Health and Safety in the Waste Management and Recycling industries - useful links

This page provides links to web sites relating to health and safety in the Waste Management and recycling industries.

HSE is not responsible for and cannot guarantee accuracy of information on sites that it does not manage; and inclusion does not mean HSE endorses the linked site.

Trade associations

• British Metals Recycling Association
• The Composting Association
• Environmental Services Association
• Independent Waste Paper Processors Association
• Motor Vehicle Dismantlers Association of Great Britain
• LP Gas Association
• Confederation of Paper Industries

Professional and training bodies.

• Chartered Institution of Waste Management (CIWM)
• Waste Management Industry Training and Advisory Board (WAMITAB)

National, regional and local government

• Local Government Association
  
• Welsh Local Government Association
  Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA) represents the interests of local government and promotes local democracy in Wales (representing 22 local authorities). The WLGA is a constituent part of the Local Government association, and is currently negotiating a revised arrangement with the LGA, to begin from April 2005
  
• Scottish Local Government Association
  COSLA is the representative voice of Scottish local government and also acts as the employers' association on behalf of all Scottish councils
  
• Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
  
• Environment: England and Wales
  
• Environment: Scotland
  
• Local Authority Recycling Advisory Committee(LARAC)