{"id":1481,"date":"2026-10-13T12:47:02","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T12:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/guidebooks\/uk-environmental-and-waste-compliance-guidebook\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T12:47:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T12:47:02","slug":"uk-environmental-and-waste-compliance-guidebook","status":"publish","type":"guidebook","link":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/guidebooks\/uk-environmental-and-waste-compliance-guidebook\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Environmental and Waste Compliance Guidebook for Automotive Companies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"overview\">What this guidebook covers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oil, filters, coolant, batteries, paint, tyres, airbags and refrigerant: a dealership produces a steady stream of waste, and under the duty of care it stays your responsibility after it leaves the yard. Waste and pollution offences carry unlimited fines and up to 5 years in prison.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This guidebook covers 6 environmental standards with 18 checkpoints: waste duty of care, hazardous waste consignment notes, bunded oil storage, drains and interceptors, legal tyre storage and collection, and A\/C refrigerant (F-gas).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"standards\">The 6 environmental standards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table as-papertable as-gbtable\"><table><thead><tr><th>Code<\/th><th>Standard<\/th><th>Ideal fix time<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>ENV-01<\/td><td>Waste duty of care<\/td><td>7 days<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ENV-02<\/td><td>Hazardous waste consignment notes<\/td><td>72 hours<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ENV-03<\/td><td>Oil storage bunded<\/td><td>30 days<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ENV-04<\/td><td>Drains and interceptors<\/td><td>Immediate<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ENV-05<\/td><td>Tyres stored and collected legally<\/td><td>7 days<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ENV-06<\/td><td>A\/C refrigerant (F-gas)<\/td><td>7 days<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"steps\">How to run a UK environmental and waste audit, step by step<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list as-gbsteps\">\n<li><strong>Confirm what applies.<\/strong> List every waste stream and its carrier; Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own regulators and some different rules.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Walk the site, standard by standard.<\/strong> Score each of the 18 checkpoints Pass, Fail or N\/A. N\/A only where the standard rules it out, with the reason recorded. Look inside the general skip, check the oil tank bund, and trace where yard and wash-bay drains go.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Capture the evidence.<\/strong> A pass counts only with proof captured at the time of the audit: waste transfer and consignment notes, carrier registrations, interceptor service records and F-gas logs.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Give every fail an owner and a fix time.<\/strong> Record what you saw and who owns the fix. Each standard carries an ideal fix time, from immediate to 30 days, counted from audit submission (see the table above).<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Fix it, then prove it.<\/strong> The site fixes the cause and uploads proof of closure; the auditor checks the proof before closing the finding.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>Re-check at the next audit.<\/strong> Confirm closed findings stay closed, and look for the same fail at your other sites so one gap doesn&#039;t repeat across the network.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"who\">Who this guidebook is for<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list as-gbwho\">\n<li>Service and body shop managers<\/li>\n\n<li>Facility managers<\/li>\n\n<li>Auditors<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"as-gbnote wp-block-paragraph\">A reference document, not legal advice. Fines and rules change: check the current text with the regulator or your legal adviser before acting.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duty of care, hazardous waste, oil storage, drains, tyres and F-gas: what the Environment Agency checks at UK workshops and body shops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1857,"menu_order":27,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_as_region":"UK","_as_topic":"Environment and waste","_as_edition":"Edition 1 \u00b7 2026","_as_standards":"6","_as_checkpoints":"18","_as_pages":"11","_as_language":"","_as_law":"Environmental Protection Act 1990 \u00b7 EPR 2016 \u00b7 Hazardous Waste Regulations 2005","_as_regulator":"Environment Agency (SEPA, NRW and NIEA outside England)","_as_facts":"Unlimited | fines for waste and pollution offences\n5 years | maximum prison for illegal waste deposit\n110% | containment required for oil storage of 201 litres or more","_as_pdf":1482,"_as_checklist_1":900,"_as_checklist_2":0,"_as_checklist_3":0,"_as_guide":0,"_as_solution":557},"class_list":["post-1481","guidebook","type-guidebook","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guidebook\/1481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guidebook"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/guidebook"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guidebook\/1481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1483,"href":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/guidebook\/1481\/revisions\/1483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/autosmarts.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}