Environmental Legislation
There are many different rules and regulations that businesses in the tourism sector must abide by regarding environmental issues.
Anyone running a business in the tourism industry should be aware of these rules.
Guidance can be found at the following link:
http://www.netregs.gov.uk/netregs/sectors/1872519/?version=1&lang=_e
New Waste Treatment Regulations
From October 30th 2007 all businesses operating in Britain will be required to treat all waste that is heading to landfill.
Treatment is defined as a physical, thermal, chemical or biological process, which changes the characteristics of the waste.
The characteristics may be changed by:
- reducing the volume of the waste
- reducing the hazardous nature of the waste
- making handling or recovery easier.
Examples of treatment include:
- collecting waste streams separately to recycle one or more of the separated components
- biological treatment such as composting or anaerobic digestion
- thermal treatment such as incineration.
More information can be found on the Environment Agency's website here
New HFC laws came in to effect on July 4th
Operators now have to:
- take all reasonable measures to prevent leakages;
- repair leakages as soon as possible;
- conduct leakage tests at specific intervals depending on the size of their system; and
- keep records of each system with more than 3kg of HFC refrigerant