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FM ENV 016 Waste Management Environmental Management Procedure

Safety,Health&Environment Section

Environmental Management System(EMS)

FM/ENV/016

Waste Management

Environmental ManagementP roced u re

June2015

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FM ENV 016 Waste Management Environmental Management ProcedureDocument History

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FM ENV 016 Waste Management Environmental Management ProcedureDocument Control

FM ENV 016 Waste Management Environmental Management ProcedureC o n te n ts

1 Introduction

2 UCLan Waste Streams

3 Process Overview of Waste Management at UCLan

4 Non-Hazardous Waste Disposal

5 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)Disposal6 Hazardous Waste Disposal

7 Clinical Waste Disposal

8 Food Waste

9 Liquid Effluent

10 Flytipping

11 Radiological Waste Management

12 Contractor Management and Dutyof Care

13 Data Management

14 Legal or Other Requirements

15 Appendix A:Waste Management Definitions

16 Appendix B:Waste Management Hierarchy

17 Appendix C:Non-Hazardous Waste Codes

18 Appendix D:Categories of EEE covered bythe WEEE Regulations19 Appendix E:Hazard Properties&Risk Phrases

FM ENV 016 Waste Management Environmental Management Procedure

1 Introduction

1.1 Purpose

This procedure describes the approach UCLan wi l l take to manage and mitigate its‟wastemanagement as a category of significant environmental aspects (FMENV004),within theUniversity‟s Environmental Management System (EMS), to ensure the University‟soperations remain compl iant with relevant parts of its:

 Environmental Sustainabi l ity Pol icy;

“Use natural resources prudently and prevent pollution by identifying improvement targets,whilst adhering to the following key principles:

- Provide training and information to all staff and students to facilitate prudent use ofnatural resources;

- Champion the reduction of waste following the reduce, reuse, recycle hierarchy, toinclude the provision of suitable segregation and composting facilities;

- Address the root cause,rather than the symptoms,of resource wastage whereverpossible;”

 Environmental Management Plan 2013-2016

 Contribution to compl iance/maintenance of the University‟s position in relation towaste reduction and recycl ing as measured in initiatives l ike the People and Planet

Green League,HEFCE/HESAEstate Management Records

 Register of Legal Compl iance and Other Requirements (see Newground Business

Services).Contact Greenteam@uclan.ac.uk for log-in accesso Environmental Protection Act 1990o The Waste(England&Wales)Regulations 2011 amended 2012o Control led Waste(England&Wales)Regulations 2012o The Hazardous Waste(England and Wales)Regulations 2005 amended

2009o Landfi l l Tax(England&Wales)Regulations 1996,amended 2013o WEEE Regulations 2013o The Environmental Permitting(England and Wales)Regulations 2010amended 2014o List of Wastes(England)Regulations 2005o Site Waste Management Plans Regulations 2008o The Animal By-Products(Enforcement) (England)Regulations 2011o The Waste Batteries and Accumulators Regulations 2009

UCLan‟s Environmental Aspects Register (FMENV004) identifieswaste disposal as theaspect of University‟s waste management activities that hasthe most significant impact onthe environment.Waste disposal wi l l therefore be the focus of our mitigation andmanagement within the EMS. However, as a matter of good practice we wi l l also outl ineissues to be considered to improve reduction, re-use and recycl ing of waste throughout theUnivers ity.

Please note that site waste management plans for building contracts will only be touchedupon within this procedure,FM ENV 015 Land Development and Buildings will deal with thisarea of waste management in further detail.

FM ENV 016 Waste Management Environmental Management Procedure

1.2 Scope

This document appl ies to operations conducted from the University‟s Preston campusesincluding those of UCLan maintenance engineers.Contractors working on University sitesare required to manage and dispose of their own waste.

1.3 Responsibilities

This document appl ies to staff within the University who are responsible for elements of thewaste managementprocess l isted in section 1.1 . These general responsibi l ities aresummarized in the table below.

Further detai ls of specific role responsibi l ities can be accessed in EMS Manual (FMENV003).Within SHE Training Needs Analysis(FMENV018) the training and development required bythe responsible parties are outl ined to ensure adequate experience and competence.

FM ENV 016 Waste Management Environmental Management Procedure

1.4 Continual Improvement

The University wi l l monitor the implementation of the operational controls identified withinthis procedure using a combination of internal audits and targets.

These targets wi l l be part of a programme of improvement under an overal l continualimprovement objective for Waste in the Environmental Management Plan (FMENV020).Each significant type of waste management identified as having a significant impact wi l l havean associated target.

FM ENV 016 Waste Management Environmental Management Procedure

2 UCLanWasteStreams

Al l Schools and Services at UCLan wi l l generate office type waste;

General waste, paper, confidential waste, plastics, card, batteries, packaging, glass andcans as wel l as surplus furniture,stationery and smal l items of WEEE.

Additional waste streams generated as a result of University activities are detai led in Figure2.The principal dispos‟al route is via Faci l ities Management with the exception of Learning andInformation Service s special waste streams.

Figure 2-UCLan Waste Streams

Learning and Information Services (LIS)special waste disposal is bui lt into contracts

FM ENV 016 Waste Management Environmental Management Procedure3 Process Overview of Waste Management at UCLan