Duty of Care certificate

As a business, you have a legal duty to ensure that you produce, store, transport and dispose of waste safely and without harming the environment.

Legal requirements

A Duty of Care certificate is a legal document that businesses that produce waste are required to have. The document serves as proof that the business or owner stores and disposes of their waste legally and responsibly under the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

The legal requirements for businesses are changing. These changes are known as Simpler Recycling and require businesses to have arrangements in place for separate waste collections from a licensed waste collection service for all the following materials that your business generates: 

• Non-recyclable waste 
• Food 
• Recycling: 
  • Glass  
  • Plastics 
  • Tins, Cans and Aerosols
• Paper and card recycling will need to be kept separate from non-recyclable waste, food streams and other dry recycling streams

You are legally required to:

• complete and return the certificate to us as a producer of waste
• keep a copy of the certificate at least two years after expiry
• inform us of any changes during the year by completing a new form

Renew your Duty of Care certificate 

Existing customers who need to renew their Duty of Care certificate should email the business waste team.