PART 8- STORAGE AND CONTROL OF PRODUCTS AND BY-PRODUCTS

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• Products should be stored safely in accordance the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992. In particular, aspects of secure and stable stacking and racking, with adequate shelf loading provisions should be considered. Racking vulnerable to fork lift damage may need to be protected. Incompatible chemicals should be stored apart.

• For products which are to be supplied to others, the particular requirements of the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packing) Regulations must be complied with.

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• Waste should be stored safely in accordance the Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992. In particular, aspects of secure and stable stacking and racking, with adequate shelf loading provisions should be considered. Adequate consideration should also be given under the "Duty of Care" imposed under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 and the Pollution Prevention and Control Regulations 2000.

• Further advice on waste storage should be obtained from the Environmenmt Agency.

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• Under Section 6 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974. certain duties are placed on manufacturers and suppliers to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of those persons who will be supplied with the product. Such duties include requirements to undertake testing and examination of the product and to provide adequate information about the use for which the article is designed and about any conditions necessary to ensure that it will be safe and without risks to health.

• In the context of products produced by the textile industry, risks to the health and safety to users will be minimal and largely confined to risks associated with handling and storage, dust and/or anthrax from certain wools and hairs, and possible allergic reactions to certain additives and dyestuffs.

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• Further information should be obtained from the Environment Agency

• The Environmental Protection (Duty of Care) Regulations 1991 provide that a transfer note must be completed, signed and kept by the parties to the transfer of waste. This note must state the quantity of waste transferred and how it is packed. There must also be a description of the waste, either separately or combined as a single document with the transfer note. The parties must keep the transfer note and the description for two years.

• Waste may only be handed on to authorised people or to persons for authorised transport purposes. People handing over waste must satisfy themselves that the person taking the waste away is one of the following:

(i) Registered waste carrier
(ii) Exempt from registration
(iii) A licensed waste manager
(iv) Exempt from licensing
(v) A waste collection authority