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 Hazardous Waste

If you believe that you may have hazardous waste for disposal, you may need to register with the Environment Agency. If you have  a waste defined as hazardous in the European Waste Catalogue, details of which can be found on the European Commission web-site at  (http://www.europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/consleg/pdf/2000/en_2000D0532_do_001.pdf?lang=_e), and you produce more than 200 kgs per annum, you should notify your Environment Agency area office without delay. Producing sites were to have registered by 16 July 2005 .

Green House Gas

Members of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) have recently approved the release of a new international standard for the quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions. ISO 14064,  a specification with guidance, is in three parts. part deals withthe quantification and reporting of GHG emission inventories. Part 2 deals with the quantification and reporting of emissions removals - addressed 'projects', and Part 3 with the validation of project proposals and the verification of emissions and removal inventories. A complementary standard, ISO 14065, is being drafted to assist with the accreditation of validators and verifiers.

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