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If you break the legislation associated with waste, you can be fined an unlimited amount.
Waste can be anything you own or your business produces and which you want to dispose of.
Waste Management Activities include a multitude of activities, including:
- Collection
- Reception (e.g. Civic Amenity Sites)
- Sorting
- Recovery of materials
- Biological treatment of organic materials (e.g. composting)
- Thermal treatment (including incineration with energy recovery
- Landfill
The main causes of injury are:
- Manual handling injuries (including cuts from sharp objects)
- Slips and trips
- Struck by objects (e.g. refuse during collection)
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