Legal NoticeMustang Hygiene Solutions Ltd provides a range of disposal services in accordance with the Environmental Protection Act 1991.
This act places a legal "Duty of Care", upon you and your organisation, to ensure that all waste produced on your premises is correctly managed right up to the point of final disposal.
You must take all reasonable steps to ensure that:
- Your waste disposal contractors are registered waste carriers.
- Final disposal is carried out according to the legal requirements, and at a licensed landfill or incineration facility.
- Your waste contractors have comprehensive and efficient tracking and monitoring systems in place to ensure that all waste is tracked, accounted for, and disposed of correctly and safely.
- A full Audit Trail of documentation is in place.
Failure to comply with the new regulations could be an extremely costly oversight. Indeed, a breach of the Duty of Care is a criminal offence, punishable by a fine of up to
The Environmental Protection Act 1990
By law you have a Duty of Care and must correctly manage and dispose of all waste, using only registered waste carriers for disposal at a licensed landfill or incineration facility with Audit Trail documentation.
The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
Requires appropriate means of and facilities for:
- Sanitary Disposal of sanitary dressings in the case of water closets used by women.
- Air Freshening and Fragrancing, to prevent unpleasant odours lingering in washrooms and entering other rooms.
- Air Cleaning Units in rest rooms and rest areas to protect non-smokers from the discomfort of tobacco smoke.
- Soap Dispensing, to provide hand cleaning facilities in washrooms.
- Water Management Systems: flow shut-off device with time switch control and lockable shut-off valve on every pipe that supplies water to a flushing system or a trough used for flushing a urinal.
- Towels or Warm Air Hand and Face Dryers for hand drying in washrooms.
- Paper Systems, water closets must have toilet paper in a holder or dispenser.
The Environmental Protection Act 1990
We provide a range of disposal services in accordance with the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
This act places a legal "Duty of Care", upon you and your organisation, to ensure that all waste produced on your premises is correctly managed right up to the point of final disposal.
You must take all reasonable steps to ensure that:
- Your waste disposal contractors are registered waste carriers.
- Final disposal is carried out according to the legal requirements, and at a licensed landfill or incineration facility.
- Your waste contractors have comprehensive and efficient tracking and monitoring systems in place to ensure that all waste is tracked, accounted for, and disposed of correctly and safely.
- A full Audit Trail of documentation is in place.
Failure to comply with the new regulations could be an extremely costly oversight. Indeed, a breach of the Duty of Care is a criminal offence, punishable by a fine of up to £2000 on summary conviction, or an unlimited fine on conviction or indictment.
If you are unsure of your position in relation to the correct disposal of waste or environmental health and safety, then please contact us.
We provide all our clients with the necessary Duty of Care documentation. This will certify that your waste is being handled, transported and disposed of in the correct manner and in accordance with the law. Waste Notes are a legal requirement, and should be retained for a period of 2 years.
Mustang Hygiene Solutions Ltd is a Registered Waste Carrier with the Environment Agency : Registration Number TSE/390054.
Further information on the Environmental Protection Act is available at the HMSO website
The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992
These regulations place a legal requirement on employers to provide appropriate facilities for their employees at the place of work:
Sanitary Disposal
Regulation 21 of the Approved Code of Practice, in the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, advises that:
"in the case of water closets used by women, suitable means should be provided for the disposal of sanitary dressings"
This Regulation is further supported by the Water Industries Act 1991, which states that no items should be flushed that could cause a blockage within the sewer or drain.
Air Freshening and Fragrancing
The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, state that suitable "means should be taken to prevent odours from lingering in and from entering into other rooms"
Air Cleaning Units
Regulation 25 of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 states that "rest rooms and rest areas shall include suitable arrangements to protect non-smokers from the discomfort caused by tobacco smoke"
Soap Dispensing
You have a legal obligation to provide hand cleaning facilities in your washrooms. Regulation 21 of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 states that washing facilities "... must include soap or other suitable means of cleaning"
Water Management Systems
Water By-Law 83 states that every pipe that supplies water to a flushing system or a trough used for flushing a urinal shall be fitted with:
- either a flow shut-off device controlled by a time switch and a lockable shut-off valve,
- or some other equally effective automatic device or method for regulating the periods during which the cistern or trough may fill.
Warm Air Hand and Face Dryers
You are required by law to provide hand drying facilities in your washrooms. Regulation 21 of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 states that washing facilities "must include towels or other suitable means of drying"
Paper Systems
Not only do you have an obligation to provide hand drying facilities (see above), but Regulation 21 of the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, further states that in the case of water closets "toilet paper in a holder or dispenser ... should be provided"
Further information on the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations is available at the HMSO website
Important Note
Please note that the information supplied here is designed to highlight specific areas of workplace health and safety law. We make every effort to update and review this section on a regular basis. However, the regulations can and do change regularly. Please visit one of the relevant government websites for further guidance or more information.
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