Preventing Criminality
What can you do to prevent criminality in waste activities?
- If you require your waste to be moved or disposed of make sure that you employ a registered waste carrier or use a authorised waste management facility or landfill or exemption. We publish a list of current registered waste carriers and current waste management facilities or landfills and exemptions on our public registers page.
- Make sure that you receive a waste transfer note from the carrier or authorised waste facility for your waste. A waste transfer note should look like like one below or at least have the same contents: Waste Transfer Note(.PDF 12Kb)
. You must keep this waste transfer note for two years. - Make sure that you check that the carrier is taking your waste to an authorised waste management facility or landfill. Note: Sites receiving hard fill such as rubble, or being infilled with clay, for development must have at least a current waste management exemption.
- If you are in any doubt about the legality of a waste activity contact the Environmental Crime Section immediately.
- Failure to take due diligence in dealing legally with your waste is likely to result in you:
| a | Being prosecuted | |
| b | Receiving a criminal record on conviction | |
| c | Receiving a significant fine (the maximum fine for each waste offence is now £50,000) and/or imprisonment |
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| d | Being directed to clean up a site with resulting significant costs; and | |
| e | Being referred for criminal confiscation, or civil recovery by the Serious Organized Crime Agency, where there has been benefit from criminality. |
