WASTE MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK 10th Edition - October 2017 Edited by the Environment Office THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY WASTE MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK 1 INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 11 1.1 Purpose of the BAS Waste Management Handbook ............................................ 11 1.2 BAS Waste Management Policy .......................................................................... 11 1.3 How to use this handbook .................................................................................... 11 2 LEGISLATION ...................................................................................................... 14 2.1 Antarctic Environmental Legislation ................................................................... 14 2.1.1 Annex III: Waste Disposal and Waste Management ................................ 14 2.1.2 Annex IV: Prevention of Marine Pollution ............................................... 14 2.1.3 MARPOL 73/78 ......................................................................................... 14 2.1.4 Polar Code ................................................................................................ 15 2.2 UK Environmental Legislation............................................................................. 15 2.2.1 The Waste (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations, 2014 ......... 15 2.2.2 The Duty of Care Regulations, 1991 ......................................................... 16 2.2.3 The Hazardous Waste Regulations, 2005 ................................................. 16 3 PROCEDURES AND RESPONSIBILITIES ...................................................... 18 3.1 BAS Waste Management Procedures ................................................................... 18 3.1.1 Reduce ...................................................................................................... 18 3.1.2 Reuse ........................................................................................................ 18 3.1.3 Recycle ...................................................................................................... 19 3.1.4 Disposal..................................................................................................... 19 3.2 BAS Waste Management Responsibilities ........................................................... 20 3.2.1 Staff Responsibilities ................................................................................ 20 4 PACKING, LABELLING, TRANSFER & SHIPPING DOCUMENTATION24 4.1 PACKING ............................................................................................................ 24 4.1.1 What not to use! ...................................................................................... 24 4.1.2 Containers................................................................................................. 24 4.1.3 Skips .......................................................................................................... 24 4.1.4 Packaging Materials .................................................................................. 24 4.1.5 Packing Groups and UN Approved Packaging .......................................... 25 4.1.6 Packing Hazardous Waste ........................................................................ 26 4.1.7 Manual handling ....................................................................................... 27 4.1.8 Storage ...................................................................................................... 28 4.2 LABELLING ........................................................................................................ 28 4.2.1 Colour Coding ........................................................................................... 29 4.2.2 Hazardous Wastes Classification .............................................................. 29 4.2.3 Case Numbers ........................................................................................... 30 4.3 SHIPPING DOCUMENTATION ........................................................................ 31 4.3.1 What is a Bill of Lading (BOL)? .................................................................. 31 4.3.2 Completing a BOL ..................................................................................... 32 4.3.3 Submitting a BOL ...................................................................................... 33 4.3.4 BOLs for hazardous wastes ....................................................................... 33 4.3.5 Example BOL for non-hazardous wastes .................................................. 34 4.3.6 Example BOL for hazardous waste (metal UN drum)............................... 35 4.3.7 Example of a BOL for hazardous waste (UN Carton) ................................ 36 4.4 DOCUMENTATION FOR INTERSERVE ......................................................... 37 4.4.1 Waste Transfer Notes ............................................................................... 37 4.4.2 Example Waste Transfer Note .................................................................. 39 5 PROHIBITED PRODUCTS ................................................................................. 41 5.1 Prohibited products ............................................................................................... 41 5.2 Non-native Species ............................................................................................... 41 5.3 Items requiring a Permit ....................................................................................... 41 6 NON-HAZARDOUS WASTE ............................................................................... 43 6.1 Aluminium Cans & Foil ....................................................................................... 43 6.2 Biological Waste .................................................................................................. 43 6.2.1 Micro-organism Cultures .......................................................................... 43 6.3 Building & Demolition materials ......................................................................... 44 6.3.1 Polystyrene building (insulation) blocks ................................................... 44 6.3.2 Gypsum powder ....................................................................................... 44 6.3.3 Cement ..................................................................................................... 45 6.4 Cardboard ............................................................................................................. 45 6.5 Chemicals (non-hazardous) .................................................................................. 45 6.6 Rat Poison ............................................................................................................. 45 6.7 Clothing, Fabric & Rags ....................................................................................... 46 6.7.1 Good quality clothing ............................................................................... 46 6.7.2 Waste clothing & fabrics .......................................................................... 46 6.8 Composite Packaging ........................................................................................... 46 6.9 Electrical and Electronic Equipment .................................................................... 46 6.10 Flares .................................................................................................................... 47 6.11 Food, Contaminated packaging ............................................................................ 47 6.12 Food, Dried or tinned ........................................................................................... 47 6.13 Food, Wet ............................................................................................................. 47 6.13.1 Poultry ...................................................................................................... 49 6.13.2 Meat on the bone ..................................................................................... 50 6.13.3 Cooking Oil ................................................................................................ 50 6.14 Grey Water ........................................................................................................... 50 6.15 Glass ..................................................................................................................... 51 6.15.1 Clean, mixed glass .................................................................................... 51 6.15.2 Laboratory Glassware ............................................................................... 51 6.15.3 Pyrex ......................................................................................................... 51 6.16 Incinerator Ash ..................................................................................................... 51 6.17 I.T. /Computers/ Printers ...................................................................................... 51 6.18 Light bulbs ............................................................................................................ 52 6.19 Metal, scrap .......................................................................................................... 52 6.19.1 General scrap ............................................................................................ 52 6.19.2 Skips .........................................................................................................