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Environmental Management
How the organisation controls its impact on land, air, water and waste, not only accidents to people.
Environmental management covers the aspects of the work that can pollute or waste resources: storage, drainage, spills, waste, energy, noise and any permits you hold. The legal picture is wider than HSWA. Many duties sit with the Environment Agency or the local authority, and they differ by nation. Leemarda Safety helps you set out what you do, keep the records that inspectors expect, and host them with the rest of the compliance file.
Ask Leemarda to do this for youWhat the law requires
- Environmental Protection Act 1990: section 33 prohibits treating, keeping or disposing of controlled waste in a manner likely to cause pollution of the environment or harm to human health, and the section 34 duty of care requires you to transfer waste only to an authorised person, with a written description of the waste.
- The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 require a written waste hierarchy confirmation and proper transfer notes / electronic records.
- Some activities need an environmental permit under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016. Operating without one, where required, is an offence.
Official guidance
- This is not a substitute for a permit application or contaminated-land specialist. If the site stores oils, discharges to surface water, or handles hazardous waste, we will say when the Environment Agency or a specialist is needed.
Waste and permitting described here are England and Wales. Scotland and Northern Ireland have parallel regimes.
Where is this written down in legislation
- Environmental Protection Act 1990
- Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011
- GOV.UK: Duty of care for waste
Checked against official sources on 2 November 2026. This is general information for Great Britain, not legal advice for a named site. Leemarda Safety will advise you.
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