Businesses and Fixed Penalty Notices

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Waste duty of care

Duty of care notices require a business to provide to the Council the following documentation within 7 days:

  • a written description of the waste transferred by the business
  • the transfer note (or copies) for a period of two years from the transfer of the controlled waste

If the business does not provide the documentation to the Council within 7 days, then the business will be issued with an FPN

Every business has a duty of care to deal responsibly with any waste it produces.

Who produces business waste?

Business waste includes any waste coming from:

  • shops, offices and businesses operating from home
  • construction
  • demolition
  • industry
  • agriculture

This duty of care lasts from the moment you produce the waste, to when it is received by a business that is authorised to deal with it. For example, a licenced disposal site or a registered waste carrier.

Business checks

We are visiting businesses across the borough. We check every business is dealing with any waste that they produce responsibly.

When visiting a business, we can issue a duty of care notice to a business if they suspect that the business is not dealing with the waste they produce in a responsible manner.