WASTE 03 | Orphaned compressed gas cylinders in waste and recycling industries | Waste gas cylinders occur in waste streams, whether allowed or not. Safety when removing from waste streams and storing waste gas cylinders |
WASTE 04 | Waste and recycling vehicles in street collection | Safety issues during the collection of wastes on the public highway and other areas where the public have access, such as carparks |
WASTE 05 | The safe use of refuse collection vehicle hoists and bins | Safety in design, use and selection of vehicle hoists/lifts and containers for wheeled waste containers |
WASTE 06 | Skip and container safety in waste management and recycling | Safety in design, use and selection of larger waste containers such as skips, hook-lift and front end loader containers |
WASTE 08 | Compaction equipment: User and public safety | Safety issues with the use and location of waste compactor equipment, including on customer sites and where the public may have access |
WASTE 09 | Safe transport in the waste management and recycling industry | Safe traffic management on waste management sites. Note – on-site issues only and not traffic safety on the public highway |
WASTE 10 | The safe recovery of petrol from end-of-life vehicles | Safety issues when recovering petrol during the dismantling of end-of-life vehicles such as cars and vans |
WASTE 11 | Safety at ‘bring-sites’ in the waste management and recycling industry | Safety issues at ‘bring sites’ (typically un-attended waste container areas in public places, such as bottle and paper banks) |
WASTE 13 | Designing and operating material recycling facilities (MRFs) safely | Basics of safe design and operation of recycling facilities (MRF – materials recycling facility) |
WASTE 16 | Reducing noise risks from kerbside glass collection | Basics of reducing the risk of hearing loss during glass collections, including design, hearing protection, occupational health monitoring and training |
WASTE 18 | Design of locations, operating safety and other safety issues associated with the high-risk activity of manual picking from the floor (totting) | Design of locations, operating safety and other safety issues associated with the high-risk activity of manual picking from the floor (totting) |
WASTE 21 | Health and safety training in waste management and recycling | Planning and delivering safety training for waste management activities, including key areas for training to cover |
WASTE 22 | Handling offensive/hygiene waste safely | What is offensive hygiene waste, and how to protect employees, including specialised collection etc of such wastes and in general waste activities |
WASTE 23 | Safe waste and recycling collection services | Safe collection of municipal (household etc) wastes, including client issues and management of task-and-finish operations |
WASTE 24 | Working on the public highway (street cleaning) | Safety in street and road cleansing activities, including litter picking from the sides of roads and traffic hazards |
WASTE 25 | Managing access to large waste and recycling bins | Safety issues associated with ‘sleepers in bins’ and similar, including management of access to waste containers |
WASTE 26 | Managing health and safety in civic amenity sites | Overview of safety issues at civic amenity sites (also commonly called household recycling centres and similar) |
WASTE 27 | Health and hazardous substances in waste and recycling | Common health hazards while collecting and sorting wastes, including exposure to hazardous substances and biological hazards |
WASTE 28 | Reducing fire risk at waste management sites | Managing fire safety during the reception, treatment (processing) and storage of solid combustible wastes |
WASTE 29 | Practical advice on lock-off for recycling machinery | What is lock-off, when to apply it and operational and training issues for the safe lock-off of recycling and recovery machinery and equipment |
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