Environmental Compliance
This page contains information on Environmental Aspects, Training, Legal Compliance and Certificates and Licences
Environmental Aspects
Environmental Aspects Register
This identifies our activities, assesses their impact on the environment, and details how these effects can be controlled and mitigated.
Download the Environmental Aspects Register (MS Excel) last updated: November 2023 (annually)- this document is for reference only.
Environmental Aspects and Impacts are identified at unit-level using the Climate Net Zero Toolkit.
Environmental Compliance Obligations
The Environmental Compliance Obligations Register details all environmental legislation, guidance and consultations that are relevant to our business and allows us to monitor compliance to ensure we operate within the law and avoid environmental incidents.
Download the Environmental Compliance Obligations Register (last updated: November 2023)
Download a summary of the latest changes (last updated: November 2023)
Units should ensure compliance with environmental legislation by completing the Controls sections of the Climate Net Zero Toolkit.
Legal Compliance
Certificates and Licences
Certificates and Licences
ISO 14001: 2015 EMS Certificate
Compass Group UK & Ireland Waste Carriers Licence (Expires 27/09/2025)
SUEZ - Compass Accounts - Waste Carriers Licence (Expires 14/03/2025)
SUEZ - Compass Accounts - Waste Transfer Notes(Expires 31/13/2024)
Compass Clarity Compliance Scheme Certificate - The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste Regulations)
Rentokil Initial Waste Carrier Licence - (Expires 28/02/25)
Lifecycle Oils Ltd
Lifecycle Oils Permit Notice
Lifecycle Waste Carriers Licence (Expires 6 July 2025)
Lifecycle Compliance Welcome Pack
Lifecycle Duty of Care Letter
Biffa - ESS Defence Accounts
Biffa - ESS Defence Accounts - Waste Carriers Licence (Expires 23/05/2025)
Biffa - ESS Defence Accounts - Waste Transfer Notes - East
Biffa - ESS Defence Accounts - Waste Transfer Notes - HMS Drake
Biffa - ESS Defence Accounts - Waste Transfer Notes - South West
Biffa - ESS Defence Accounts - Waste Transfer Notes - Wales and West
RACE Recycling - Uniforms
Race Recycling Waste Carrier Licence (Expires 26/01/2026)
Race Recycling Exemption
Abstraction Licenses
Abstraction Licenses are required if you take more than 20 cubic meters of water per day from groundwater or surface water, such as a river, stream or canal. To find out more, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/water-management-abstract-or-impound-water
Abstraction Licences
Discharge Consents
Discharge Consents
If you’re planning to discharge wastewater from a production process, you are likely to need a consent – See guidance below. This includes anything other than domestic sewage (from toilets, sinks, showers), uncontaminated surface water or rainwater. Foodservice sites don’t need a discharge consent – Measures must be in place to prevent oils, fats, greases and food waste from entering the drain.
England: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/discharges-to-surface-water-and-groundwater-environmental-permits
Scotland: https://www.sepa.org.uk/regulations/water/
Northern Ireland: https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/articles/regulating-water-discharges
Ireland: https://www.water.ie/for-business/trade-effluent/