With the Department of Health due to publish its revised HTM 07-01 technical memorandum on healthcare waste management next month, and the Environment Agency set to obtain new powers which IHEEM says could “entirely change the enforcement landscape for waste management regulation” by the year-end, the Institute is to stage two seminars on this key topic for estates and facilities professionals in Leeds and London next month.
Being held on 9 December in Leeds, and on 15 December in London, the “Safe management of healthcare waste” seminars will examine the new, revised, HTM, focusing on the key points for estates and facilities managers to be aware of, and the changes from the original HTM. The seminars will also examine current waste legislation, and the new civil sanctions regime, with a look at: what healthcare organisations need to do to comply; new civil penalty powers and enforcement notices, and enforcement undertakings. Further sessions will encompass a contractor’s view of waste transport and disposal, and a case study considering how correct waste segregation can lead to “real savings”. Speakers will include Mick Fanning, associate consultant at WSP Environmental; Anne Harrison, of lawyers Beachcroft; Alistair Cameron, from building services and consulting engineers Cameron Corporation, and speakers from DEFRA and healthcare waste services specialist SRCL.
For more details contact Jeff Pickering. T: 023 9282 3186;
Email: jeff.pickering@iheem.org.uk
