This Sector Information Minute (SIM) alerts inspectors to a planned inspection campaign within the waste and recycling industry during 20010/11. Inspections should be targeted at skip-hire operations and associated recycling activities, particularly those where hand sorting of recyclables (‘totting’) takes place, and has specific emphasis on management of workplace transport risks. This initiative follows on from a wider initiative in this target area in 2009/10 (SIM 03/2009/03). Feedback from that initiative indicated that poor standards in site layout and traffic management were one of the most significant hazards identified.
SIM No. 03/2010/05 – Inspection in the waste/recycling industry 2010/11