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Environmental legislation

A one-day workshop

A thorough account of the UK and European legal framework and its requirements as regards managing environmental performance.

learning objectives
  • 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

Who should attend?

This course is intended for personnel within an organisation who are responsible for, or are involved in, activities that could have an impact on the environment. There is no restriction on who should attend as the subjects covered are of interest to all levels of personnel within an organisation.

Format

An inter-active one-day course employing a mixture of formal presentations, video, workshop exercises and assessment. The exercises require that the group size be limited to no more than 16 participants, although the course can be re-structured for larger groups if necessary.

Special features

This course is best tailored specifically to the needs of your organisation, to ensure the relevance of all parts of the course to your particular operating environment.

Expert trainer

Subash is a Past President and current (2015) vice-chair of the Board of Trustees of the Chartered Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). A Chartered Fellow of IOSH, Subash has a wealth of experience in risk management, having worked across a range of sectors and disciplines in a truly diverse 25-year career to date.

Session outline

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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