Port estates are now become more accessible than before as the authority has taken up task to make good improvement by invoking waste and litter control legislation across the Dock Estate in the same way that it is administered across the rest of the Authority. The wide-ranging legislation covers all aspects of waste from all waste producers and this circular is addressed in particular to the fish processing and van trade sectors.
Experts said that the new legislation states that every business has a “duty of care” to ensure their waste is properly controlled and that it is only collected by an authorised waste carrier. This means that all waste – boxes, polystyrene, pallets, offal and general refuse is the subject of a formal contract with a collector.
EHO will also be specifying how waste must be stored pending collection, to prevent it from become a further problem such as when the wind blows polystyrene boxes across the estate. Anyone caught flouting the rule will be prosecuted when the fines are unlimited and may include imprisonment in the worst cases. Seafood by-products must only be stored in clean, lidded, leakproof containers, clearly marked “Category 3” “Not for Human Consumption”.
