Transporting waste

Operators involved in transporting waste nationally or across international borders are subject to a number of obligations, including the:

  1. duty of care under section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA 1990)

  2. requirement to be registered as a waste carrier (or broker or dealer) or be an exempted carrier, as required under the Waste (England & Wales) Regulations 2011, SI 2011/988 and the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989 (CP(A)A 1989)

  3. requirements in relation to transporting hazardous waste

  4. Assimilated Waste Shipment Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 and the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007, SI 2007/1711

  5. various agreements and regulations that apply in the transport of dangerous goods, depending on how they are being transported

What is waste?

Only material which is classified as waste is treated as controlled waste and will be required to comply with the various rules on transporting waste. For more information, see Practice Note: Meaning of waste—what is waste?.

Controlled waste includes:

  1. hazardous waste as specified in the List of Waste established by Commission Decision 2000/532/EC, which is revised regularly

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