Small Business...Waste Disposal!?!

patman99

Cavework, I have just obtained my license. Cost £154 for 3 years. They are NOT area-specific. If I relocated, I'd just need to inform the EA of my new address.

As for wood (and other burnables), a nice little bonfire, and hey presto, one van load of stuff reduced to a bin full of ash. This can be used as soil-improver.

Anyway, after 3 years it only costs £100 to renew for another 3 years, that is less than £1 a week.

leveller2911

patman99 wrote: »

As for wood (and other burnables), a nice little bonfire, and hey presto, one van load of stuff reduced to a bin full of ash. This can be used as soil-improver.

We use to burn small amounts of waste wood in a small dustbin but its against the law so the Council Jobs worth told us.

We are getting an incinerator to burn waste wood,cardboard,paper etc which conforms to all the clean air,emissions regs..

I'm sure Cynicalscot will be along shortly to label you iresponsable for burning a bonfire.....:D

Horace

icecreamcastle wrote: »

Thanks for all your replies and i can see i've caused some serious debating!!! At least i know now i'm not the only one in this boat - just wish the 'people in charge' would focus on the crooks rather than the hard working!

According to the 'law' basically everybody i know should have a 'waste carriers licence'......£££££££££££££££££!?!

Is there a self-employed trade that doesn't need one!?!

Event managers don't need a waste carriers license:D

Savvy_Sue

Horace wrote: »

Event managers don't need a waste carriers license:D

I don't think that's a blanket 'don't need': if ever you were organising an event with flyers, I think you'd need one to take the flyers away after the event!

I could be wrong, of course ...

redned_2

Id get one and be done with it. However I have noticed a lot of builders burning their rubbish on site and the council cant (or wont) do anything about it ...

Radsteral

i read this thread last week .
last friday, i was stopped in streatham hill and the 2 guys got in to my big van and kept looking.

having read this tread , when finished work i leave the remaining plaster in the mixing tub...so they found it and said they wanted to know what was it.
i told them i use it for next day mix ;)

nickj_2

http://http://www.saffronwaldenreporter.co.uk/news/fly_tipper_is_prosecuted_after_truck_gets_stuck_in_the_mud_1_801460

this is a story from my local paper where a buildwer triedto dump a load of rubbish in a farmers feild but his truck got stuck
his fine was only £100 + £250 costs , this is hardly a deterent , so if the fines are not going to fit the crime is it worth the hassle ?

brandmantra

CynicalScotsman wrote: »

I would advise the license. If you are caught you can be fined up to £200,000 per offence and could end up in prison, search for Vessosso & Zanetti[1990], the leading case law in this area.

I completely agree....it's just a matter of luck that someone could get away with it for 20 yrs...therefore having a license would be a better option to be on the safe side.....