacturing processes you run. Different types of waste must be destroyed in different ways, which must be environmentally friendly, safe and legal.



The best way for business owners and managers to dispose of hazardous waste is to hire a specialist contractor. UK Professional contractors must be registered with the Environment Agency and must be able to dispose of the waste in the recommended manner. Waste disposal companies with substantial knowledge and experience can not only collect and dispose of the waste you produce, but can help you plan for the safe disposal of the waste you produce, and handle the necessary paperwork, which provides a chain of evidence that you must be able to produce when asked.

A good hazardous waste disposal contractor will:

• Look at the waste products your business produces

• Help you to identify and classify the waste you produce

• Draw up a schedule for the one-off or regular collection and disposal of waste

• Collect, remove and dispose of the waste in a safe and legal manner

• Help with completion of the relevant paperwork to prove compliant disposal

As the business owner or manager, you are legally responsible for what happens to the hazardous waste you produce, up to the point where it is finally disposed of, recovered or recycled. If it is discovered that you have failed to ensure the legal disposal of the waste you produce, you could receive a large fine. That's why it's vital that you use the services of a registered, experienced waste disposal contractor.