Waste legislation for business
Last updated | 01/12/2008
The purpose of the UK Waste legislation is to control the keeping, transport, treatment, deposit and disposal of waste. It controls the waste management industry (of which Perth and Kinross Council is part of) and it controls specific waste streams such as Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and Animal By-products.
Who regulates waste legislation in Scotland?
The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) is the regulating body for all environment legislation in Scotland.
Confused by legislation?
Environmental legislation is complex and often confusing for businesses and there are some specific resources set up so that businesses can better understand what and how environmental legislation affects them.
See our useful factsheet (pdf - 174kb) summarising all the main waste legislation with direct links to the legislative text.
Other useful tools...
Netregs Home Page is a useful tool developed by the Environment Agency to navigate through environmental and waste legislation.
Make sure you fulfill your duty of care and check your waste is being handled by a licensed carrier.
Other websites include the Envirowise Web Tool that helps identify key legislation relevant to your sector and the Scottish Executive also has lists of waste regulation.
"Office of Public Sector Information" (formerly HMSO) holds most of the full text of UK and Scottish legislation online.
