TABLE OF CONTENTS This procedure sets out how wastes that arise across the site shall be segregated and stored so that recovery and recycling can be maximised and the correct disposals made.
All staff are responsible for the correct handling, segregation and storage of waste materials.
Operators in goods inwards are responsible for processing waste plastic sheet.
Operators in the reprocessing area are responsible for emptying rejected bottles of product.
The fork truck driver and labourers are responsible for moving waste containers to the yard, ready for collection.
Office staff are responsible for the segregation of office wastes.
Cleaners are responsible for removing office wastes.
The Purchasing Department, Yard Foreman and Storeman are responsible for the disposal of wastes.
Waste arisings shall be segregated at the point of arising and stored as follows:
| Ferrous scrap | Yellow skips |
| Ferrous swarf | Blue bins |
| Non-ferrous metals | White bins |
| Cardboard boxes | To be flattened and stacked on pallets |
| Waste oils | Red drums |
| Oily rags | Red bins |
| Plastic sheet packaging | To be de-labelled and baled (see 3.2 below) |
| Pallets | Stacked |
| Reject bottles, including bottles filled with product | Cages (see 3.4 below) |
| General rubbish | Black bins |
There are scissors at the baling station. All labels shall be removed from the plastic sheet and disposed of as rubbish.
The plastic sheet shall be placed in the wall-mounted baler. When the baler is full, the piston shall...
