Duty Of Care

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DUTY OF CARE - YOUR LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES

We all know that we have a moral responsibility to be green and eco friendly by reducing, re-useing and recycling waste. However did you know that as a business you may also have a legal responsibilty when it comes to dealing with waste. This includes empty ink cartridges and laser toners.

As a business, you have a duty to ensure that any waste you produce is handled safely and within the law. This is your 'duty of care'. It applies to anyone who produces, imports, transports, stores, treats or disposes of controlled waste from business or industry. Commercial, industrial and household wastes (including hazardous/special wastes) are classified as ‘controlled waste’. The duty of care also applies to anyone that acts as a waste broker.

You must check that anyone that you pass your waste on to is authorised to take it. If you don’t check that they are authorised to take your waste and it is illegally disposed of, you could be held responsible.

27th December 2007, http://http://www.netregs.gov.uk/netregs/275207/275430/1835252/?lang=_e

We comply with all of the necessary regulations for transporting waste and supply the correct documentation for you aswell. Cartridge Collection Ltd is registered with the Environment Agency as a registered waste carrier. We provide a waste transfer note to all of our clients. This takes the form of a season ticket for a period of one year. As we aim to give you a hassle FREE service this means only one document for a whole years service.

RECYCLING FACT

Of some 60 million inkjet cartridges used each year in the UK, only about 10% are recycled. This means that 57 million cartridges get thrown away each year and end up in landfill sites or are incinerated.