Environmental Compliance

Environmental Aspects Register

This identifies our activities, assesses their impact on the environment, and details how these effects can be controlled and mitigated. 

Download the Environmental Aspects Register (MS Excel) last updated: November 2023 (annually)- this document is for reference only. 

Environmental Aspects and Impacts are identified at unit-level using the Climate Net Zero Toolkit.

Environmental Compliance Obligations

The Environmental Compliance Obligations Register details all environmental legislation, guidance and consultations that are relevant to our business and allows us to monitor compliance to ensure we operate within the law and avoid environmental incidents.

Download the Environmental Compliance Obligations Register (last updated: November 2023)

Download a summary of the latest changes (last updated: November 2023)

Units should ensure compliance with environmental legislation by completing the Controls sections of the Climate Net Zero Toolkit.

Certificates and Licences

ISO 14001: 2015 EMS Certificate
Compass Group UK & Ireland Waste Carriers Licence (Expires 27/09/2025)
SUEZ - Compass Accounts - Waste Carriers Licence (Expires 14/03/2025)
SUEZ - Compass Accounts - Waste Transfer Notes(Expires 31/13/2024)
Compass Clarity Compliance Scheme Certificate - The Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste Regulations)
Rentokil Initial Waste Carrier Licence - (Expires 28/02/25)

Lifecycle Oils Ltd 

Lifecycle Oils Permit Notice 
Lifecycle Waste Carriers Licence (Expires 6 July 2025)
Lifecycle Compliance Welcome Pack
Lifecycle Duty of Care Letter 

Biffa - ESS Defence Accounts 

Biffa - ESS Defence Accounts - Waste Carriers Licence (Expires 23/05/2025)
Biffa - ESS Defence Accounts - Waste Transfer Notes - East
Biffa - ESS Defence Accounts - Waste Transfer Notes - HMS Drake
Biffa - ESS Defence Accounts - Waste Transfer Notes - South West 
Biffa - ESS Defence Accounts - Waste Transfer Notes - Wales and West 

Abstraction Licenses

Abstraction Licenses are required if you take more than 20 cubic meters of water per day from groundwater or surface water, such as a river, stream or canal. To find out more, please visit: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/water-management-abstract-or-impound-water

Discharge Consents

If you’re planning to discharge wastewater from a production process, you are likely to need a consent – See guidance below. This includes anything other than domestic sewage (from toilets, sinks, showers), uncontaminated surface water or rainwater. Foodservice sites don’t need a discharge consent – Measures must be in place to prevent oils, fats, greases and food waste from entering the drain.

England: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/discharges-to-surface-water-and-groundwater-environmental-permits

Scotland: https://www.sepa.org.uk/regulations/water/

Wales: https://naturalresources.wales/permits-and-permissions/water-discharges-and-septic-tanks/discharges-to-surface-water-and-groundwater/?lang=en

Northern Ireland: https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/articles/regulating-water-discharges

Ireland: https://www.water.ie/for-business/trade-effluent/