Charity Recycling Appeal – Terms and Conditions
In order to get the most out of your Recycling Appeal, please take note of the following:
1) General
We will accept all laser toner cartridges, inkjet cartridges and mobile phones.
We cannot currently recycle toner bottles, ribbon cartridges and Epson inkjet cartridges. If we receive these items, we reserve the right to charge you for their safe disposal, this will be invoiced annually.
2) Packing
Recycling Appeal encourages you to re-use old boxes as you prepare your packages for collection. Packages can contain any combination of inkjet cartridges, laser cartridges, mobile phones and PDA’s. Please ensure all products are packaged securely and carefully.
The following tips will help you meet our collection requirements:
- If possible, pack your toners into their original boxes. If you remove the inner packaging, two toners should fit in each box.
- If you have multiple toner boxes, please tape them together securely. For Recycling Appeal collections, we will accept packages of up to eight toner boxes (stacked two wide and four high).
- We require a minimum of 15 items before arranging a collection.
- For freepost envelopes each envelope should contain at least 2 cartridges or one mobile.
- Cartridges, mobile phones and PDA’s can also be packed in old cardboard boxes. Please ensure all boxes are taped top and bottom to prevent the contents from spilling out during shipping.
- A Recycling Appeal collection can pick up as many as eight packages where each package weighs no more than 20 kilograms. If you have more than eight packages for collection, please call 08451 30 20 10.
Note – We CANNOT accept:
Toner bottles
Ribbons
Epson inkjet cartridges
Analogue phones
Mobile phone cases
Pagers
Other electronic equipment
3) Request a collection
Once your packages, including your packing sheet, are ready for uplift, please call 08451 30 20 10 to request a collection. We will need to know a date that is suitable for the collection, the number of packages included in your collection and the collection address.
While collections will take place from your chosen address within 48 hours of your request, we are unable to guarantee a specific time of day for your collection. We are also unable to provide weekend and same day collections.
4) Environmental Protection Act 1990 Waste Handling and your Statutory Duty of Care
Introduction
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 they are authorised to take it and can transport, recycle or dispose of it safely.
If you break this law, you can be fined an unlimited amount.
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 your business produces, and you want to get rid of.
What is controlled waste?
It is commercial, industrial or household waste. It can be from the office, house, school, university, hospital, residential or nursing home, shop, 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.
What about household waste?
If the waste comes from your own home, the duty of care does not apply to you. But if the waste is not from the house you live in – for example if it is waste from your workplace or waste from someone else’s house – the duty of care does apply.
How do I know what to do?
The law says you must take all reasonable steps to fulfill the duty and complete some paperwork. What is reasonable depends on what you do with the waste.
What must I do if I have waste?
When you have waste 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.
First, make it secure. Keep it in a suitable container.
Second, if you give waste to someone else, check they have authority to take it. The law says that the person to whom you give your waste must be authorised to take it.
What must I do if I take waste from someone else?
First, you must be sure the law allows you to take it.
Second, make sure the person giving you the waste describes it in writing. You must fill in and sign a transfer note. You must also keep a copy of the transfer note.
Who has authority to take waste?
Council waste collectors - But if you are not a householder, you will have to complete some paperwork.
Registered waste carrier - Most carriers of waste have to be registered with the Environment Agency. Check the carrier’s certificate of registration or call the Agency.
Exempt waste carriers – The main people who are exempt are charities and voluntary organizations. Most exempt carriers need to register their exemption with the Environment Agency. If someone tells you they are exempt, ask them why. You can also check with the Agency.
Holders of waste management licences – Some licences are valid only for certain kinds of waste or certain activities. Ask to see the licence and check that it covers your kind of waste.
What paperwork should I fill in?
When waste is passed from one person to another the person taking the waste must have a written description of it. A transfer note must also be filled in and signed by both persons involved in the transfer.
Repeated transfers of the same kind of waste between the same parties can be covered by one transfer note for up to one year. For example, for the regular collection of waste from the same location.
- The transfer not must include the following information :
- What the waste is and how much there is.
- What sort of container it is in.
- The time and date the waste was transferred.
- Where the transfer took place.
- The names and addresses of both persons involved in the transfer.
- Whether the person transferring the waste is the importer or the producer of the waste.
- Details of which category of authorised person each one is. If the waste is passed to someone for authorised transport purposes, you must say which of those purposes applies.
- The registered waste carrier’s certificate number and the Environment Agency that issued it.
- The reasons for any exemption from the requirement to register or have a licence.
- The name and address of any broker involved in the transfer of waste.
Must I keep records?
Both persons involved in the transfer must keep copies of the transfer notes for two years. They may have to prove in court where waste came from and what they did with it. A copy of the transfer note must also be made available to the Environment Agency if they ask to see it.
For further information contact:
THE ENVIRONMENT AGENCY
Rio House,
Waterside Drive,
Aztec West,
Almondsbury,
Bristol.
BS32 4UD
SEPA CORPORATE OFFICE
Erskine Court
Castle Business Park
Stirling
FK9 4TR
EPA HEADQUARTERS
PO Box 3000
Johnstown Castle Estate
Co Wexford
5) Waste transfer receipt and safe disposal
We cannot currently recycle toner bottles, ribbon cartridges and Epson inkjet cartridges. If we receive these items, we reserve the right to charge you for their safe disposal, this will be invoiced bi-annually.
To assist in meeting the increasing waste management costs we are levying a biannual charge of £25.44 + VAT. This will be applied where volumes and types of waste recovered are out with our terms & conditions. We thank you for your understanding and assistance in this matter. This fee may be subject to change.
