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If you have any questions about TRC, then please submit them to us for inclusion in our FAQs area.

Below you will find a number of responses to questions already asked and further information about waste management and TRC, just click on the topic(s) that interests you for further information on that subject.

Landfill Tax - what is it?
Disposal Costs
Waste and your Duty of Care
How Businesses can reduce the amount of landfill tax they pay

 

Landfill Tax - what is it?

Landfill tax is a tax on waste that is disposed of at a permitted landfill site.

Landfill was introduced to encourage people to reduce the amount of waste they send to landfill.

As a business, you can save money by finding alternatives to landfill, such as reducing, reusing, recycling or recovering the waste you produce.

Landfill site operators are responsible for paying landfill tax. However, operators will pass the cost on to businesses and local councils - on top of normal landfill fees.

VAT is charged on the landfill fees and the land fill tax.

There are two rates of Landfill Tax:

http://www.netregs.gov.uk – accessed April 2010
 

Disposal Costs

 
The table below shows the average price througout the UK to dispose of various business waste streams. TRC offers fixed weekly pricing for unlimited volumes and unlimited visits. 
Dont Pay more than you have to - TRC it
 

Waste Product

Average waste disposal
prices throughout the UK in 2010 

TRC Price
1100 litre Wheelie bin for mixed plastics £7.00 per container

TRC Price £7.95

all inclusive.....

and with

unlimited volumes

and unlimited vists

 
1100 litre Wheelie bin for Cardboard/Paper £7.00 per container
1100 litre Wheelie bin for polystyrene £7.00 per container
240 litre wheelie bin for glass bottles £4.95 per container
Batteries (Ni-cad, Nickel, lead acid batteries) £2.98 per kilo
Clean Wood £30.00 per tonne
Flat Glass £45.00 per tonne
Florescent Tubes and low energy bulbs £0.80p per tube
Computer £10.00 per item
Computer Keyboard and mouse £5.00 per item
Computer Monitors £7.50 per item
Faxes, Printers (inkjet and laser) £8.00 per item
Fridges and Freezers £14.00 per item
Microwave Ovens £8.50 per item
Small electrical items (kettles, toasters, radios, etc.) £5.00 per item
Toner and Inkjet cartridges  £0.00 to £0.60p per cartridge
Clothing, Shoes and Textiles £1.90p per bag
Confidential Waste Bag (average 15kgs)  £4.50 per bag
Metal Rates Vary by type and volume
Cans and Plastic Bottles (660ltr bin) £6.37 per container

 
 

Waste and your Duty of Care

What does it mean? – The duty of care is a law which says that you must take all reasonable steps to keep waste safe. If you give waste to someone else, you must be sure that they are authorised to take it and can transport, recycle or dispose of it safely.

If you break the law, you can be fined an unlimited amount.

Fortunately, as a member of TRC, you are legally covered to transport and dispose of your waste at any of our Trade Recycling Centres. Upon becoming a member, you will be issued with an annual Duty of Care Waste Transfer Note which will remain valid for the duration of your membership, and is included in the price.

Does it affect me? – The duty of care applies to anyone who produces or imports, keeps or stores, transports, treats or disposes of waste. It also applies if you act as a broker and arrange these things.

What is waste? 
It can be anything you own or produce, and you want, or are required to get rid of.

What is controlled waste?
It is household, commercial or industrial waste. It can be from a house, school, university, hospital, residential or nursing home, shop, office, factory or any other trade or business. It may be solid or liquid, scrap metal or a scrap car. It does not have to be hazardous or toxic to be a controlled waste.

How do I know what to do?
The law says you must take all reasonable steps to fulfil the duty and complete some paperwork. What is reasonable depends on what you do with the waste.

Steps to take if the duty of care applies to you
The law says you must stop it escaping from your control. You must store it safely and securely. You must prevent it causing pollution or harming anyone:

  1. Make it secure. Keep it in a suitable container. If you put loose waste in a skip or lorry, cover it. Take a look at our Recycle Shop to determine the suitable containers for your recyclable waste streams.
  2. If you give your waste to someone else, check they have authority to take it. The law says the person to whom you give your waste must be authorised to take it. Anyone who arranges the recycling of waste, on behalf of someone else, must be registered as a waste broker. You can check with the Environment Agency to see who is a registered waste carrier. You can also ask to see the waste carrier’s certificate of registration or check with the Environment Agency – their Advice Line is 08708 506506.
  3. You must describe the waste in writing. You must fill in and sign a transfer note for it. You must keep a copy of the transfer note. When you register to become a member of TRC you will be invited to fill out the required information and a Duty of Care Waste Transfer Note will be issued to you with your membership card.

 

How Businesses can reduce the amount of landfill tax they pay

As a business, you can save money by finding alternatives to landfill, such as reducing, reusing, recycling or recovering the waste you produce, for example:

Take a look at our diagram of what goes into the average businesses waste container, and how that is broken down into the different waste streams - you will see that all but 23% (on average) of the waste is recyclable and some of that is accepted by your local TRC along with WEEE (Electricals) and Confidential Paper Waste.
 

http://www.netregs.gov.uk – accessed April 2010