Publications and guidance

This page provides links to sources of information and guidance on health and safety in the waste management and recycling industries.

Asbestos

Asbestos website[1]

Chemical waste

Falls from height (general)

General

Landfill

Landfill fires - controlling the risk[14]

Machinery

Manual handling and musculoskeletal disorders

Metal recycling and motor vehicle dismantling

Guidance on work with liquefied petroleum fuelled vehicles (autogas) can be found on the UKLPG[31] website.

Paper recycling

Guidance for the Recovered Paper Industry (INDG392)[32]

Plastics waste and recycling

Fire and explosion risks from pentane in expandable polystyrene (EPS) PPIS1 (PDF) [33]

Slips and trips (general)

Transport (general)

Transport (industry-specific)

Link URLs in this page

  1. Asbestos websitehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/asbestos/index.htm
  2. Chemical waste treatmenthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/chemicals/chemical-waste.htm
  3. REACH guidance on waste and recovered substanceshttp://guidance.echa.europa.eu/docs/guidance_document/waste_recovered_en.pdf
  4. Inspecting fall arrest equipment made from webbing or rope (INDG367) https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg367.htm
  5. Working at height: A brief guide (INDG401)https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg401.htm
  6. Stay clean - stay healthy: Looking after your health in the waste/recycling industry (INDG415] https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg415.pdf
  7. Work equipment and machineryhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/puwerind.htm
  8. Buying new machinery: a short guide (INDG271)https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg271.htm
  9. Providing and using work equipment safely: A brief guide (INDG291) https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg291.htm
  10. Do you use a steam/water pressure cleaner? (INDG68) https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg68.pdf
  11. Controlling the risks in the workplace (INDG163) https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg163.pdf
  12. Workplace Health, Safety and Welfarehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/l24.htm
  13. Risk assessmenthttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/raindex.htm
  14. Landfill fires - controlling the riskhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/waste/disposal.htm#landfillfires
  15. Baling machine guidance can be found in section 8 of INDG392 - recover paper safely (INDG 392) https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg392.htm
  16. Crushinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/quarries/crushing.htm
  17. Conveyor belt workstation designhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/geis4.htm
  18. Manual Handling: Guidance on the Regulationshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/l23.htm
  19. Upper Limb Disorders in the Workplacehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/books/hsg60.htm
  20. HSE Manual handling websitehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/msd/index.htm
  21. Lead and you (INDG 305) https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg305.htm
  22. How to reduce exposure to dioxins in aluminium recycling (INDG377) https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg377.pdf
  23. Is it explosive? Dangers of explosives in metal recycling (INDG335) https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg335.pdf
  24. Is it explosive? dangers of explosives in metal recycling (INDG335p poster) https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg335p.pdf
  25. Storing and handling airbags and seat belt pretensioners safelyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/mvr/topics/storing-handling-airbags-seat-belt.htm
  26. Safe use of petrol in garages (INDG331) https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg331.htm
  27. Safe working with vehicle air-conditioning systems (INDG349) https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg349.pdf
  28. Using electric storage batteries safely (INDG 139) https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg139.pdf
  29. Working with Nickel - are you at risk? (INDG351) https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg351.pdf
  30. Safe working with LPG-fuelled motor vehicles (INDG387)https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg387.htm
  31. UKLPGhttp://www.uklpg.org/
  32. Guidance for the Recovered Paper Industry (INDG392)https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg392.htm
  33. Fire and explosion risks from pentane in expandable polystyrene (EPS) PPIS1https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/ppis1.pdf
  34. Preventing slips and trips at work: A brief guide (INDG225)https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg225.htm
  35. HSE Slips and Trips websitehttps://www.hse.gov.uk/slips/index.htm
  36. Managing Vehicle Safety at the Workplace (INDG199) https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg199.htm
  37. Research report RR018 - Management of work related road safetyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr018.htm
  38. Research report RR020 - The contribution of individual factors to driving behaviour: implications for managing work-related road safetyhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr020.htm
  39. Hook loader vehicles: Applicability of Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998 (LOLER) https://www.hse.gov.uk/waste/hookloaderregs.htm
  40. Sheeting/Unsheeting tipper lorrieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/workplacetransport/information/sheeting.htm
  41. Safe use of skip loaders (INDG378)https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg378.htm
  42. Safety bulletinshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/safetybulletins/index.htm
  43. Statisticshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/assets/docs/waste-recycling.pdf
  44. Local authoritieshttps://www.hse.gov.uk/lau/index.htm
  45. RIDDOR reportinghttps://www.hse.gov.uk/riddor/index.htm

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