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The Controlled Waste Regulations 2012 (CWR 2012) continues to define waste into the categories household waste, commercial waste and industrial waste but it has separate means of classification: | The [[Controlled Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012]] (CWR 2012) continues to define waste into the categories household waste, commercial waste and industrial waste but it has separate means of classification: | ||
*by the place of production | *by the place of production | ||
*by the nature of the waste or the activity producing the waste. | *by the nature of the waste or the activity producing the waste. | ||
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CWR 2012 introduces disposal charges to some non-domestic household waste producers and some premises formerly classified as producers of household waste are now identified as producers of commercial waste. | CWR 2012 introduces disposal charges to some non-domestic household waste producers and some premises formerly classified as producers of household waste are now identified as producers of commercial waste. | ||
CWR 2015 also provides a new definition of | CWR 2015 also provides a new definition of [[Clinical Waste]] (also sometimes termed [[Healthcare Waste]]) as waste from a healthcare activity (including veterinary healthcare) that: | ||
a) Contains viable micro-organisms or their toxins which are known or reliably believed to cause disease in humans or other living organisms, | a) Contains viable micro-organisms or their toxins which are known or reliably believed to cause disease in humans or other living organisms, | ||
b) Contains or is contaminated with a medicine that contains a biologically active pharmaceutical agent, or | b) Contains or is contaminated with a medicine that contains a biologically active pharmaceutical agent, or | ||
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*contains body fluids, secretions or excretions and | *contains body fluids, secretions or excretions and | ||
*includes items such as dressings, plaster casts, disposable clothes and linen used in healthcare and related research and/or | *includes items such as dressings, plaster casts, disposable clothes and linen used in healthcare and related research and/or | ||
*comes from animal healthcare and related research that is not subject to any special requirements to prevent infection (i.e. not clinical waste and not an animal by-product, as defined by the EU directive)<ref>The Controlled Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012 S.I. 811. (2012). London: UK Statutory Instruments, legislation.gov.uk.</ref>. | *comes from animal healthcare and related research that is not subject to any special requirements to prevent infection (i.e. not clinical waste and not an animal by-product, as defined by the EU directive)<ref>[http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/811/contents/made The Controlled Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012 S.I. 811. (2012). London: UK Statutory Instruments, legislation.gov.uk.]</ref>. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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