Course description
A thorough account of the UK and European legal framework and its requirements as regards managing environmental performance.
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Outcome / Qualification etc.
- The framework of UK and European legislation and its enforcement
- The principal features of the legislation as they apply to your organisation’s activity/product/service
- The benefit of having an Environmental Management System such as ISO 14001
- How their own actions and decisions can either expose or protect the organisation in relation to its legal obligations
Training Course Content
1 Introduction and objectives
2 Introduction to environmental law and enforcement
- Sources of law (European and UK)
- Structure and enforcement
- Key legislation
3 Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) and Local Air Pollution and Control (LAPC)
- Pollution and Prevention Control Act 1999
- EC Directives on PPC
- The meaning of BAT
- Transitional provisions
- Fit and proper persons
- Control of emissions to air
- National Air Quality Strategy
4 Packaging and producer responsibilities
- Who, what and how
- The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations
- Obligations and exemptions
- Registration
- Recycling and recovery obligations
- Records
- Duties of the Environment Agency
- Offences
- Developments
5 Waste management
- National Waste Strategy
- Waste minimisation (re-use/recycling)
- Waste definition
- Disposal and recovery
- Controlled waste management
- Hazardous waste management
6 Proposed Legislation and EC Directives
- EU Commission’s waste and resources strategies
- Implementation of ELV (End of Life Vehicles) Directive
- WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Directive transposition into UK legislation
- Other producer responsibility initiatives
- Other proposals from the EU
7 Conclusion
- Open forum
- Summary
- Close
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