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31st March 2022

Proposal for new EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation

The European Commission announced, on 30th March, a proposal for a new Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation.  The proposal builds on the existing Ecodesign Directive, which currently only covers energy-related products.  The proposal establishes a framework to set ecodesign requirements for specific product groups (with the exception of food and animal feed) . https://ec.europa.eu/info/energy-climate-change-environment/standards-tools-and-labels/products-labelling-rules-and-requirements/sustainable-products/ecodesign-sustainable-products_en

21st March 2022

Environment Agency publishes two new Statutory Rules

The Environment Agency published two new Statutory Rules on March 21st

SR2021 No 11: Small metal recycling facility (less than 5,000 tonnes a year). https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sr2021-no-11-small-metal-recycling-facility-less-than-5000-tonnes-a-year/sr2021-no-11-small-metal-recycling-facility-less-than-5000-tonnes-a-year  The permit allows a named operator to operate a metal recycling site and permits the sorting, separation, grading, manual feed shearing, baling, compacting, and cutting (using hand-held equipment only) of ferrous metals and non-ferrous metals at a specified location. No more than 5,000 tonnes of metal recycling waste may be accepted at the facility each year.Burning of any wastes, either in the open, inside buildings or in any form of incinerator is not permitted.

 

SR2021 No 12.  Vehicle storage, depollution and dismantling (authorised treatment) facilities. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/sr2021-no-12-vehicle-storage-depollution-and-dismantling-authorised-treatment-facility/sr2021-no-12-vehicle-storage-depollution-and-dismantling-authorised-treatment-facility  The permit allows the named operator to operate a vehicle storage, depollution and dismantling facility and permits the recovery of all waste motor vehicles at a specified location. No more than 750 tonnes of waste vehicles may be accepted at the facility each year. Burning of any wastes, either in the open, inside buildings or in any form of incinerator is not permitted.

2nd March 2022

Safety Notice CEMHD1-2022

Safety Notice CEMHD1-2022. Following investigations into dangerous occurrences resulting from failures of industrial uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems HSE has issued a Safety Notice on the maintenance of such systems. HSE states that Information provided in some original equipment manufacturer’s (OEM’s)  standard operating and maintenance instructions relating to industrial UPS systems  may not be adequate to ensure the continued safe and reliable operation for the intended design life.  HSE is calling for purveyors of such equipment to review the adequacy of information for maintenance and operators to ensure they have the latest revision of such information.   https://www.hse.gov.uk/safetybulletins/ups-systems-industrial-maintenance.htm