Collecting Hazardous Waste
The combining of different types of dangerous waste, such as asbestos with non hazardous material is illegal.
The act of discarding hazardous waste with non-hazardous waste at the same landfill site was banned in July, 2004. The Waste Acceptance Criteria (WAC) came into effect on 16 July 2005, which requires waste producers to ensure their waste is compliant.
Did You Know?
A large amount of waste asbestos in Ewell is corrugated roofing. According to The Land Registry, more than half (55%) of all industrial & commercial properties in the UK contain a white asbestos cement roof with fibre content between 10-15%
Ewell Asbestos Removal
Dedicated Asbestos Specialists
With over 25 years experience, we securely and safely discard all kinds of hazardous materials for customers in Ewell:
- Corrugated Garage Roofs
- Cement Roofing Shingles
- Guttering, Fascias & Soffits
- Millboard
- Rollboard Insulation
- Suspended Ceiling Tiles
- Floor Tiles
- Artex Textured Ceilings & Walls
- Acoustic & Decorative Ceiling Plasters
- Cement Pipes
- Heating & Ventilation Duct Insulation
Waste Consignment Note
We provide a ‘Waste Consignment Note’ issued on conclusion of work, plus documented copies are retained on file for three years in full conformity with Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012.
Under the Hazardous Waste Regulations 2005, waste consignment notes must be completed either by the producer or the carrier with detailed information relating to key data, including:
- Quantity in Kilograms
- Chemical & Biological Components of Waste with Concentrations
- Physical Form
- Hazard Code(s)
- Container Type, Number & Size
- Proper Shipping Name
- Any Special Handling Requirements
What is Asbestos?
Principally used as a building component during the last century, asbestos is a fibrous mineral which is now recognised to be extremely hazardous to health.
Due to its natural strength, as well as heat resistant characteristics, it understandably made for the perfect building material if it were not so terrible for one’s health.
Composed of several minerals, asbestos belongs to the serpentine and amphibole families of rock minerals.
Whilst different varieties of asbestos have varying degrees of danger, all asbestos is considered dangerous to health.
Anyone subjected to asbestos fibres is at serious risk of developing countless forms of cancer.
Why Is Asbestos Hazardous?
Asbestos becomes hazardous when the fibres are damaged or disturbed, and are set free into the atmosphere.
If those fibres are inhaled, it can lead to a range of diseases, of which most are difficult to treat and can become fatal.
These include:
- lung cancer
- ovarian cancer
- malignant mesothelioma
- laryngeal cancer
- asbestosis
- pleural thickening
Many top health agencies classify every kind of asbestos as being carcinogenic.
Some of these examinations attempted to categorise toxicity levels in asbestos, and concluded that Chrysolite, the serpentine asbestos category, is by far the worst in terms of threat to health.
Types of Asbestos
There are six varieties of asbestos, which come under either the amphibole or serpentine mineral families, which are:
- Chrysotile (White Asbestos)
- Amosite (Brown Asbestos)
- Anthophyllite
- Crocidolite (Blue Asbestos)
- Actinolite
- Tremolite
Chrysolite is the only kind to come under the serpentine group, which incidentally is the most lethal.
Its form is often formed of curly fibres and sheet crystals.
The other five come under the Amphibole group which have different fibres, repeatedly described as needle-shaped.
Although not as toxic as serpentine-based asbestos, they are still viewed as being highly dangerous.
Asbestos Surveys All Across the South East
Essex
- Aveley
- Basildon
- Billericay
- Braintree
- Brentwood
- Canvey Island
- Chadwell St Mary
- Chelmsford
- Chigwell
- Clacton-on-Sea
- Colchester
- Epping
- Grays
- Halstead
- Harlow
- Harwich
- Loughton
- Maldon
- Rayleigh
- Rochford
- Saffron Walden
- South Woodham Ferrers
- Southend-on-Sea
- Stanford-le-Hope
- Tilbury
- Tiptree
- Waltham Abbey
- Walton-on-the-Naze
- Wickford
- Witham
East & West Sussex
- Burgess Hill
- East Grinstead
- Bexhill-on-Sea
- Bognor Regis
- Brighton
- Chichester
- Crawley
- Crowborough
- Eastbourne
- Hailsham
- Hastings
- Haywards Heath
- Horsham
- Hurstpierpoint
- Lewes
- Littlehampton
- Newhaven
- Peacehaven
- Polegate
- Portslade-by-Sea
- Saltdean
- Seaford
- Selsey
- Shoreham-by-Sea
- Southwick
- St Leonards
- Uckfield
- Westergate
- Woodingdean
- Worthing
Surrey
- Addlestone
- Ashtead
- Banstead
- Camberley
- Caterham
- Cobham
- Cranleigh
- Dorking
- Egham
- Epsom
- Esher
- Ewell
- Farnham
- Frimley
- Godalming
- Guildford
- Haslemere
- Horley
- Kingston upon Thames
- Leatherhead
- Oxted
- Redhill
- Reigate
- Staines
- Walton-on-Thames
- Warlingham
- Weybridge
- Windlesham
- Wokingham
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Contact us for all your asbestos survey needs, wherever you're based in London or the home counties.
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