Consultation on the revised Waste Duty of Care Code of Practice

Web: www.defra.gov.uk
Division: Waste Management
Direct line: 0207 238 4278
Email: WasteDutyofCare@defra.gsi.gov.uk
Web: www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/index.htm

Date: 30 April 2009

 

Dear Consultee

Consultation on the revised Waste Duty of Care Code of Practice

1. I am writing to invite yours views on the revised code of practice to the waste Duty of Care.

2. The following documents may be found on the Defra website from Thursday April 30th:

www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/waste-dutyofcare/index.htm

  • Consultation letter
  • List of consultees
  • Waste Management, the Duty of Care, a Code of Practice. Statutory Guidance
  • Waste Management, the Duty of Care, a Code of Practice. Consultation Questions

3. We welcome your views and comments on the proposals. Please contact: Keith Rogers 0207 238 4278

Responses

4. Please send responses to either:

Duty of Care: Consultation Responses
Zone 6D
Ergon House
Horseferry Road
London
SW1P 2AL

Or Email: WasteDutyofCare@defra.gsi.gov.uk

5. Responses should be received by 24 July 2009.

Consultation Criteria

6. This consultation is in line with the Code of practice on Consultations. This can be found at www.berr.gov.uk/bre/

7. When this consultation ends, we intend to put a copy of the responses in the Defra library at Ergon House, London. This is so that the public can see them.  Also, members of the public may ask for a copy of responses under freedom of information legislation.

8. If you do not want your response - including your name, contact details and any other personal information – to be publicly available, please say so clearly in writing when you send your response to the consultation.  Please note, if your computer automatically includes a confidentiality disclaimer, that won’t count as a confidentiality request.

9. Please explain why you need to keep details confidential.  We will take your reasons into account if someone asks for this information under freedom of information legislation. But, because of the law, we cannot promise that we will always be able to keep those details confidential.

10. We will summarise all responses and place this summary on our website at www.defra.gov.uk/resources/consultation/index.htm .  This summary will include a list of names of organisations that responded but not people’s personal names, addresses or other contact details. 

11. To see consultation responses and summaries, please contact the library at:

Defra
Information Resource Centre
Lower Ground Floor
Ergon House
17 Smith Square
London
SW1P 3JR

Telephone: 020-7238-6575
Email:  defra.library@defra.gsi.gov.uk

Please give the library 24 hours’ notice.  There is a charge for photocopying and postage.

12. If you have any comments or complaints about the consultation process, please address them to Marjorie Addo, Defra’s Consultation Co-ordinator, Area 7C Nobel House,17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR, or email consultation.coordinator@defra.gsi.gov.uk.

Yours Faithfully

Keith Rogers

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Page published: 30 April 2009