Hazardous Waste Forum

The establishment of a new forum, to advise on the reduction and safe management of hazardous waste, has been announced.

Hazardous Waste Forum action plan

• Hazardous Waste - an action plan for its reduction and environmentally sound management (800 KB) published 19 December 2003
• See also: News release 537/03 (19 December 2003)

Background

• News release announcing the Forum (4 December 2002)
• Terms of Reference for the Forum (including details of membership)

Meetings

Papers for the fifth forum meeting on 30th September 2003

• HWF 5.1 Draft Agenda (10 KB)
• HWF 5.2 Part 1 Intro and Key Issues Draft (60 KB)
• HWF 5.3 Part 2 Action Plan Draft (90 KB)
• HWF 5.5 Fifth Meeting Report (30 KB)
• HWF France-UK comparison (550 KB)
• HWF Hazardous Waste Regs Presentation (340 KB)
• HWF Treatment and Capacity presentation (Enviros) (330 KB)

Papers for the fourth forum meeting on 30th July 2003

• HWF 4.1 Agenda (8 KB)
• HWF 4.2 Draft annotated contents list (18 KB)
• HWF 4.3 Draft policy statement (45 KB)
• HWF 4.4 Draft advisory document (30 KB)
• HWF 4.5 Reduction programe (30 KB)
• HWF 4.6 Review of current issues (105 KB)
• HWF 4.7 New producers and quantities (15 KB)
• HWF 4.8 Report of fourth meeting (25 KB)

Papers for the third forum meeting on 4th June 2003

• HWF 3.1 Agenda (10 KB)
• HWF 3.2. Draft aim of the Advisory Document (25 KB)
• HWF 3.3. French Arrete paper (Annex 3.1) (10 KB)
• HWF 3.4. Report of Third Meeting (150 KB)
• HWF 3.5. (03) 45B EC Consultation (including the definition of waste (370 KB)
  

Presentations from the meeting:

Roland Arnison - Household Hazardous Waste Forum (10 KB)

Adrian Needham (EIC) - Contaminated Land (195 KB)

Papers for the second forum meeting on 2 April 2003

• HWF 2.1 - Agenda (10 KB)
• HWF 2.2 - Future Work (25 KB)
• HWF 2.3 - Draft Framework (75 KB)
• HWF 2.4 - Treatment Requirements (35 KB)
• HWF 2.5 - Paper by Prof. David Wilson: Work & Outputs of the Hazardous Waste Forum (35 KB)
• HWF 2.7 - Report of Second meeting (35 kB)

Presentations from the meeting:

Roy Watkinson (Env Agency) - Public Perception of Hazardous Waste (35 KB)

Prof David Wilson (CIWM) - Lessons from International Hazardous Waste Management (60 KB)

Martin Gibson (Envirowise) - Envirowise and Hazardous Waste (470 KB)

Papers from the first forum meeting 11th February 2003

• HWF 1 - Agenda (10 KB)
• HWF 1.1 - Report of First Meeting (20 KB)
• HWF 1.2 - Final Draft Terms of Reference (15 KB)
• HWF 1.3 - International Perspectives in Hazardous Waste Management (530 KB)

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Contacting Defra

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