Update from 13 July 2020
The new guidance (Healthcare waste: appropriate measures for permitted facilities) has been published on the GOV.UK website and is available at the following web address:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/healthcare-waste-appropriate-measures-for-permitted-facilities
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We ran a consultation on our updated technical guidance Appropriate measures for permitted facilities that take healthcare waste, which sets out the appropriate measures for permitted facilities that transfer or treat healthcare waste.
The consultation was held on the Environment Agency Citizen Space website and ran for 6 weeks, from Monday 3 June 2019 until Monday 15 July 2019.
A full report of our findings can be found here.
A summary of the main findings from the consultation and the actions we have taken in response to them is provided below:
Following consideration of the consultation responses received we will finalise the text of the guidance for publication. We will publish the finalised guidance on the gov.uk website. So that the guidance is fully accessible and can be published on the website, we will convert the PDF document that was used for the consultation to HTML format.
If you wish to follow up on any of the responses, or points made within the consultation, in more detail you are welcome to contact us at wastetreatment@environment-agency.gov.uk.
Healthcare waste guidance - a summary of consultation responses
View submitted responses where consent has been given to publish the response.
Currently, appropriate measures and standards for permitted facilities that take healthcare waste for treatment or transfer are set out in published technical guidance note EPR 5.07 Clinical Waste (January 2011). The proposed guidance, which this consultation is for, will replace the original guidance note and will be available as web guidance on the .GOV website.
The proposed guidance aims to deliver improvements in the design and operation of permitted facilities in the healthcare waste sector and ensure that, where relevant, appropriate measures are applied consistently. The guidance also incorporates the relevant requirements of the waste treatment BAT Conclusions publication, made under the European Industrial Emission Directive (2010/75/EU), which apply to waste installation facilities permitted under the Directive.
The purpose of this consultation is to engage with relevant stakeholders to obtain their views on the proposed technical guidance, which sets out appropriate measures for permitted facilities that transfer or treat healthcare waste and replaces existing guidance EPR 5.07 Clinical Waste (January 2011).
Click this link (or the hyperlinks above) to access the proposed guidance: Environment Agency healthcare waste guidance draft for consultation
Alternatively you can download this document at the bottom of this page.
Please click on the 'Respond online' link below to answer the consultation questions.
However, if you prefer, you can submit your response by email or post by downloading the response form (below) and sending it to:
Hazardous Waste Treatment and Transfer
Environment Agency
Trentside Office
Scarrington Road
Nottingham
NG2 5FA
Or email: wastetreatment@environment-agency.gov.uk
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