ENVIRONMENTAL CODE OF PRACTICE
Ports Waste Management
If you provide a landing place for boats coming in from the sea,
then you should provide adequate waste facilities and prepare a
waste management plan as required under the Merchant Shipping (Port
Waste Reception Facilities) Regulations 2003.
The plan is required to identify waste types and volumes landed
by ships for disposal, thereby assessing the requirement for
provision of facilities. If you are within a harbour authority
area, the prime responsibility falls on the authority itself.
However, as an individual operator, you will be expected to
co-operate with the authority in the production of a plan for their
entire harbour. If your landing place is situated outside a
harbour authority area
then you have an individual responsibility to produce a plan and
submit it to the MCA for approval.
It is for you to determine what kinds of waste management
facilities need to be provided at your landing place. A number of
different waste types are produced by a range of activities at
coastal facilities, e.g., clubs, marinas, boat yards. These
include:
- Waste brought in to the marina from boat owners such as old
batteries, waste oil, general rubbish beer cans etc
- Waste produced during maintenance activities such as waste
paints, antifouling residues, waste oils, chemicals and
solvents
- General materials, including containers
The key issues to consider are:
- Reduce, Reuse or Recycle materials where possible
- Install a suitable store, which securely contains special and
hazardous waste to prevent escape into the environment
- Make sure all wash down and maintenance is undertaken in
designated dry dock or wash down areas. Collect and dispose of
maintenance materials as special solid wastes
Hazardous wastes will require a consignment note to be completed
and accompany the movement of the waste; with a copy kept by
everyone involved in the transfer and a copy sent to the regulator
before the waste leaves the site.
The waste must be transferred for recycling or disposal by a
suitably licensed waste contractor and to an authorised person BMF
and RYA have published a Guide: Port Waste Management, a guide for
Marina Operators and Coastal Clubs.