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London waste law threat
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• Up to two-thirds of London's waste carriers will be breaking the law in April, according to the London Waste Regulation Authority.
There are 12,000 carriers in the capital, but only 3,000 are expected to register with the London Waste Regulation Authority by the 1 April deadline. Every waste carrier in the UK has to do this under the new Controlled Waste (Registration of Carriers and Seizure of Vehicles) Regulations 1991, which are designed to clamp down on fly-tipping.
But angry waste carriers say that the lack of applicants results from confusion about who should register, and concern about the costs of the registration.
Everyone hauling waste has to pay £95 to register with the local waste authority or council, and the authorities will be empowered to stop any vehicle and demand to see a registration certificate. Extra certificates will cost about £3 each, which will run into hundreds of pounds for large fleets. Last week waste carriers from a range of industries joined representatives from the Freight Transport Association and National Association of Waste Disposal Contractors to meet the London Waste Regulation Authority. The waste and haulage groups told the LWRA that it was unclear if carriers running with mixed loads which might include some waste need to register.
There is also confusion over the rules governing hire companies which hire trucks to waste carriers, and owner-drivers who haul waste full-time for waste companies.
The LWRA assured the meeting that it was only out to catch major fly-tippers, but David Brown, of the Federation of Self Employed, says: 'This legislation is the most outrageous I have heard for some time and is not workable in its present form. There are a lot of little Hitlers in the authorities that will make the most of it."
Another delegate said: "This is a sledge hammer to crack a nut, why should we have to pay for it?"