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Duty of Care & Transfer Notes
Section 34 duty of care, waste transfer notes, and what has to be kept on record.
Fly-tipping liability: what waste producers, carriers and landowners are each on the hook for
Fly-tipping is prosecuted under a different part of the Environmental Protection Act to duty of care, and the two obligations don't cancel each other out — understanding both is what actually protects a business if a load ends up dumped.
29 July 2026 · 5 min readWhat is the waste duty of care, and who does it apply to?
Section 34 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 makes you responsible for waste from the moment it's produced until it's finally disposed of — even after it's left your premises.
15 July 2026 · 5 min readWhat has to be on a compliant waste transfer note
A waste transfer note isn't just a formality — missing or vague detail on one is one of the most common reasons a duty of care record doesn't hold up.
22 June 2026 · 5 min readHow long do you need to keep waste transfer notes?
Two years is the minimum — but the businesses that never scramble to find an old note tend to keep them somewhere searchable, not just somewhere technically retained.
28 May 2026 · 5 min readWaste transfer notes vs hazardous waste consignment notes: what's the difference?
Non-hazardous waste needs a transfer note. Hazardous waste needs a consignment note, and the record-keeping requirements around it are considerably stricter.
11 February 2026 · 3 min readQuarterly hazardous waste returns: who actually needs to submit them, and when
Consignment notes get most of the attention in hazardous waste compliance — the quarterly return requirement that sits alongside them is easier to overlook, and just as much a legal obligation.
29 January 2026 · 4 min readHow to actually classify waste with EWC codes, without just guessing
The European Waste Catalogue code on a transfer note is often filled in the same way every time, regardless of what's actually in the load — which defeats most of the point of having it.
14 January 2026 · 4 min readEnvironmental permits vs waste carrier registration: what's the difference, and do you need both?
Carrier registration authorises you to move waste. An environmental permit authorises you to do something to it once it's stationary — treat it, store it, dispose of it — and conflating the two is a common, costly mistake.